Brittle rupture of austenitic stainless steels due to creep cavitation

摘要

Basic creep cavitation models have been used to predict brittle rupture of austenitic stainless steels. It involves the grain boundary sliding models, which is the basis of the creep cavitation models, the recently developed cavity formation models and the constrained cavity growth models. The individual creep cavitation models are verified with experimental observations. Brittle rupture due to creep cavitation that appears as intergranular failure is found to be dominant at high temperatures and long creep exposure times.