• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.125-134
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• 1988

The feasibility for improving the cooling rates and mechanical properties of wet welding process is experimentally investigated by using new developed underwater wet electrodes and H.T. steel plates. Main results of this experimental study can be summarized as follows; 1) By shielding around weld arc surrounding, the cooling rates resulting from wet welds with developed electrodes on TMCP steel plates can be lower than of non-shielded wet welds. 2)A high quality of mechanical properties of wet welds on TMCP steel plates can be obtained with shielded weld arc surrounding.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.55-62
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• 1998

While excellent joint quality has been obtained using dry chamber underwater welding methods, the size limitations imposed by this process restrict its use for underwater construction work. The wet underwater shielded metal-arc welding eliminates this restriction but suffers from poor weld properties by the 1-pass bead-on-plate welding due to the excessive diffusible hydrogen. On the other hand, in the wet underwater welding, it is well known that the quantity of diffusible hydrogen in multi-pass welded parts reduce to less than that in 1-pass welded parts. Therefore, in this paper, welding experiments are made the 3-pass bead-on-plate welds by using TMCP and normalized steel plates and E4301 and cellulose coated electrode. After that, The amounts of the hydrogen absorbed into the 3-pass welded area were measured according to the JIS Z 3118 specification. The microstructural changes as well as the microhardness distribution after the underwater 3-pass welding were also investigated using Vickers microhardness tester and S.E.M and O.M. The results indicated that the quantity of diffusible hydrogen in 3-pass welded areas was reduced little less than a half of one of that in 1-pass welded areas at the specific welding condition. As a result, the cold cracking of 3-pass welded areas decreased by reduced effect of diffusible hydrogen. In the underwater 3-pass welding, the micrography of cold cracking fracture surface showed mainly the cleavage of hydrogen embrittlement.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2005

Underwater wet arc welds were experimentally performed on 11mm thick KR-RA steel plate using six different types of flux coated electrodes of 4.0mm diameter, KSKR, KSKT, USBL, JPUW, UWEA and UWEB. From analysis of bead appearance, detachability of weld slag, spatter occurrence and arc stability, JPUW gives the best result, and UWEB is superior to KSKR and KSKT. By experimental result of hardness distribution on the weld bonds, UWEB weld has the narrowest bond structure which is probable condition to get the best mechanical properties of weld. UWEB and JPUW welds have more even hardness distribution across weld deposit and base metal. Upon polarization test to measure the respondency of corrosion, the electrode of UWEB shows the most excellent degree due to the low open circuit potential difference.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2006

Underwater wet arc welds were experimentally performed on 11mm thick KR-RA steel plate using six different types of flux coated electrodes of 4.0mm diameter, KSKR, KSKT, USBL, JPUW, UWEA and UWEB. From analysis of bead appearance, detachability of weld slag, spatter occurrence and arc stability, JPUW gives the best result, and UWEB is superior to KSKR and KSKT. By experimental result of hardness distribution on the weld bonds, UWEB weld has the narrowest bond structure which is probable condition to get the best mechanical properties of weld. UWEB and JPUW welds have more even hardness distribution across weld deposit and base metal. Upon polarization test to measure the respondency of corrosion, the electrode of UWEB shows the most excellent degree due to the low open circuit potential difference.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 1997년도 특별강연 및 추계학술발표 개요집
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• pp.147-150
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• 1997

The characteristics of underwater welding of SWS490 steel were investigated. The bead-on-plate type welding with one or three pass using ilmenite and water-proofed type electrodes was performed by varying welding currents and the sizes of electrodes used. The amounts of hydrogen absorbed inter the weld metal were measured according to the JIS Z 3118 specification and the results were interpreted in terms of the cold cracking behaviours of the welded steel. The microstructural changes as well as the microhardness distribution after underwater welding were also investigated using Vickers microhardness tester and S.E.M (scanning electron microscopy) and O.M (optical microscopy). The results indicated that the cold cracking could be avoided by three pass welding under low current with an electrode with a small diameter.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 1991

In this paper, an attempt has been taken for improving the weldability of wer welds of TMCP steel plate by shielding around weld arc surroundings. The principal results of this experimental investigation can be summarized as follows: 1) The cooling rates resulting from wet wlds with the developed electrode on TMCP steel plate could be lower than that of the non-shieled wet welds. 2) The metallurgical characteristics in umderwater wet welds of TMCP steel plate and the developed electrode could be improved by shielding around weld arc surroundings.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.45-52
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• 1987

