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Nuclear Technology | Volume 66 | Number 2 | August 1984 | Pages 324-346
C.3. Fatigue Property | Status of Metallic Materials Development for Application in Advanced High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor / Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33436
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A study has been carried out to evaluate the high-cycle fatigue strength of Incoloy alloy 800H in a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor helium environment containing significant quantities of moisture. As-heat-treated and thermally aged materials were tested to determine the effects of long-term oxidation in the helium test gas. Results from these tests were compared to those for a standard air environment. It was found that the mechanisms of fatigue failure were complex and involved recovery recrystallization of the surface-ground layer on the specimens, sensitization, work hardening, oxide scale integrity, and oxidation at the tips of propagating cracks. For certain situations, a corrosion-fatigue process seems to be important. However, for the helium environment studied, the fatigue strength was nearly always higher than that for air.