• Journal of Welding and Joining
• /
• v.13 no.4
• /
• pp.46-54
• /
• 1995

The cold cracking susceptibility of a variety of weld metals deposited by GMAW with several kinds of commercial solid wires for high strength-toughness steel was investigated. G-BOP test and LB-TRC test were carried out to study the effects of preheat, chemical composition and hydrogen level on the weld metal cold cracking. The results obtained are as follows. 1) 10% CPT obtained by G-BOP test was the most valuable criteria for evaluating the cold cracking susceptibility of weld metals compared with percentage of cracking at room temperature and crack free temperature, and it had good correlation with the results of LB-TRC test. 2) Cold cracking susceptibility of weld metals was high in the row of MG100A, MG100C, MG100D and MG100B. Welds deposited with MG130 and MG80 showed similar icidents of cracking with MG100C and MG100B respectively, even though their strength levels were different. 3) Diffusible hydrogen level in weld metals which has good relation with hydrogen content in wire itself was the most critical factor for controlling the cold cracking susceptibility of weld metal.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
• /
• v.6 no.3
• /
• pp.27-36
• /
• 1988

In fabrication of various welded structures made of high strength steels, the occurence of hydrogen assisted cracking and embrittlement in HAZ is prime importance. The present work was carried out to clarify the effect of chemical compositions, especially B and/or Ti addition on the cold cracking susceptibility and HAZ embrittlement in low crabon equivalent steel. Tests results showed that the addtio of optimum boron content in steel with low Pem value i.e., below 0.20 % was the best way to improve the weldability as well as the mechanicla properties of $60kg/mm^2$ grade quenched and tempered high strength steels.

• Special Issue of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
• /
• 2007.09a
• /
• pp.118-127
• /
• 2007

SAW(Submerged Arc Welding) process is generally applied to a wide range of welding area in the fabrication of steel structure. This process has a good characteristic properties such as the high quality of welds and the high deposition rates, but in case of welding on a thick steel plate, it also has higher cold crack susceptibility than that of a thin steel plate. The purpose of this research is to find the main factor of crack generation and clarify the countermeasure for crack prevention, and then establish the optimum welding condition in a heavy thick steel plate. The results of this study are as follows, 1. The cause of crack generation is found the diffusible hydrogen penetrated into weld metal by decomposition of the remained moisture in SAW flux during welding. 2. For the removal of diffusible hydrogen, the raw materials of SAW flux are to be dehydrated at the high temperature in the initial manufacturing stage. 3. Mechanical properties of weld metal welded with the dehydrated SAW flux were evaluated very excellent, furthermore the weld metal has been proved to have low diffusible hydrogen content with 3.1ml /100g. 4. The weldability and quality welded with thick steel plates were improved by establishing the new optimum welding condition.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
• /
• v.12 no.2
• /
• pp.87-96
• /
• 1994

Correlation between microstructural features and segregation of elements (Si, Mn, P and S) near the mid of thickness in the base metal and the synthetic HAZ was investigated. Furthermore, the relationship between the degree of center segregation and weld cold cracking susceptibility in the thickness direction was also conducted by evaluating the effect of P concentration on the critical applied stress. The results obtained are as follows: 1) Pearlite band, containing the MnS type inclusion and a locally transformed structure with a higher hardness, was observed in the center segregation region. 2) By the weld thermal cycle, center segregation region was transformed to the white band which had a higher hardness than that of base metal due to a greater hardenability of concentrated Mn, P etc.. 3) Weld cold cracking susceptibility in the thickness direction was mainly dependent on the concentration of impurity elements rather than on the number of the segregated particles near the mid of thickness. 4) During welding, the higher concentrated region was easily changed into white band. Therefore, it could be predicted that the initiation and propagation of a cold crack would be promoted by increasing the restraint stress and hydrogen content.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
• /
• v.2 no.2
• /
• pp.62-69
• /
• 1984

