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Duplex stainless steels (DSS) are used in various industrial applications, e.g. in offshore constructions as well as in chemical industry. DSS reach higher strength than commercial austenitic stainless steels at still acceptable ductility. Additionally, they exhibit an improved corrosion resistance against pitting corrosion and corrosion cracking in harsh environments. Nevertheless, at specific conditions, as for instance arc welding, cathodic protection or exposure to sour service environments, such materials can take up hydrogen which may cause significant property degradation particularly in terms of ductility losses which, in turn, may entail hydrogen-assisted cracking (HAC). The cracking mechanism in DSS is different from steels having only a single phase, because hydrogen diffusion, stress-strain distribution and crack propagation are different in the austenite or ferrite phase. Therefore, the mechanism of HAC initiation and propagation as well as hydrogen trapping in DSS have not been fully clarified up to the present, as for most of the two-phase microstructures. At this point the numerical simulation can bridge the gap to a better insight in the cracking mechanism regarding the stress-strain distribution as well as hydrogen distribution between the phases, both austenite and ferrite, of the DSS. For that purpose, a two dimensional numerical mesoscale model was created representing the microstructure of the duplex stainless steel 1.4462, consisting of approximately equal portions of austenite and ferrite. Hydrogen assisted cracking was simulated considering stresses and strains as well as hydrogen concentration in both phases. Regarding the mechanical properties of austenite and ferrite different statements can be found in the literature, dependent on chemical composition and thermal treatment. Thus, various stress-strain curves were applied for austenite and ferrite simulating the HAC process in the DSS microstructure. By using the element elimination technique crack critical areas can be identified in both phases of the DSS regarding the local hydrogen concentration and the local mechanical load. The results clearly show different cracking behavior with varying mechanical properties of austenite and ferrite. Comparison of the results of the numerical simulation to those of experimental investigations on DSS will improve understanding of the HAC process in two phase microstructures.
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Mente, T., Boellinghaus, T. (2016). Numerical Investigations on Hydrogen-Assisted Cracking in Duplex Stainless Steel Microstructures. In: Boellinghaus, T., Lippold, J., Cross, C. (eds) Cracking Phenomena in Welds IV. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28434-7_16
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