• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.504-511
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• 2008

This study evaluated the influence of the strength mismatch of HAZ for a plastic ${\eta}$-factor, which is the principle parameter determining the plastic portion of J-integral to assess the fracture toughness of the weldment. The specimen of tensile and hardness test was manufactured from the piping applying narrow-gap welding, and the mechanical properties of weldment, HAZ and a base metal were obtained. To perform the finite element analysis according to the ratio of strength mismatch, the material properties was chosen with the change of strength using the determination method of Ramberg-Osgood constant. Also, the influence of the strength mismatch of HAZ was determined using finite element analysis by those properties.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.512-518
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• 2008

This study would like to evaluate the influences with the strength mismatch and the variation of the welding width of the narrow gap welding for the plastic parameter, the major constant determining the plastic ${\eta}$-factor of J-Integral, using 3-D FEM. For this, we evaluate the plastic ${\eta}$-factor according to the variation of the strength mismatch of weldment with same materials and welding width through FEM. Also, we proposed the equation of plastic ${\eta}$-factor considering the variation of the strength mismatch of weldment with similar materials and welding width.