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Fatigue Crack Growth of Pipeline Steels in Gaseous Hydrogen- Predictive Model Calibrated to API-5L X52

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Author(s)

Robert L. Amaro, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Neha N. Rustagi, Nicholas Nanninga, Yaakov Levy, Andrew J. Slifka

Abstract

A phenomenological fatigue crack growth (FCG) model has been proposed to predict the FCG of API-5L X100 steel in high-pressure gaseous hydrogen [1]. The model presumes that total FCG is a summation of a “pure” fatigue component and a hydrogen-assisted (HA) component. The hydrogen-assisted fatigue component is further divided into two regimes. The first regime is dominated by the stress-assisted hydrogen concentration within the fatigue process zone, while the second regime is controlled by the far-field steady-state hydrogen concentration. This work outlines the process entailed in model calibration to X52 steel in gaseous hydrogen. Model applicability to multiple materials, having differing microstructure and characteristic length scales, will be discussed in light of the model parameters and potential FCG mechanisms
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2012 International Hydrogen Conference
Conference Dates
September 9-12, 2012
Conference Location
Moran, WY
Conference Title
2012 International Hydrogen Conference
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1115/1.860298_ch35

Keywords

hydrogen assisted fatigue crack growth, API pipeline steels, life model
Alternative energy, Fuels, Metals and Modeling and computational material science

Citation

Amaro, R. , Drexler, E. , Rustagi, N. , Nanninga, N. , Levy, Y. and Slifka, A. (2012), Fatigue Crack Growth of Pipeline Steels in Gaseous Hydrogen- Predictive Model Calibrated to API-5L X52, Proceedings of the 2012 International Hydrogen Conference, Moran, WY, [online], https://doi.org/10.1115/1.860298_ch35 (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created September 9, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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