INFLUENCE OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON ACOUSTIC-EMISSION BEHAVIOR DURING STAGE-2 FATIGUE-CRACK GROWTH IN SOLUTION ANNEALED, THERMALLY AGED AND WELDSPECIMENS OF AISI TYPE-316 STAINLESS-STEEL
V. Moorthy et al., INFLUENCE OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON ACOUSTIC-EMISSION BEHAVIOR DURING STAGE-2 FATIGUE-CRACK GROWTH IN SOLUTION ANNEALED, THERMALLY AGED AND WELDSPECIMENS OF AISI TYPE-316 STAINLESS-STEEL, Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing, 212(2), 1996, pp. 273-280
Acoustic emission (AE) behavior during fatigue crack growth (FCG) in s
olution annealed, thermally aged and weld specimens of AISI type 316 a
ustenitic stainless steel is reported in this article. The presence of
two substages 2(a) and 2(b) during stage 2 FCG could be distinguished
by a change in the AE behavior corresponding to a sharp change in the
crack growth rate (da/dn). The transition point in the AE parameter v
s. number of cycles (n) plot matches well with that of the (da/dn)) vs
. 'n' plot and is found to occur at a da/dn approximate to 3 x 10(-7)
m cycle(-1) which is in agreement with the reported value. The high AE
activity observed during the substage 2(a) is attributed to the exten
sive cyclic plasticity within the cyclic plastic zone (CPZ) and the in
creasing size of the CPZ with Delta K under plane strain conditions pr
evailing during stage 2(a). The low AE activity observed during stage
2(b) is attributed to a reduction in the mean free path for dislocatio
n movement and a decrease in the size of the CPZ under plane stress co
ndition prevailing during stage 2(b). The AE during stage 2(a) is foun
d to have a strong influence on the microstructure. The presence of ca
rbide precipitates in thermally aged specimens reduces the AE activity
. The high AE activity in weld specimen is attributed to the combined
influence of cyclic plasticity, residual stress induced micro cracking
and roughness induced crack closure phenomena.