Abstract
Based on an explosion case of
stainless steel waveform expansion joint happened from wet H2S stress corrosion cracking,
this article carries out analy si s that the accident caused by the brittle fracture of low stress is closely related to cold work
hardening of austenitic stainless steel and massive deformation martensite. And it also suggests that the solid solution
treatment to austenitic stainl ess steel will be favorable to mitigation of stress corrosion cracking occurrence and reduction in
stress corrosion crack growth rate, then the modification suggestion to related regulations was given.
Keywords
Austenitic stainless steel, Deformation martensite, Cold work hardening, Solid solution treatment, Stress corrosion.
Citation
ERGENG ZHANG, ZEMING FU, ZHIWEN WANG, Research on cold work hardening and heat treatment problems of waveform expansion jointfor a ustenitic stainless steel, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 9-10, September-October 2013, pp.747-750 (2013).
Submitted at: May 10, 2013
Accepted at: Sept. 18, 2013