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Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model
Hydrogen can degrade the mechanical properties of steel components, which is commonly referred to as “hydrogen embrittlement” (HE). Quantifying the effect of HE on the structural integrity of components and structures remains challenging. The authors investigated an X70 pipeline steel through unchar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37445153 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16134839 |
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author | Depraetere, Robin De Waele, Wim Cauwels, Margo Depover, Tom Verbeken, Kim Hertelé, Stijn |
author_facet | Depraetere, Robin De Waele, Wim Cauwels, Margo Depover, Tom Verbeken, Kim Hertelé, Stijn |
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description | Hydrogen can degrade the mechanical properties of steel components, which is commonly referred to as “hydrogen embrittlement” (HE). Quantifying the effect of HE on the structural integrity of components and structures remains challenging. The authors investigated an X70 pipeline steel through uncharged and hydrogen-charged (notched) tensile tests. This paper presents a combination of experimental results and numerical simulations using a micro-mechanics-inspired damage model. Four specimen geometries and three hydrogen concentrations (including uncharged) were targeted, which allowed for the construction of a fracture locus that depended on the stress triaxiality and hydrogen concentration. The multi-physical finite element model includes hydrogen diffusion and damage on the basis of the complete Gurson model. Hydrogen-Assisted degradation was implemented through an acceleration of the void nucleation process, as supported by experimental observations. The damage parameters were determined through inverse analysis, and the numerical results were in good agreement with the experimental data. The presented model couples micro-mechanical with macro-mechanical results and makes it possible to evaluate the damage evolution during hydrogen-charged mechanical tests. In particular, the well-known ductility loss due to hydrogen was captured well in the form of embrittlement indices for the different geometries and hydrogen concentrations. The limitations of the damage model regarding the stress state are discussed in this paper. |
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spelling | pubmed-103432522023-07-14 Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model Depraetere, Robin De Waele, Wim Cauwels, Margo Depover, Tom Verbeken, Kim Hertelé, Stijn Materials (Basel) Article Hydrogen can degrade the mechanical properties of steel components, which is commonly referred to as “hydrogen embrittlement” (HE). Quantifying the effect of HE on the structural integrity of components and structures remains challenging. The authors investigated an X70 pipeline steel through uncharged and hydrogen-charged (notched) tensile tests. This paper presents a combination of experimental results and numerical simulations using a micro-mechanics-inspired damage model. Four specimen geometries and three hydrogen concentrations (including uncharged) were targeted, which allowed for the construction of a fracture locus that depended on the stress triaxiality and hydrogen concentration. The multi-physical finite element model includes hydrogen diffusion and damage on the basis of the complete Gurson model. Hydrogen-Assisted degradation was implemented through an acceleration of the void nucleation process, as supported by experimental observations. The damage parameters were determined through inverse analysis, and the numerical results were in good agreement with the experimental data. The presented model couples micro-mechanical with macro-mechanical results and makes it possible to evaluate the damage evolution during hydrogen-charged mechanical tests. In particular, the well-known ductility loss due to hydrogen was captured well in the form of embrittlement indices for the different geometries and hydrogen concentrations. The limitations of the damage model regarding the stress state are discussed in this paper. MDPI 2023-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10343252/ /pubmed/37445153 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16134839 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Depraetere, Robin De Waele, Wim Cauwels, Margo Depover, Tom Verbeken, Kim Hertelé, Stijn Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model |
title | Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model |
title_full | Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model |
title_fullStr | Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model |
title_full_unstemmed | Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model |
title_short | Modeling of Hydrogen-Charged Notched Tensile Tests of an X70 Pipeline Steel with a Hydrogen-Informed Gurson Model |
title_sort | modeling of hydrogen-charged notched tensile tests of an x70 pipeline steel with a hydrogen-informed gurson model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37445153 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16134839 |
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