Generally the factors affected largely by the cold cracking sensitivity of the weld are the quantity of the diffusible hydrogen, the brittleness and hardness of the bond area and the tensile restraint stress. These factors have relation each other, and if we can reduce one of these factors, it becomes instrumental to the root cracks prevention of weld. This study deals with the gravity type-underwater-welding of KR Grade A-3 marine steel plate using E4303 welding electrode in order to compare wet-underwater-welding with in-air- welding, resulting in obtaining the tensile restraint characteristics, the hardness distribution, the quantity of diffusible hydrogen and the macro- and micro-crack properties in both underwater and in-air welds. The main results obtained are as follows: 1) The quantity of diffusible hydrogen measured for 48 hours is about 18cc/100g-weld-metal for the in-air-weld of one pass and about 48cc/100g-weld-metal for the underwater-weld of one pass which is about 3 times penetration of diffusible hydrogen compairing with the case of the in-air-weld. However, it was experimentally confirmed that, by the multi-pass welding of 2 to 5 passes, the diffusible hydrogen in the underwater weld metal can be reduced as much as 27 to 49%. 2) The hardness of the weld metal indicates the highest value in the heat affected zones of underwater weld for more rapid cooling rate, resulting in the higher sensitivity of cold cracking. So, it is desirable to soften the higher hardness in the HAZ by tempering effect such as the multi-pass welding in the underwater welding. 3) At the bond vicinity of the underwater weld HAZ, micro cracks were found as resulted by both more rapid cooling rate and more diffusible hydrogen and also by the stress corrosion cracking under the tensile restraint stress in the underwater. But this could be prevented by the tempering effect of the following weld bead such as the multi-pass welding.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.49-59
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• 1984

선박용 강판(KR Grade A-1, SWS41A, SWS41B)의 수중용접 최적화에 관한 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 국산 라임티타니아계 용접봉 피복제의 흡수속도는 약 60분에서 일정하게 되고, 침수시간 8분까지의 흡수속도는 약 0.15%/min 였으므로 40cm 용접기간중의 정미 흡수량은 약 0.22%미만에 불과하였다. 2. 위의 이유와 건조, 직접, 침수용접봉에 의한 대기중, 수상, 수중용접과 모재의 인장강도 및 미시조직 비교실험결과에 의하면, 수중용접시간이 8분이내의 충분히 짧은 때에는 강도상 건조된 직접용접봉의 사용이 가능할 것이다. 3. 용접조건이 수중용접비이드에 미치는 영향을 KR Grade A-1강판에 대하여 조사한 결과, 용접각도는 60$^{\circ}$, 용접전류는 160A정도, 용접봉지름은 4mm인 경우가 적합하며, 또한 비이드외관과 X-선검사에 의하면 일미나이트, 라임티타니아, 고산화티탄계 용접봉이 가장 적합하였다. 4. 위의 용접봉 종류와 각 지름에 대해 비이드외 관검사에 의한 적정 수중용접전류의 범위는 어느 일정 범위내에 제한되며, 용접봉지름의 증가에 따라 전류는 증가하는 경향이다. 5. 수중용접부의 용착금속부에 관한 기계적특성조사에 의하면, 인장강도와 항복강도는 입열량과 이차함수적 관계가 성립되고, 이음효율이 100% 이상의 범위가 존재하며, 충격치와 스트레인은 모재의 경우보다 낮으나 그 증가현상이 고입열량 범위에서 존재하므로, SWS41A에 대한 수중용접 최적입열량범위는 약 13~15KJ/cm이다. 한편, 인장-인장 편진 피로한도가 모재의 경우보다 높고, 충격치와 연신율을 고려하여 구한 최적입열량의 범위는 약 16~19KJ/cm로서, 피로강도를 높이기 위한 입열량은 정적 인장강도때보다 고입열량으로 수중용접해야 한다. 이때 모든 실험식의 신뢰성은 95%수준이다. 6. 수중용접부에 대한 X-선검사와 미시조직검사 및 경도분포조사에 의하면 용접결함은 발견되지 않았으며, 특히, 깊이 1mm 표층부의 모재측 열영향부와 본드(bond)와의 경계부근에 경도 Hv400 max으로서 미세 마르텐사이트, 베이나이트, 퍼얼라이트와 소량의 조대한 입계페라이트 조직이며 그 외의 부위는 퍼얼라이트와 페라이트 조직으로서, 수소취성영향의 극심한 경도증가 및 조직은 발견되지 않았다. 7. 위에서 구한 입열량의 최적범위 내에서의 제어에 의하여 수중용접 할 경우, 신뢰성 있는 용접품질의 최적화가 가능할 것이다.