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An Electrochemical Property Stud on the Corrosion Behavior of Welding Part of RE36 Steel for Marine Structure (해양구조물용 RE36강의 용접부 부식거동에 관한 전기화학적 특성 연구)

  • 김성종;김진경;문경만
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.70-76
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    • 2000
  • The effect of Post Weld Heat Treatment(PWHT) of RE36 steel for marine structure was investigated with parameters such as micro-vickers hardness, corrosion potential and corrosion current density of weld metal(WM), base metal(BM) and heat affected zone(HAZ), and both Al alloy anode generating current and Al alloy anode weight loss quantity etc. Hardness of post-weld heat treated BM, WM and HAZ is lower than that of As-welded condition of each region. However, hardness of HAZ was the highest among those three parts regardless of PWHT temperature and corrosion potential of WM was the highest among those three parts without regard to temperature and corrosion potential of WM was the highest among those three parts without regard to PWHT temperature. The amplitude of corrosion potential difference of each other three parts at PWHT temperature $550^{\circ}C$, $650^{\circ}C$ are smaller than that of three parts by As-welded condition and corrosion current density obtained by PWHT was also smaller than that of As-welded condition. Eventually, it was known that corrosion resistance was increased by PWHT. However both Al anode generating current and anode weight loss quantity were also decreased by PWHT compare to As-welded condition when RE36 steel is cathodically protected by Al anode. Therefore, it is suggested that the optimum PWHT temperature with increasing corrosion resistance and cathodic protection effect is $550^{\circ}C$.

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Evaluation of Cryogenic Fracture Characteristics on TIG Weldments of Superconducting Magnets Structural Steel by Small Punch Testing Method (소형펀치 시험법에 의한 초전도 마그넷 구조용강 TIG 용접부의 극저온 파괴특성 평가)

  • ;T. Hashida
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.122-133
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    • 1996
  • In order to evaluate the cryogenic fracture characteristics of structural steels for superconducting magnets of fusion reactor, small punch (SP) testing was performed on austenitic stainless steel (JN1 base metal) and its TIG weldments at 293K, 77K and 4K. The mechanical properties with respect to the extracted location of the weld metal, on the effects of welding heat cycle about base metal near fusion line in TIG weldments were investigated. The mechanical property of the weld metal in TIG weldments depends on distance from welding root, root region of weldments having the lowest mechanical property. The base metal near fusion line showed degradation of mechanical property caused by cyclic heating during the TIG welding. Based on the test results, HAZ was found to be up to 5mm from the fusion line. It is shown that SP testing is a useful tool to evaluate the mechanical properties with respect to the microstructures changes such as HAZ as well as weld metal in TIG weldments at cryogenic temperature.

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Corrosion Characteristics of Welding Zones by Laser and TIG Welding of 304 Stainless Steel

  • Moon, Kyung-Man;Lee, Myung-Hoon
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.294-299
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    • 2010
  • Two types of welding methods were performed on austenitic 304 stainless steel: laser welding and TIG welding. The differences of the corrosion characteristics of the welded zones from the two welding methods were investigated with electrochemical methods, such as measurement of the corrosion potential, polarization curves, cyclic voltammogram, etc. The vickers hardness of all laser-welded zones (WM:Weld Metal, HAZ:Heat Affected Zone, BM:Base Metal) was relatively higher while their corrosion current densities exhibited a comparatively lower value than those which were TIG welded. In particular, the corrosion current density of the TIG-welded HAZ had the highest value among all other welding zones, which suggests that chromium depletion due to the formation of chromium carbide occurs in the HAZ, which is in the sensitization temperature range, thus it can easily be corroded with an active anode. Intergrenular corrosion was also observed at the TIG-welded HAZ and WM zones. Consequently, we can see that corrosion resistance of all austenitic 304 stainless steel welding zones can be improved via the use of laser welding.

Weldability of HY type High Strength-Toughness Steel (HY계 고강도 고인성강의 용접성)

  • ;;;Ahn, S. K.;Shim, I. O.
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.65-76
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    • 1995
  • Weldability of DS100 and HY type high strength-toughness steel plates, tentatively produced as domestic production, was investigated. DS100 and DS130A had nearly same hardenability in HAZ in spite of its difference in Ceq. Based upon the y-groove test results, cold cracking susceptibility of DS130 was superior to that of DS100 because of its lower hydrogen level in weld metal. Solidification cracking tested by the Trans-Varestraint test was occured in all of the weld metals, and its susceptibility was high in the row of DS100, DS130A and DS130B. However, no liquation cracking and ductility-dip cracking tested by the Longi-Varestraint test with 6.0% augmented strain were detected in base metal and reheated weld metal. Toughness in the GMA welding joint was satisfied with the relative Mill Spec, even though welded joint of DS100 had relatively low impact energy especially at the weld metal.

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A Study on Creep Crack Growth Behavior of Weld Interface Crack (용접 계면균열의 크리프 균열성장 거동에 관한 연구)

  • 윤기봉;김광웅;정용근
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 1998
  • Cracking problems which high temperature plant components suffer during long-term service, occur very often at welded locations. The crack occurs due to accumulated creep damage near fusion line or at heat affected zone (HAZ). However, most of the studies on creep crack growth behavior have been performed with matrix metal not wit welded metal due to the difficulty of interpreting the test results. In this study, creep crack growth rates were measured with C(T) specimens whose cracks were formed along the fusion line or HAZ. The measured crack growth rates were characterized by {TEX}$C_{t}${/TEX}-parameter derived for elastic-primary-secondary creeping material. Since contribution of primary creep was significant for the tested 1Cr-0.5Mo steel, its effect was carefully studied. Effects of crack tip plasticity and material aging were also discussed.

