Analysis Finite Element Simulation and Experimental Study on Hydrogen Induced Fracture of 45CrNiMoVA High Strength Alloy Steel
The coupling model of hydrogen diffusion and cohesive zone modeling(CZM)analysis of two-dimensional CT specimen were established by ABAQUS software.Based on hydrogen-enhanced decohesion mechanism(HEDE),a trapezoidal traction-separation law(TSL)was adopted,the hydrogen induced crack initiation and fracture on the CT specimen of 45CrNiMoVA high strength steel was simulated by coupling the degradation relationship between hydrogen coverage and critical hydrogen related cohesive stress caused by hydrogen accumulation in metal.The results show that hydrogen atoms in the metal accumulate in the high hydrostatic stress region driven by hydrostatic stress gradient.With the increase of diffusion time,the hydrogen atoms accumulate at the crack tip,which reduces the fracture energy of the material,thus reduces the cohesive stress and makes the cohesive elements fail under lower stress,finally resulting in hydrogen induced fracture failure of the material.The simulation results show that the load-displacement curve of hydrogen-charged specimen is basically the same as the experimental curve,which indicates that the model can be used to simulate the hydrogen induced fracture of high strength steel without a lot of tests.The simulation results can provide reference for the failure analysis of hydrogen embrittlement of the kind of steel.
45CrNiMoVA high strength alloy steelhydrogen embrittlementCT specimencohesive zone modeling(CZM)HEDE(hydrogen-enhanced decohesion)