Cracking Behavior of Oxide Films under Applied Stress

Cracking behaviors of oxide films on A3, 30CrMnSiA steel under applied stress were investigated in this paper. Theoretical deductions confirmed that critical cracking conditions for oxide films on A3 and 30CrMnSiA steel did exist. Electrochemical tensile experiments in 3%NaCl aqueous solution showed that the critical cracking stress for oxide film on A3 steel is about 220MPa,the critical cracking stress for oxide film on 30CrMnSiA steel is about 80MPa.In-situ dynamic tensile experiments verified the correctness of the experiments results in the electrochemical tensile experiments.