Study on the Effect and Mechanism of Hydrogen Content on the Creep Fatigue Behavior of Zirconium Alloy
This study investigates the creep-fatigue behavior of recrystallized zirconium alloy at 320℃ and different hydrogen contents using frequency-corrected strain life and frequency-corrected hysteresis energy methods.The results indicate that as the holding time increases,the creep-fatigue resistance of the non-hydrogen permeation sample decreases,but there is no significant effect when holding time exceeds 30 s.However,the effect of holding time on the creep-fatigue resistance of hydrogen permeation sample is not significant.It was found that the non-hydrogen permeation sample had the best creep-fatigue resistance,while the 0.04%hydrogen permeation sample had the worst resistance.The creep-fatigue resistance of the 0.005%hydrogen permeation sample was weaker at high strain levels(high hysteresis energy)than that of the 0.02%hydrogen permeation sample,and better than that of the 0.02%hydrogen permeation sample at low strain levels.The effect mechanism of hydrogen content on creep-fatigue behavior:solid solution hydrogen can increase creep-fatigue life,while hydrides can reduce creep-fatigue life.The hydride plays a dominant role in the sample with hydrogen content of 0.04%,resulting in the worst creep-fatigue performance.
zirconium alloycreep-fatiguehydrogen permeationhysteresis energy