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Evaluation of PWHT cracking susceptibility of the Cr-Mo steel alloys  

Kim, Sang-Jin (Graduate of ChungNam National University)
Kim, Ki-Soo (ChungNam National University)
Lee, Young-Ho (ChungNam National University)
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대한공업교육학회지 / v.31, no.1, 2006 , pp. 200-210 More about this Journal
Abstract
This C-ring test, normally employed for evaluating susceptibility to stress-corrosion cracking, was determined to be a suitable small scale test to evaluate PWHT(Post-Weld Heat Treatment) cracking susceptibility. This test is possible to incorporate an actual weld, to introduce a notch into the coarse grained HAZ(Heat Affected Zone), to load the coarse grained HAZ any level of stress ad, most importantly, since the C-ring is an approximately constant strain type test, the stress decreases with time at temperature in a manner similar to that of an actual steel weldment. The procedure employed in making the C-ring was presented in the experimental procedure section, however, several points deserve further discussion. The walls of the weld groove are made along radial lines form the center of th var in order to obtain an HAZ which is oriented perpendicular to the walls of the machined C-ring. Therefore, the plane of maximum stress will be aligned through the HAZ and, therefore, crack propagation will not be forced to deviate form the plane of maximum stress in order to remain in the coarse grained HAZ as is the case with the Y groove test.
Keywords
C-ring test; Evaluation of cracking susceptibility; HAZ(Heat affected zone); PWHT(Post-Weld Heat Treatment); Cr-Mo steel;
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