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In-situ neutron imaging of delayed crack propagation in high strength martensitic steel
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Material and Structural Mechanics.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-1770-764X
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Material and Structural Mechanics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8203-6810
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Institut Laue–Langevin, 71 Avenue Des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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2024 (English)In: Materials Science & Engineering: A, ISSN 0921-5093, E-ISSN 1873-4936, Vol. 895, article id 146215Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This paper presents an in-situ observation, using neutron imaging, of delayed crack propagation in a high-strength martensitic steel specimen. Delayed cracking is believed to be caused by hydrogen embrittlement occurring due to the slow diffusion and accumulation of hydrogen ahead of a crack front, causing decreased ductility and eventual cracking under constant load. The experiment involved mechanical loading of a single-edge-notch bend specimen while submerged in an electrolyte solution (H<inf>2</inf>O + 3.5% NaCl) under cathodic polarization to facilitate hydrogen ingress. Intermittent crack propagation was observed for 12 h after the environment had been removed. The stress state at each crack configuration was extracted from a three-dimensional elastic–plastic finite element simulation, which was tailored to match the quantitative information acquired from the neutron radiographs of the fracture process. To gain insight into the evolution of hydrogen concentration with crack propagation, a modeling scheme for stress-assisted hydrogen diffusion was also employed.

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Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 895, article id 146215
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Delayed crack propagation, Hydrogen embrittlement, Image processing, Neutron imaging
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Applied Mechanics Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367066DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2024.146215ISI: 001185738100001PubMedID: 39196121Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85185003513OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367066DiVA, id: diva2:1983983
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