The effect of ferrite phases on the micromechanical response and crack initiation in the inter-critical heat-affected zone of a welded 9Cr martensitic steel
posted on 2019-08-07, 09:48authored byM. Li, Fengwei Sun, Dong-Feng Li, Padraic E. O'Donoghue, Sean B. Leen, Noel P. O'Dowd
This paper presents a crystal plasticity model to predict the tensile response and crack
initiation in a mixed ferrite-martensite material with a low volume fraction of
pro-eutectoid ferrite, representative of a welding-induced inter-critical heat-affected
zone (IC-HAZ). It is shown that small volume fractions of ferrite can have a significant
effect on material strength and ductility depending on the ferrite grain orientation.
For relatively ‘soft’ ferrite grains, micro-cracks can grow across inter-ferrite ligaments
with damage accumulating in the ferrite, leading to a reduction in strength and
strain hardening, but with little influence on ductility; in contrast, relatively ‘hard’
ferrite grains act to accelerate micro-crack initiation, leading to reduced ductility,
with negligible influence on strain hardening up to the maximum load.
Fatique and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures;41(6),pp. 1245-1259
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Wiley
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peer-reviewed
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SFI, Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)
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