A comparative evaluation of low-cycle fatigue behavior of type 316LN base metal, 316 weld metal,and 316LN/316 weld joint |
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Authors: | M Valsan D Sundararaman K Bhanu Sankara Rao S L Mannan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Materials Development Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603 102 Tamil Nadu, India;(2) Metallurgy Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603 102 Tamil Nadu, India;(3) Mechanical Properties Section, Materials Development Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603 102 Tamil Nadu, India;(4) Materials Development Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603 102 Tamil Nadu, India |
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Abstract: | A comparative evaluation of the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of type 316LN base metal, 316 weld metal, and 316LN/316 weld
joints was carried out at 773 and 873 K. Total strain-controlled LCF tests were conducted at a constant strain rate of 3 ×
10−3 s−1 with strain amplitudes in the range ±0.20 to ±1.0 pct. Weld pads with single V and double V configuration were prepared by
the shielded metal-arc welding (SMAW) process using 316 electrodes for weld-metal and weld-joint specimens. Optical microscopy,
scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the untested and tested samples were carried
out to elucidate the deformation and the fracture behavior. The cyclic stress response of the base metal shows a very rapid
hardening to a maximum stress followed by a saturated stress response. Weld metal undergoes a relatively short initial hardening
followed by a gradual softening regime. Weld joints exhibit an initial hardening and a subsequent softening regime at all
strain amplitudes, except at low strain amplitudes where a saturation regime is noticed. The initial hardening observed in
base metal has been attributed to interaction between dislocations and solute atoms/complexes and cyclic saturation to saturation
in the number density of slip bands. From TEM, the cyclic softening in weld metal was ascribed to the annihilation of dislocations
during LCF. Type 316LN base metal exhibits better fatigue resistance than weld metal at 773 K, whereas the reverse holds true
at 873 K. The weld joint shows the lowest life at both temperatures. The better fatigue resistance of weld metal is related
to the brittle transformed delta ferrite structure and the high density of dislocations at the interface, which inhibits the
growth rate of cracks by deflecting the crack path. The lower fatigue endurance of the weld joint was ascribed to the shortening
of the crack initiation phase caused by surface intergranular crack initiation and to the poor crack propagation resistance
of the coarse-grained region in the heat-affected zone. |
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