Abstract
In duplex stainless steels, significant thermal stresses are generated during the cooling from the homogenization temperature due to different thermal expansion coefficients of the austenitic and ferritic phases. The results of the in situ neutron diffraction examination of the evolution of the internal stresses during the low cycle fatigue in the SAF 2507 duplex stainless steel are reported. Stress response of both constituent components resulting from the load sharing between austenitic and ferritic grains was measured. It was found that the initial thermal residual stresses were relaxed rapidly at the beginning of the cyclic loading. Whereas initial hardening was identified in both phases, the subsequent fatigue softening was fully attributed to the austenitic phase.
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