简介:ThesusceptibilityofweldedjointfortheX65pipelinesteeltoH2Sstresscorrosioncracking(SCC)isinvestigated.SCCtestsonthesteelarecarriedoutintheenvironmentbasedonNACETM-01-77solutionwithsaturatedgaseousH2S.Thethresholdstressintensityfactorandcrackpropagationvelocityarecalculatedaccordingtowedge-openingloading(WOL)specimens.Thethree-dimensionalelastic-plasticfiniteelementanalysisofWOLspecimensisperformedbyusingtheFEMprogrammingpackageANSYS.Stressfieldandconcentrationofhydrogendistributionpropertyaheadofthecracktipareobtained.ThispapersurveyedthemicrostructureofweldedjointandstudiedonthemechanicalpropertiesofX65pipelinesteel.Itprovidesexperimentalbasisforstudyingstresscorrosion.Theresultsofnumericalanalysisareconsistentwithconclusionsofstresscorrosiontest.
简介:Inthisinvestigation,themechanicalpropertiesandlow-temperaturefracturetoughnessofAPI5LX65offshorepipelineweldedjointswerestudied.StructureIntegrityAssessmentProcedure(SINTAP)-FailureAssessmentDiagram(FAD)methodwasappliedtothepipestructurewithsurfaceflawattheweldtoe.AccordingtotheISOstandardBS7448,theCTODfracturetoughnessoftheweldedjointswasdeterminedatthetemperatureof0℃.Fortheheat-affectedzone(HAZ)specimens,post-testmetallographicanalysiswasperformedtoverifythatthetipofthecrackwaslocatedinthecoarsecrystalzoneinordertoconfirmthevalidityoftheaboveresults.Thefailurelinesofanalysislevel1and3ofweldmetalwerederivedfromtheresultsofthemechanicalpropertytest.Theassessmentwasperformed,consideringthemaximumlaystress,residualstressconservativelyassumedtobeuniformtensilestress,andminimumCTODvalue.Theresultsoftheassessmentshowedthatpipelinestructurewithasurfaceflaw(theheightandlengtharerespectively2.2mmand5mm)attheweldtoeissafe.ThisstudylaysthefoundationofapplicationofSINTAPtopipelinestructureassessment.
简介:Theeffectofnonmetallicinclusionsinthedropletofthestainlesssteelcoveredelectrodeontheporositywasresearched.Theresultshowsthatthenonmetallicinclusionsinthedropletarespherical,theircompositionisdifferentfromtheoneofslagandtheinclusionshavethecharacterof"innerformation".Whentheratioofrutiletoilmeniteinthecoatedmaterialisincreased,thedropletbecomescoarse,thecontentofnonmetallicinclusioninthedropletdecreases,andtheporositysensitivityintheweldmetalalsodecreases.Whentheratiooffledspartoilmeniteinthecoatedmaterialisincreased,thedropletbecomesfine,thecontentofnonmetallicinclusioninthedropletincreases,andtheporositysensitivityintheweldmetalincreases.WhentheratioofFe2O3toilmeniteinthecoatedmaterialisincreased,thedropletbecomesfine,thecontentofnonmetallicinclusiondecreases,whiletheporositysensitivitydoesnotreduce.
简介:WeldingresearchofA6N01S-T5aluminumalloyprofileforhigh-speedtrainwasdonebyusinglaser-MIGhybridweldingandMIGweldingindividually.Andtheweldappearance,weldingdistortion,mechanicalpropertiesofthejointsandmicrostructureswereanalyzed.Thetestresultsdemonstratedthathigh-efficientweldingfortheprofilecanbeachievedbyusinglaser-MIGhybridwelding,thespeedofwhichcanbeover3.0m/min.Theprocessinghadagoodgapbridgingability,evenifthegapofthebuttjointwasupto2.0mm,agoodweldappearancecanalsobegot.Whilethehybridweldingspeedwasgreaterthan2.5m/min,theweldingdistortionofthelaser-tandemMIGhybridjointswasjustabout33%ofthatoftheMIGjoints,buttheweldingefficiencywasover3timesofMIGwelding.Andtensilestrengthofthehybridjointswas85%ofthatofA6N01S-T5basemetal,9%higherthanthatoftheMIGjoints.Fatiguepropertieswastestedindividuallywithpulsedtensilefatiguemethodintheconditionof1×107lifetime.Thetestresultsdemonstratedthatthefatiguestrengthofthejointswasalittlelowerthanthatofbasematerial,whichcouldbeupto115MPa.Butthefatiguestrengthofhybridweldingjointswas107.5MPa,whichwas23%higherthan87MPaofMIGweldingjoints.