TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of hydrogen environment on fatigue characteristics in a type 304 austenitic stainless steel
AU - Kawamoto, Kyohei
AU - Aoki, Yuta
AU - Oda, Yasuji
AU - Noguchi, Hiroshi
AU - Higashida, Kenji
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - In order to clarify the effects of hydrogen on the fatigue characteristics of an austenitic stainless steel, bending fatigue tests on plain specimens were conducted in air and in a hydrogen gas. Main results obtained are as follows. Effects of hydrogen are not clearly seen on the fatigue strain-life diagram, because the hydrongen gas environment has opposite effects to crack propagation and to crack initiation; accelerates crack propagation, but retards crack initiation. Striation spacing or in-situ observations confirm the acceleration. The cause of retardation seems to be the lack of oxygen or water vapor in the hydrogen. Several cracks propagate in air, but only one crack occurred in hydrogen. The difference in the number of cracks is supposed to depend on the ratio of the crack initiation life to fatigue life.
AB - In order to clarify the effects of hydrogen on the fatigue characteristics of an austenitic stainless steel, bending fatigue tests on plain specimens were conducted in air and in a hydrogen gas. Main results obtained are as follows. Effects of hydrogen are not clearly seen on the fatigue strain-life diagram, because the hydrongen gas environment has opposite effects to crack propagation and to crack initiation; accelerates crack propagation, but retards crack initiation. Striation spacing or in-situ observations confirm the acceleration. The cause of retardation seems to be the lack of oxygen or water vapor in the hydrogen. Several cracks propagate in air, but only one crack occurred in hydrogen. The difference in the number of cracks is supposed to depend on the ratio of the crack initiation life to fatigue life.
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaia.71.443
DO - 10.1299/kikaia.71.443
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:19944372132
VL - 71
SP - 443
EP - 450
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, A Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part A
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, A Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part A
SN - 0387-5008
IS - 3
ER -