Application of Combined Sustained and Cyclic Loading Test Results to Alloy 617 Elevated Temperature Design Criteria

Wang, Yanli¹  Jetter, Robert I²  Sham, Sam¹ 

[1] Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States);Global Egineering and Technology, LLC, Coral Gables, FL (United States)

关键词: HTGR TYPE REACTORS;    TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K;    CREEP;    DESIGN;    PRESSURE VESSELS;    FATIGUE;    PLASTICITY;    DAMAGE;    DEFORMATION;    EVALUATION;    STRAINS;    INCONEL 617;    STATIC LOADS;    DYNAMIC LOADS;    REACTOR MATERIALS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1237614
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM--2014/294
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1237614
Others  :  Other: RC0120000
Others  :  NERC015
Others  :  TRN: US1600528

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Alloy 617 is a reference structural material for very high temperature components of advanced-gas cooled reactors with outlet temperatures in the range of 900-950?��C . In order for designers to be able to use Alloy 617 for these high temperature components, Alloy 617 has to be approved for use in Section III (the nuclear section) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. A plan has been developed to submit a draft code for Alloy 617 to ASME Section III by 2015. However, the current rules in Subsection NH for the evaluation of strain limits and creep-fatigue damage using simplified methods based on elastic analysis have been deemed inappropriate for Alloy 617 at temperatures above 1200?��F (650?��C). The rationale for this exclusion is that at higher temperatures it is not feasible to decouple plasticity and creep deformation, which is the basis for the current simplified rules. This temperature, 1200 ?��F, is well below the temperature range of interest for this material in High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR) applications. The only current alternative is, thus, a full inelastic analysis which requires sophisticated material models which have been formulated but not yet verified. To address this issue, proposed code rules have been developed which are based on the use of elastic-perfectly plastic (EPP) analysis methods and which are expected to be applicable to very high temperatures.