Effect of Al⁻Zn Alloy Coating on Corrosion Fatigue Behavior of X80 Riser Steel
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Determining Tribocorrosion Rate and Wear-Corrosion Synergy of Bulk and Thin Film Aluminum Alloys
Published on: September 11, 2018
Zhongying Han1, Xiaoguang Huang2, Zhicheng Yang3
1School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China. hzy_0218@163.com.
Abstract:
This paper presents a corrosion fatigue cyclic failure test for X80 steel, which has arc sprayed with an Al-Zn coating in natural seawater under different stress levels. We found that the Al-Zn coating can significantly improve the corrosion fatigue resistance and slow the crack initiation of X80 steel. The effect of the Al-Zn coating on the corrosion fatigue crack initiation is mainly attributed to its physical isolation, cathodic protection and residual prestress while the effect on crack propagation is due to its inhibition of the formation and evolution of secondary cracks. Moreover, according to the test results, a new life prediction model for corrosion fatigue based on the damage evolution law is proposed and the effect of corrosion-fatigue coupling damage in the proposed model is also considered.
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