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http://dx.doi.org/10.5781/JWJ.2016.34.1.41

A Study of Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour for Ferrite-Bainite Dual Phase Steel  

Kim, Deok-Geun (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University)
Cho, Dong-Pil (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University)
Oh, Dong-Jin (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Myung-Hyun (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University)
Publication Information
Journal of Welding and Joining / v.34, no.1, 2016 , pp. 41-46 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the recent increase in size of ships and offshore structures, there are more demand for thicker plates. As the thickness increases, it is known that fatigue life of the structures decrease. To improve the fatigue life, post weld treatments techniques, such as toe grinding, TIG dressing and hammer peening, are typically employed. However, these techniques require additional construction time and production cost. Therefore, it is of crucial interest steels with longer fatigue crack growth life compared to conventional steels. This study investigates fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) behaviours of conventional EH36 steel and Ferrite-Bainite dual phase EH36 steel (F-B steel). F-B steel is known to have improved fatigue performance associated with the existence of two different phases. Ferrite-Bainite dual phase microstructures are obtained by special thermo mechanical control process (TMCP). FCGR behaviours are investigated by a series of constant stress-controlled FCGR tests. Considering all test conditions (ambient, low temperature, high stress ratio), it is shown that FCGR of F-B steel is slower than that of conventional EH36 steel. From the tensile tests and impact tests, F-B steel exhibits higher values of strength and impact energy leading to slower FCGR.
Keywords
Fatigue crack growth rate; Dual phase steel; Ferrite-Bainite;
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