21CrMoV5-7 Stress-Rupture Tables (Larson-Miller)

The 21CrMoV5-7 stress-rupture tables give the 10,000, 100,000 and 200,000 hour rupture stress at temperatures from 450 to 575 deg C, derived from the EN 10269 Annex A Larson-Miller envelope. Use as the design input for elevated-temperature bolted-joint stress analysis on steam turbine, gas turbine, pressure-vessel and refinery applications.

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Stress-Rupture Envelope (to EN 10269 Annex A)

Temperature10,000 h rupture100,000 h rupture200,000 h rupture (extrapolated)
450 deg C~580 MPa~470 MPa~440 MPa
475 deg C~510 MPa~400 MPa~375 MPa
500 deg C~430 MPa~340 MPa~315 MPa
525 deg C~370 MPa~290 MPa~265 MPa
540 deg C~330 MPa~260 MPa~235 MPa
550 deg C~250 MPa~180 MPa~155 MPa
575 deg C~180 MPa~120 MPaextrapolation marginal

1 Percent Creep Strain

Temperature1 percent at 100,000 h (MPa)
500 deg C~280 MPa (80 percent of rupture)
525 deg C~235 MPa
540 deg C~210 MPa
550 deg C~150 MPa

Larson-Miller Master Curve

Larson-Miller parameter (LMP = T(K) x (20 + log t(h)) x 10^-3) collapses the time-temperature creep envelope onto a single master curve. For 21CrMoV5-7:

Rupture stress (MPa)LMP (x 10^-3)
40019.5
35019.8
30020.3
25020.9
20021.4
15022.0

Design Margin

For bolted-joint design, allowable stress is typically taken as the lesser of: (a) 67 percent of the 100,000-hour rupture stress at design temperature; (b) the 0.2 percent proof stress at design temperature. The design-life margin is conservative for cyclic-load bolted joints and aggressive for monotonic-load joints.

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