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http://dx.doi.org/10.5574/IJOSE.2012.2.3.160

Variability of Fatigue Crack Initiation Life in Flux Cored Arc Welded API 2W Gr.50 Steel Joints

Sohn, Hye-Jeong (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Seon-Jin (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Pukyong National University)

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International Journal of Ocean System Engineering / v.2, no.3, 2012 , pp. 160-169 More about this Journal

Abstract

Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) is a common practice to join thick plates such as the structural members of large scale offshore structures and very large container ships. The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanical properties and variability of the fatigue crack initiation life in the flux cored arc welded API 2W Gr.50 steel joints typically applied to offshore structures with a focus on the effect of the materials in fatigue crack growth life from the notch root of a compact tension specimen. Offshore structural steel (API 2W Gr.50) plates (60-mm thick) were used to fabricate multi-path flux core arc welded butt welded joints to clearly consider fatigue fractures at the weld zone from the notch. Fatigue tests were performed under a constant amplitude cyclic loading of R = 0.4. The mean fatigue crack initiation life of the HAZ specimen was the highest among the base metal (BM), weld metal (WM), and heat affected zone (HAZ). In addition, the coefficient of variation was the highest in the WMl specimen. The variability of the short fatigue crack growth rates from the notch tips in the WM and HAZ specimens was higher than in BM.

Keywords

Flux Core Arc Welding; Fatigue Crack Initiation Life; Mechanical Property; Hardness Distribution; Variability;

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