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Characteristics of 18Cr ferritic stainless steel welds (18Cr 페라이트계 스테인리스강의 용접특성)

  • Lee, Won-Bae;Kim, Jeong-Gil;U, In-Su;Lee, Jong-Bong
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.123-124
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    • 2006
  • This study aimed at exploiting low heat input characteristic of laser welding to effectively control grain coarsening in the fusion zone(FZ) and heat affected zone(HAZ) of 1.5mm thick 18wt% Cr ferritic stainless steel weld. The study demonstrated that as compared with gas tungsten arc welding(GTAW), laser welding brought about significant grain refinement in the FZ and HAZ. However, the impact absorbed energy of GTA weld was superior than that of laser weld because the strengthening effect during welding and cooling stage was higher In laser weld than that in GTA weld. The coarser grains in each weld than base metal resulted in an inferior toughness.

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Welding Residual Stress and Strength of Thick 9% Nickel Steel Plate (9% 니켈강 후판 용접부의 강도 및 잔류응력)

  • Kim, Young-Kyun;Kim, Young-Wann;Kim, Jae-Hoon
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, the transient thermal and residual stress analysis of the welding of 9% Ni steel plates using the FEA software ABAQUS are presented. The 9% Ni steel plates are welded manually with welding consumables of 70% Ni based Inconel type super-alloys (YAWATA WELD B (M)), producing a multi-pass/multi-layer butt weld. For these materials, temperature dependant mechanical and thermal material properties are used in the analysis. The back gouging is considered in welding process simulation. The FE thermal results are validated by comparing the real fusion profile and heat affected zone (HAZ). In addition, the continuous indentation test was conducted to measure the strength of base metal, HAZ and weld metal.

Effects of the Hydrostatic Test and the Operating Condition on Weld Residual Stress at a Safety Nozzle of the Pressurizer (수압시험 및 운전조건이 가압기 안전노즐의 용접잔류응력에 미치는 영향 평가)

  • Lee, Kyoung Soo;Lee, Sung Ho;Kim, Wan Jae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents the results of finite element analysis for the effects of hydrostatic test and operating condition on the weld residual stress at dissimilar metal weld of a pressurizer safety nozzle in a nuclear power plant. For the study, the weld residual stress at ambient condition was analyzed using ABAQUS in the first place. After the weld residual stress analysis, the hydrostatic test condition and operating condition was applied to the same model one after another. The weld residual stress was observed to change due to the successive hydrostatic test and operating condition. The axial residual stresses on inner surface of the dissimilar metal weld and HAZ region were decreased by hydrostatic test and operating condition, which gives beneficial effect on preventing primary water stress corrosion cracking.

Hardness Distribution and Microstructures of Electric Resistance Spot Welded 1GPa Grade Dual Phase Steel (1GPa급 DP강 전기저항점용접부의 경도분포와 미세조직의 상관관계)

  • Na, Hye-Sung;Kong, Jong-Pan;Han, Tae-Kyo;Chin, Kwang-Geun;Kang, Chung-Yun
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.76-80
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    • 2012
  • In this study, the effect of the welding current on the hardness characteristics and microstructure in the resistance spot welding of 1GPa grade cold-rolled DP steel was investigated, Also, correlation between the hardness and microstructure was discussed. In spite of the change in the welding current, the hardness distributions near weld was similar. the hardness in the HAZ and the fusion zone was higher than that of the base metal and the hardness in the fusion zone was variated with the location. Especially, the hardness of HAZ adjacent to the base metal showed maximum value, and softening zone in the base metal adjacent to HAZ was found. With the increasing of welding current, there were no difference in maximum hardness and average hardness in the fusion zone were, but the hardness of the softening zone reduced. The difference in the hardness in each location of weld due to grain size of prior austenite. The softening of the base metal occurred by tempering of the martensite.

A study on the KLA behaviors in HAZ and the mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel weld (스테인레스강용접 열영향부의 KLA거동 및 기계적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 조종춘;김영석;김학민
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 1990
  • Integranular corrosion behaviors of KAL (Knife Line Attack) and mechanical properties such as tensile and creep rupture were investigated for the tube material used for nearly 20 years under the condition of 463.deg. C and 28 $kg/cm^2$. Based and weld metal were austenitic stainless steel AISI 321 containing Ti, AISI 347 containing Nb, respectively. KLA is a kind of the intergranular corrosion which often occurs just near the HAZ (heat affected zone) of AISI 321 and AISI 347 stainless steel due to the grain boundary sensitization. In KLA zone, intergranular corrosion crack has propagated outwards from the inner surface and carbides of white and narrow band type assuming as (Cr, Fe) carbide were confirmed. All the delta-ferrite formed in the weld metal during weld solidification has been transformed into sigma-phase since delta-ferrte was exposed for 20 years at 463.deg. C. Elongation was very low at the range from room temperature to 600.deg. C and it was confirmed that creep-rupture properties were not consideralbly affected.

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