METHOD OF DETERMINING FATIGUE CRACK LIFETIME IN HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT

摘要

In a method of determining a fatigue crack lifetime of a low-alloy steel material coming in contact with high-pressure hydrogen in a high-pressure hydrogen environment, estimate a fatigue crack acceleration starting point K max T of the low-alloy steel material using a crack-growth threshold stress intensity factor K IH-R obtained through a rising load test on the low-alloy steel material in a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The high-pressure hydrogen environment of the rising load test is a high-pressure hydrogen environment which has the same pressure and atmosphere as in the high-pressure hydrogen environment in which K max T is estimated and in which the test temperature tolerance between both environments is ±5°C.