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Delayed fracture susceptibility of 1.8 GPa-class ultra-high strength bolts was evaluated by an outdoor exposure test. Low-alloy steel bars with a chemical composition of Fe-0.4%C-2%Si-1%Cr-1%Mo (mass%) were quenched and tempered at 500 oC for 1 h, caliber-rolled at 500 oC with a rolling reduction of 78%, in order to create fail-safe steels (FS steels) with an ultrafine elongated grain structure. Subsequently, FS steel bars were formed into JIS M12 hexagon head bolts with a nominal length of 60 mm (FS bolts). Bolt heading was performed at 700~730 oC, and screw part was formed by thread-rolling at 500 oC to maintain the ultrafine grain structure with a strong <110>//rolling direction fiber texture. Conventionally quenched and tempered bolts (QT bolts) with a tempered martensitic structure were prepared for comparison. A steel plate was fastened by the bolts on 23 April 2013, and the outdoor exposure test was started on 21 May 2013 in Miyako Island test site of Japan Weathering Test Center. The bolt fastening force was 122 kN (=0.85 σ0.2 at thread part) for FS bolts and 89 kN (=0.70 σ0.2 at thread part) for QT bolts. The outdoor exposure test demonstrated an excellent delayed fracture resistance of FS bolts at the ultra-high tensile strength of 1.8 GPa; FS bolts have not been broken for 53 months, in contrast to QT bolts exhibiting delayed fracture. Intergranular cracking along the prior-austenite grain boundaries was commonly observed in the broken QT bolts. The accelerated laboratory test using tensile tests of pre-hydrogen-charged specimens and immersion test (30 oC, pH2) showed that the FS bolts had high resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, and it was in good agreement with the result of outdoor exposure test of the FS bolts.

Delayed fracture properties of 1.8 GPa-class ultra-high strength fail-safe bolt