Abstract
In order to develop a new method for detecting fatigue damage nondestructively in 2.25Cr–1Mo steel, which is used in high temperature steam piping of fossil power plants and petroleum chemical facilities, fractured and interrupted samples in low-cycle fatigue (LCF) tests were investigated using scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) gradiometer. High temperature LCF experiments on 2.25Cr–1Mo steel were conducted to obtain various fatigue damage ratio, D f . Simultaneously, we also examined the fatigued samples by optical microscopy, electron back scatter diffraction pattern, magnetic force microscopy and hardness measurements to analyze the damage level. Except for a couple of samples, SQUID integrated intensity decreased with increasing D f , suggesting the potential of SQUID to evaluate fatigue damage in 2.25Cr–1Mo steel.
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