TY - JOUR A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - El-Batahgy, A.M. T1 - Laser and hybrid laser-arc welding of cryogenic 9 % NI Steel N2 - Heat treated 9%Ni steel is considered the most suitable and economic material for construction of large-size liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks which operate at cryogenic temperatures (-196°C). Strength above 700 MPa as well as a minimum impact value of 60 J are required to ensure reliable operation of the LNG tanks at operating temperature. Conventional arc welding processes, including shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding and submerged arc welding, are currently used in construction of LNG tanks. Ni based filler wire is the preferred filler metal of choice in LNG tank construction. The main problem with this choice is the lower mechanical properties, particularly tensile strength of the weld metal. To compensate, the wall thickness needs to be excessively thick to ensure the strength of the welded structures. Ni based filler material is expensive and a large quantity is needed to fill the multi-pass weld grooves. These factors significantly add to the cost in the fabrication of LNG storage tanks. For these reasons, exploration of new welding technologies is a priority. A big potential can be seen in laser based welding techniques. Laser beam welding results in much smaller fusion zone with chemical composition and mechanical properties similar to that of the base material. Laser welding is a much faster process and allows for a joint geometry which requires less filler material and fewer welding passes. The advantages of laser welding can help to overcome the problems pointed out above. Trials of autogenous laser welding, laser cold-wire welding and hybrid laser-arc welding conducted on the 9%Ni steel are presented in this paper. Chemical composition of the weld metal as well as effects of welding parameters on the weld formation, microstructure and tensile strength is discussed. Filler wire penetration depth as well as character of its distribution in the narrow laser welds was examined using EPMA - electron probe microanalysis. KW - hardness KW - cryogenic steel KW - laser welding KW - microstructure KW - tensile strength PY - 2016 UR - http://gns.mephi.ru/sites/default/files/journal/file/en.2016.1-4.pdf SN - 2499-9733 VL - 1 IS - 18 SP - 34 EP - 45 PB - Research Nuclear University MEPHl CY - Moskau, Russia AN - OPUS4-36553 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pavlov, V.A. A1 - Zavialov, S.V. A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Development of a measuring technology of strain field in welds N2 - In the article considered the problem of hot cracks occurrence during laser welding process. The main reason of their appearance is strain. The optical method for measuring full field strain locally near the solidification front during laser welding process is proposed. The proposed method of optical measurement allows to determine the real values of the critical strain for various materials characterizing the occurrence of hot cracks in laser welding process. T2 - 20th international conference "Digital signal processing and applications DSPA-2018" CY - Moskau, Russia DA - 28.03.2018 KW - Solidification cracking KW - Critical strain KW - Strain rate KW - Optical measurement KW - Laser welding KW - In situ strain PY - 2018 SN - 978-5-905278-33-4 SP - 749 EP - 754 AN - OPUS4-44910 LA - rus AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - El-Batahgy, A.M. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Comparison between GTA and laser beam welding of 9%Ni steel for critical cryogenic applications N2 - IncomparisonwithGTAweldedjoints,highertensilestrengthcomparabletothatofthebasemetalwasobtained for laser beam welded joints due to fine martensitic microstructure. Impact fracture toughness values with much lower mismatching were obtained for laser beam welded joints due to similarity in the microstructures of its weld metal and HAZ. In this case, the lower impact fracture toughness obtained (1.37J/mm2) was much higher than that of the GTA welded joints (0.78J/mm2), which was very close to the specified minimum value (≥0.75J/mm2). In contrast to other research works, the overall tensile and impact properties are influenced not only by the fusion zone microstructure but also by the size of its hardened area as well as the degree of its mechanical mismatching, as a function of the welding process. A better combination of tensile strength and impact toughness of the concerned steel welded joints is assured by autogenous laser beam welding process. KW - Impact absorbed energy KW - 9%Ni steel KW - GTAW KW - Laser beam welding KW - Fusion zone size KW - Microstructure Tensile strength PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.05.023 SN - 0924-0136 IS - 261 SP - 193 EP - 201 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-45776 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -