Comparative study on mechanical behavior of low temperature application materials for ships and offshore structures: Part I—Experimental investigations

• Published in: Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing, 2011-07, Vol.528 (18), p.5790-5803
• Main Authors: Park, Woong Sup, Chun, Min Sung, Han, Myung Soo, Kim, Myung Hyun, Lee, Jae Myung
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alloys; Aluminum alloy; Aluminum base alloys; Applied sciences; Austenitic stainless steel; Cryogenic tensile test; Elasticity. Plasticity; Exact sciences and technology; Materials selection; Mechanical properties; Mechanical properties and methods of testing. Rheology. Fracture mechanics. Tribology; Metals. Metallurgy; Nickel base alloys; Nickel steel alloy; Nonlinearity; Strain hardening; Strain rate; Strain rate sensitivity; Strain-hardening rate
• ISSN: 0921-5093; 1873-4936
• DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2011.04.032

► Representative low-temperature material characteristics have been investigated. ► Cryogenic tensile behavior of AISI steel, AA5083 and Invar steel were analyzed. ► Temperature and strain rate dependency of the material nonlinearity were analyzed. ► Strain-hardening rate and strain-rate sensitivity were investigated and presented. Austenitic stainless steels (ASSs), aluminum alloys, and nickel alloys are potential candidate materials for cryogenic applications owing to their superior mechanical properties under low temperatures. In the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, these materials are widely used in the construction of thermal barriers for the insulation systems of storage tanks and LNG equipment. Among the typical material nonlinearities of ASSs, phase transformation induced plasticity (TRIP)-related nonlinear hardening characteristics have been experimentally and numerically reported in a number of detailed studies [1,2]; however, to the best of our knowledge, quantitative studies on aluminum and nickel alloys are not available for reference. Moreover, although these materials are used under various temperatures and strain rates, their temperature- and strain rate-dependent properties have not been determined thus far. In this study, a series of tensile tests is carried out under various temperatures (110–293 K) and strain rate (0.00016–0.01 s −1) ranges as a preliminary step in the overall process for understanding the material characteristics of ASSs, aluminum alloys, and nickel alloys. On the basis of the experimental results, the essential mechanical properties are summarized in a quantitative manner in terms of the temperature and strain rate. The strain-hardening rate and strain sensitivity, which can be used to describe cryogenic temperature dependent material nonlinearities, are also proposed for the selected materials.