Abstract
Physically-based creep Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) is briefly reviewed to introduce the formalism necessary for mathematical modelling of creep and fracture in the presence of a chemically-interacting fluid environment. A recently developed theory of creep in precipitation-hardened alloys is presented in the form of a constitutive equation and two important creep/environment interactions are discussed in detail. Spallation of oxide scales during creep of a low-alloy ferritic steel is one and is modelled using the new creep constitutive equation which incorporates particle-ageing as the principal intrinsic damage mechanism. Lack of experimental data has meant that only qualitative support for the model predictions could be given. Carbon dioxide gas bubble formation along grain boundaries in nickel alloys is the other form of environmental attack considered; a new kinetic model based upon oxyen diffusion-control is described and shown to be in quantitative agreement with a large experimental dataset.
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