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Fatigue threshold and low-rate crack propagation properties for structural steels in 3 Pct sodium chloride aqueous solution

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The fatigue threshold and low-rate crack propagation properties for a carbon steel, two high-strength steels, and two stainless steels were investigated in a 3 pct sodium chloride aqueous solution at frequencies between 0.03 and 30 Hz. Tests were conducted in a manner designed to avoid crack closure. Under freely corroding conditions, the effective values of the threshold stress intensity factor range, ΔKth,eff, were lower than in air for all of the steels. In particular, the ΔKth,eff values for the carbon and high-strength steels were almost equal to the theoretical ΔKth value of about 1 MPa m1/2 calculated on the basis of the dislocation emission from the crack tip. At a given ΔK level higher than the threshold, the fatigue crack propagation rates accelerated with decreasing frequency for all of the steels. Under cathodic protection, the threshold and fatigue crack propagation properties were coincident with those in air regardless of material and frequency. The observed fatigue crack propagation behavior in a 3 pct NaCl solution was closely related to the corrosion reaction of the bare surface formed at the crack tip during each loading cycle.

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  1. Environmental Performance Division, Japan

    Saburo Matsuoka (Head) & Hiroyuki Masuda (Senior Researcher)

  2. Failure Physics Division, National Research Institute for Metals, 2-3-12 Nakameguro, 153, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Masuo Shimodaira (Researcher)

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Matsuoka, S., Masuda, H. & Shimodaira, M. Fatigue threshold and low-rate crack propagation properties for structural steels in 3 Pct sodium chloride aqueous solution. Metall Trans A 21, 2189–2199 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647880

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