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- Title
Leak-before-Break (LBB)-Based Safety Verification of Reverse Cyclic Loading for 316L Stainless Steel: A Study Using Flat ESG Specimens.
- Authors
Choi, Jaegu; Lee, Dongkeun; Park, Keontae; Park, Soo
- Abstract
The leak-before-break design concept is based on J-R curves, which are obtained by J-R tests on various types of specimens and are known to be dependent on the cyclic load history. The J-R curves of standard specimens suggested by the American Society for Testing Materials are determined based on quasi-static tensile loading. However, seismic loading induces a reverse cyclic loading that alternately applies a tensile and a compressive load to nuclear plant piping. Therefore, it is very important to obtain the fracture toughness characteristics under reverse cyclic loading for the integrity estimation of nuclear plant piping. The objective of this paper is to study the effects of reverse cyclic loading on the fracture toughness characteristics of SA312 TP316L stainless steel, which is a nuclear plant piping material. J-R tests on a flat, equivalent stress gradient specimen with varying incremental displacement were carried out. The test results were reviewed by comparing the J-R test results under quasi-static loading. In addition, the safety margin of the nuclear plant piping was evaluated using a crack driving force diagram method. For the SA312 TP316L stainless steel, the results showed that the J-R curves were decreased with a decrease in the incremental displacement. When the incremental displacement was set to 0.25 mm, the unstable crack growth point value was about 73.0% of those for the quasi-static loading conditions.
- Subjects
STAINLESS steel; MATERIALS testing; STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics); FRACTURE toughness; FRACTURE mechanics
- Publication
Metals (2075-4701), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 12, p1999
- ISSN
2075-4701
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/met13121999