In this study, cold crack susceptibility of high strength steel (ABS EH32 Steel) welded zone with shielded metal are welding was investigated by tensile restraint cracking test method. Effects of diffusible hydrogen content on root cracking, lower critical stress, crack initiation and fracture mode, hardness value distribution of welded zone and fractograph were mainly investigated. Following conclusions are made: 1. In the view of the lower critical stress level, wet electrode, containing much diffusible hydrogen content shows lower value than dried electrode. 2. Hardness value(Hv 5kg) in Heat Affected Zone of wet electrode is higher than that of dried electrode caused by hydrogen embrittlement. 3. In the case of wet electrode, root crack is initiated and propagated in Heat Affected Zone and then propagated to weld metal, but using of dried electrode, root crack is initiated in Heat Affected Zone and propagated to weld metal without propagating in HAZ. 4. For wet electrode, quasi-cleavage fracture mode is majorly observed on the fracture surface of HAZ and partially of weld metal due to hydrogen embrittlement.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
• /
• 2009.11a
• /
• pp.63-63
• /
• 2009

최근 연비 향상 및 배기가스 저감을 위한 친환경 경량 굴삭기에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이러한 시도는 굴삭기의 소재의 강도를 490MPa급에서 700MPa급으로 고강도화를 통하여 작업장치의 경량화를 도모하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중장비용 고강도 열연강재로 재발중인 ATOS70강재의 기본 용접성 및 GMAW 용접부 특성을 검토하였다. 사용한 시험재는 현장시험재인 14~16mmt두께의 ATOS70강재를 사용하였고, 용접경화성 및 저온균열감수성을 평가하였다. 또한 GMAW 용접을 실시하여 용접부의 이음부 특성을 검토하였다. 14mmt 두께의 ATOS70강재의 탄소당량은 약 0.44수준이고, 모재 인장강도는 약 760MPa급 수준을 보였다. 한편 최고경도시험에 의한 용접부 최도경도는 약 300Hv 수준을 보였으며, 경사 y-groove구속시험에 의한 14mmt두께의 한계예열온도는 상온이었다. 한편 GMAW 용접부 인장시험결과 740MPa급 이상의 인장강도를 확보하였고, $-5^{\circ}C$ 용접부 Charpy 충격시험결과 48J 이상의 충격인성을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
• /
• 2003.05a
• /
• pp.32-33
• /
• 2003

The evaluation of HAZ toughness and cold crack susceptibility of 90mm thickness API 2W Grade 50 steel has been made in accordance with API RP 2Z as preproduction qualification test to be certified as il steel supplier from Shell International E & P. It was shown that the steel has superior HAZ toughness; CTOD value for CGHAZ more than 1.5mm at -10$^{\circ}C$, CVN absorbed energy more than 150J at -60$^{\circ}C$. Additionally, no generation of cold cracks was observed at 0.7kJ/mm even without preheating condition. These excellent results are due to the extremely low hardenability in HAZ of the steel.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
• /
• v.18 no.5
• /
• pp.665-675
• /
• 2006

With building structures becoming higher and longer-spanned, the need for high-strength and reliable steel is increasing. For this reason, the SM570TMC steel plate was developed. Despite its excellent mechanical properties, however, its welding properties, which are well-known to be superior to those of other equivalent steel plates, have not been verified yet. In this study, welding specimens fabricated via SA and FCA welding, with two domestic welding materials and one Japanese welding material in site welding conditions, were evaluated.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
• /
• v.17 no.3 s.76
• /
• pp.365-373
• /
• 2005

There is increasing need for high-strength steel especially for the high-rise steel building structure. High- strength steels, however, may have mechanical properties that are significantly different from those of the conventional steels.The application of high-strength steels to building structures should be reviewed as to whether inelastic behavior equivalent to that of conventional steels can be attained or not. In this study, SM570TMC steel, which was developed recently in Korea, was tested to evaluate mechanical properties and welding characteristics for use as a structural steel. Yield phenomenon of SM570TMC steel, which is continuous yielding, is quite different from that of conventional steel. The distributions of yield strength of SM570TMC steel were uniform regardless of thickness, while the minimum yield strength was 440MPa. Also, the flat distributions of hardness in z-direction were found to comprise one of the important properties. Results of the charpy impact tests at -5oC revealed toughness values of SM570TMC steel, which were higher than those of equivalent as rolled steel. Carbon equivalent(Ceq) values of SM570TMC steel, which were related to welding performance, were lower than those of equivalent as rolled steel.