Uniaxial constant load SCC (Stress Corrosion Cracking) tests at stress levels of 376 to 752 MPa, corresponding to normalized stress of 0.4 to 0.8 {sigma}{sub y} ({sigma}{sub y}: yield strength) were conducted on cold-worked SUS316 stainless steel specimens irradiated to 38 dpa in 320 C simulated PWR primary water containing 500 ppm B and 2 ppm Li while changing dissolved hydrogen (DH) concentration of 0.5 ppm (5 cc/kg-H{sub 2}O) and 4 ppm (45 cc/kg-H{sub 2}O). Failure - non failure border stress was identified to be (0.7 - 0.8)*{sigma}{sub y} at 0.5 ppm, and (0.4 - 0.5)*{sigma}{sub y} at 4 ppm. It was confirmed from these findings and the previously obtained border stress of (0.5 - 0.6)*{sigma}{sub y} at 2.8 ppm (30 cc/kg-H{sub 2}O) that the border stress for IASCC initiation decreases as the DH concentration increases. (authors)
Although the copper electroplating method of stress analysis can only detect the shearing stress amplitude, microcircular holes made in electrodeposited copper foil enable separation and measurement of the first and second princical stresses with biaxial stress conditions of a negative biaxial stress ratio. In this paper, developing the above idea, a method of detecting both principal stresses at the stress-concentrated location with a positive biaxial stress ratio is presented. The accuracy of this method is ascertained by examining the stress state near the hole in a plate under uniaxial tension and that at the bottom of a chircular groove in a shaft under bending.
Abstract The Sintered silver (s–Ag) die degradation is commonly evaluated by thermal shocked test (TST), which evaluates the material’s durability against a heating/cooling cycle. Materials with different coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) give rise to thermal out-of-plane deformation surrounding the bonding part, which deteriorates s–Ag die part by repeated thermal and mechanical stress during TST. For the safe and reliable design of s–Ag die toward long-term durability, the contribution of thermal and mechanical stresses to degradation should be understood separately. Clarify the overall s–Ag die degradation mechanism during TST compared to the new mechanical bending test that can apply out-of-plane deformation. The authors propose a new mechanical bending test technique, called the nine-point bending (NBT) test, which can provide out-of-plane deformation with a s–Ag die-attached specimen as TST like. By comparing NBT and TST, the degradation mechanism of the s–Ag die-attach element can be understood from both thermal and mechanical aspects. In scanning acoustic tomography (SAT) analysis, a similar degradation ratio between NBT and TST is obtained, which indicates that mechanical stress plays a significant role in deteriorating s–Ag die layer in TST. After 1000 cycles, however, cracking and s–Ag material aging coexist in TST only, destabilizing s–Ag die fracture. s–Ag main degradation cause in TST is clarified with mechanical stress by comparing NBT. In addition, thermally material aging destabilized the s–Ag degradation during TST.