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Fatigue crack growth rates of 4130X steel used for compressed natural gas vessels were investigated in this paper. Considering the operating conditions, corrosion fatigue tests at a low frequency of 0.0067 Hz, in H2S saturated, H2S unsaturated and air environments were conducted on modified wedge opening load specimens by using a home made low cycle fatigue test system. Curve fitting was applied to the fatigue test data of da/dN-Delta K according to Paris formula. A correlation study between fracture surface and stress intensity factor range was conducted and K values for three stages in different environments were characterised quantitatively. The results show that da/dN in H2S environment is more than 20 times faster than in an air environment. When the H2S concentration reaches a certain range, the increase of da/dN becomes slower than that of the H2S concentration. da/dN differs by 2.4 times while the concentration differs by 11 times. The corrosive environment accelerates the fatigue failure.
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CORROSION ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 1478-422X
Year: 2009
Issue: 6
Volume: 44
Page: 462-468
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ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
JCR Journal Grade:2
CAS Journal Grade:1
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