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01-06-2007
Crack Growth Behavior of Pipeline Steel in Near-Neutral pH Soil Environments
Published in: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A | Issue 6/2007
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Abstract
This article reports the crack growth behavior of X-65 pipeline steel in near-neutral pH environments. Although it is often referred to as stress corrosion cracking (SCC), the crack growth behavior of pipeline steels in near-neutral pH environments has been found to be consistent with that of true corrosion fatigue, and the crack growth rate da/dN can be correlated with
\( {\Delta K^{2} K_{{\max }} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Delta K^{2} K_{{\max }} } {f^{{0.1}} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {f^{{0.1}} } \). This correlation enables the determination of threshold \( {\Delta K^{2} K_{{\max }} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Delta K^{2} K_{{\max }} } {f^{{0.1}} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {f^{{0.1}} } \) values that demarcate the boundary between active growth and dormancy. Crack tip blunting was observed when a loading condition gave a \( {\Delta K^{2} K_{{\max }} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Delta K^{2} K_{{\max }} } {f^{{0.1}} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {f^{{0.1}} } \) value below the threshold. The threshold is found to be environmentally sensitive, and possibly also material dependent, but the details are yet to be determined.