Failure of a 17-4 PH stainless steel sailboat propeller shaft

Arisoy C. F., BASMAN G., SESEN M. K.

ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, cilt.10, sa.6, ss.711-717, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s1350-6307(03)00041-4
  • Dergi Adı: ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.711-717
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: failure analysis, martensite, shafts, fatigue, stress corrosion cracking, EMBRITTLEMENT
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, a 17-4 PH precipitation hardening stainless steel propeller shaft failed in use when installed in a sail-boat working in a marine environment. Failure analysis was conducted on the propeller shaft. Results indicate that the failure was caused by the fracture of the propeller shaft by torsional fatigue and stress corrosion cracking (SCC). SCC progressed transgranulary in the martensitic matrix. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.