Local Stresses in a Hollow Cylinder before the Onset of Hydrogen Corrosion

Abstract

A mathematical model of the stress-strain state before the onset of high-temperature hydrogen corrosion of a steel hollow cylinder is proposed. Plane deformation of a cross section with cylindrical micropores around which local stresses arise is considered. A criterion is proposed in which the initiation of corrosion cracks is possible when the sum of the circumferential stress under the effect of hydrogen pressure inside the cylinder cavity and the circumferential local stress under the effect of methane pressure inside the micropore reaches the break creep strength.