Abstract
The occurrence of cracks in structural components indicates a certain threat to their reliable operation, because these cracks can grow during operation and reach critical sizes, leading to fracture. The fracture resistance of a structural component is given by the fracture toughness of the material, determined on standardized specimens with a precycled fatigue crack, and the constraint. The fracture toughness itself depends also on the environment. There is enough evidence that in the conditions of the environment assisted cracking the fracture toughness can be significantly reduced by hydrogen mechanism. Our research results have confirmed this and have demonstrated a considerable reduction in the stress corrosion fracture toughness as compared to that related to fatigue cracks. This should be taken into account when assessing the integrity of structural components with stress corrosion cracks. This paper presents experimental results concerned with the stress corrosion fracture toughness of specimens from a DN150 gas line pipe made of low-C steel CSN 411353.
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