
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4661932
This paper presents an in-situ observation, using neutron imaging, of delayed crack propagation in a high-strength martensitic steel specimen. Delayed cracking is believed to be caused by hydrogen embrittlement occurring due to the slow diffusion and accumulation of hydrogen ahead of a crack front, causing decreased ductility and eventual cracking under constant load. The experiment involved mechanical loading of a single-edge-notch bend specimen while submerged in an electrolyte solution (HO + 3.5% NaCl) under cathodic polarization to facilitate hydrogen ingress. Intermittent crack propagation was observed for 12 h after the environment had been removed. The stress state at each crack configuration was extracted from a three-dimensional elastic–plastic finite element simulation, which was tailored to match the quantitative information acquired from the neutron radiographs of the fracture process. To gain insight into the evolution of hydrogen concentration with crack propagation, a modeling scheme for stress-assisted hydrogen diffusion was also employed.
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