An analysis of stress waves in 12Cr steel, Stellite 6B and TiN by liquid impact loading Original Research Article

This research placed emphasis on the computer simulated stress distribution on the surface and in the bulk of the materials which are subjected to the water impact causing erosion damage. The erosion damage was predicted by evaluating the spatial and temporal stress wave distribution generated by water impact pressure on 12Cr steel and Stellite 6B as steam turbine materials and TiN as a hard coating material. There were two distinctive stress wave behaviors. Firstly, the large tensile stress at the surface was developed by the Rayleigh wave component which appeared between the water drop and the Rayleigh wave front. After the Rayleigh wave detached from the water drop, the materials were in the tensile stress state which could be related to fracture initiation. Secondly, the largest tensile stress in the bulk was near the surface due to the Rayleigh wave generated at the surface and decreased due to the enlargement of wave front as the radial distance increased. Rayleigh waveʹs shape was broadened due to the difference between the contact point velocity and the wave front velocity, while its value decayed exponentially in the depth direction. Also, there may be a tendency to produce a circumferential crack by σrr near the surface and a lateral crack by σzz in the sub-surface. The tensile stresses in TiN were much lower than those in 12Cr steel and Stellite 6B due to its higher wave velocity.