NESC VII EUROPEAN PROJECT: DEMONSTRATION OF WARM PRE STRESSING EFFECT IN BIAXIAL LOADING CONDITIONS - BENDING TESTS ON 18MND5 CRUCIFORM SPECIMENS

摘要

In the framework of NESC VII European project, a large experimental program has been dedicated to demonstrate the Warm Pre Stressing (WPS) effect in different testing configurations. One of the CEA (France) contributions to this project is the realization of five point bending tests on large cruciform specimens considering different WPS loading cycles. The five cruciform specimens, sponsored by EDF (France) and IRSN (France), are made of 18MND5 steel. Two of them have been tested on a same LCF (Load-Cool-Fracture) loading cycle, including an isothermal preloading at T_(WPS) = -30°C followed by a cooling down to T_(FRAC) = -150°C at a constant load before an isothermal reloading up to fracture at T_(FRAC). The results presented in this paper give a successful demonstration of the Warm Pre Stressing effect in biaxial loading conditions on a LCF cycle.