Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis
Corrosion Fatigue Cracking of a Steam Generator Vessel From a Pressurized Water Reactor
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Published:1992
Abstract
A pair of steam generators operating at a pressurized water reactor site were found to be leaking near a closure weld. The generators were the vertical U-tube type, constructed from ASTM A302 grade B steel. The shell material exhibited high hardness values prior to confirmatory heat treatment, indicating high residual stresses in the area of the weld. All cracks were transgranular and were associated with pits on the inside surfaces of the vessels. It was concluded that the cracking was caused by a low-cycle corrosion fatigue phenomenon, with cracks initiating at areas of localized corrosion and propagating by fatigue....
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Member Sign InCarl J. Czajkowski, Corrosion Fatigue Cracking of a Steam Generator Vessel From a Pressurized Water Reactor, Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol 1, Edited By Khlefa A. Esaklul, ASM International, 1992, p 136–139, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.v01.c9001051
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