Observation and modeling of stress corrosion cracking in plastic pipes

Byoung Ho Choi, Alexander Chudnovsky, Kalyan Sehanobish

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Abstract

There are four stages of stress corrosion crack (SCC) such as initiation, individual SC crack propagation, many crack interaction and clusters of crack formation, and finally crack or cluster instability and dynamic growth leading to the ultimate failure. The second stage is critical in determining the lifetime of pipe. Crack Layer model is adopted in this study to predict the individual SC crack propagation kinetics and the time interval from crack initiation to instability and break through. In addition, numerical simulation of Stress Corrosion Crack Layer (SCCL) and comparison with experimental observations of SCCL propagation in various thermoplastics is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages214-218
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventSociety of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference 2005, ANTEC 2005 - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: 2005 May 12005 May 5

Other

OtherSociety of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference 2005, ANTEC 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period05/5/105/5/5

Keywords

  • Brittle Fracture
  • Crack Layer Model
  • Oxidative Induction Time
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Polymers and Plastics

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