PWSCC Growth Assessment Model Considering Stress Triaxiality Factor for Primary Alloy 600 Components

Jong Sung Kim, Ji Soo Kim, Jun Young Jeon, Yun Jae Kim

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    Abstract

    We propose a primary water stress corrosion cracking (PWSCC) initiation model of Alloy 600 that considers the stress triaxiality factor to apply to finite element analysis. We investigated the correlation between stress triaxiality effects and PWSCC growth behavior in cold-worked Alloy 600 stream generator tubes, and identified an additional stress triaxiality factor that can be added to Garud's PWSCC initiation model. By applying the proposed PWSCC initiation model considering the stress triaxiality factor, PWSCC growth simulations based on the macroscopic phenomenological damage mechanics approach were carried out on the PWSCC growth tests of various cold-worked Alloy 600 steam generator tubes and compact tension specimens. As a result, PWSCC growth behavior results from the finite element prediction are in good agreement with the experimental results.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1036-1046
    Number of pages11
    JournalNuclear Engineering and Technology
    Volume48
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Aug 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Nuclear Energy Technology Innovation Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (No. 2012T100100443 ). This work was supported by the Nuclear Power Core Technology Development Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) , granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (No. 20131520000140 ).

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    © 2016

    Keywords

    • Alloy 600
    • Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC)
    • SCC Growth Simulation
    • Steam Generator Tube
    • Stress Triaxiality

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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