Fatigue Strength in Aged Turbine Rotor Steel

J. Ocean Eng. Technol. 1996;10(2):77-87.

시효 열화시킨 터빈 로터강의 피로강도에 관한 연구

서창민,허정훈,이해무,서덕영

경북대학교 기계공학부,경북대학교 기계공학부,한국표준과학연구원,두원공업전문대학

Keywords: Degradation, Fatigue Strength, Major Crack, SEM(Scanning Electron Microscope), EDS(Energy Dispersive Spectrometer), Fatigue Crack

핵심용어: 열화, Cr-Mo-V강, 피로강도, 주균열, 피로균열

Abstract

The estimation of the remaining life for the aged components in power plant as well as chemical and peroleum plants has been recently coberned. The raw materials used in this syudy are the 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V rotor steel which intensified P and S compositions along with the nominal compositions of ASTM A470 standard. Five kinds of specimens with the different degradation levels were prepared by isothermal aging teat treatment at $630^{circ}C$ The mechanical properties and fatigue strength of virgin and aged 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V rotor steel have been inbestigated through the hardness, tensile, fatigue test, SEM fractograph and EDS analysis at room temperature. Thus, the data of aged specimens were compared with those of virgin specimen to evaluate the aging effects. The main results obtained in this study are as follows; The decrease of the hardness due to degradation was distinguished until 50, 000hrs simulated service time. And is was confirmed that the considerable amount of P, Mn, Cr and S was precipitated at the grain boundary of aged material through the SEM and EDS analysis. The fatigue strength of 25, 000, 50, 000, 75, 000 and 100, 000hrs aged material was decreased 29.5%, 24.4%, 28.6%, 35.7% than that of virgin material at $10^7$ cycles of room temperature. The major cracks of virgin and aged materials initiated at the inclusions including Si, P and Mn compositions which were located at the outer periphery of the specimen.