Initiation and propagation of mini-cracks in stable austenitic cast steel
Carburizing furnaces tooling is made of stable austenitic cast steel. During the service life of the tooling damages occur, which disqualify it from further
usage. This paper focuses on the issue of mini-cracks formation in the tooling, during the cooling process. The literature shows, that a great difference in
thermal expansion between cast structural components has a pivotal meaning for a problem of the cracks creating. A model which is presented in the literature
shows, that the presence of carbides near the alloy surface can cause strong tensile stresses, which may initiate cracks formation. However the model
does not include an oxide layer which forms on the alloy surface. It also does not explain why the cracks arise in practice, only at grains boundaries and not
in other places where carbides are located. In the article computational model for finite element analysis of grains boundary located near the alloy surface
which is covered with oxide layer was presented. The proposed model was used for the numerical analysis of the influence of the carbide layer (the depth of
the layer) and oxide layer geometry on the stress distribution in the surface layer, during the cooling process. The results show a clear relationship between
the carbide layer and the stresses occurring at the surface. They also show that, despite the presence of the oxide layer, tensile stresses may occur at the alloy
surface. The necessary calculations were made in the Midas NFX 2014 software.
Key words: stable austenitic cast steel, stresses, finite elements method, cracking.
Osprzęt pieców do nawęglania jest wykonywany ze stabilnego staliwa austenitycznego. W czasie jego użytkowania dochodzi do zniszczeń, które dyskwalifikują
go z dalszej eksploatacji. Praca skupia się na zagadnieniu powstawania mikropęknięć w osprzęcie podczas jego chłodzenia. Literatura przedmiotu
wskazuje, że kluczowe znac
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