TY - THES A1 - Viyanit, Ekkarut T1 - Numerical Simulation of Hydrogen Assisted Cracking in Supermartensitic Stainless Steel Welds N2 - Replacement of expensive duplex stainless steel and conventional carbon steel by a new generation of supermartensitic stainless steel has been taken into account since the last decade corresponding to the "Fitness for Purpose" concept in order to meet the technical- economical challenge for transportation flowlines of unprocessed oil and gas products in offshore technology, in particular. Supermartensitic stainless steels can provide appropriate material properties such as: improved strength-to-weight ratio, enhanced useful corrosion resistance as well as application at relatively low cost. With decreased carbon content and increased molybdenum content compared to traditional martensitic stainless steel, hydrogen assisted stress corrosion cracking (HASCC) problems have been found during service caused by hydrogen being taken up during from sour service environments by cathodic protection. Hydrogen assisted cold cracking in supermartensitic stainless steel can also occur during fabrication welding with hydrogen picked up during welding, since this steel is relatively crack-susceptible by hydrogen. Therefore, effects of hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC), i.e. HASCC and HACC, on characteristic susceptibility of girth welds of supermartensitic stainless steel pipelines are studied in the present thesis by numerical modelling, which is developed using a available commercial finite element program. Firstly, numerical modelling for simulation of HASCC based on the NACE-TM 0177-96 approach is carried out for providing a basic understanding of the crack propagation behaviour. Secondly, a two dimensional finite element according to the gauge length cross-section of the orbitally welded pipeline is created for numerical modelling in order to calculate the time to failure of welded the component exposed to the NACE electrolyte solution with various H2S saturation. Externally applied loads of a series of constant strain rates and of the load history of full scale testing are also taken into account. Finally, numerical modelling is carried out under three specific aspects, i.e. thermal analysis, structural analysis, and hydrogen diffusion analysis, in order to simulate HACC in supermartensitic stainless steel pipelines welded orbitally by four layers of matching filler wires with an interpass temperature of 40°C. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 4 KW - numerical modelling KW - supermartensitic stainless steel KW - girth welds KW - pipeline KW - hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC) KW - hydrogen assisted stress corrosion cracking (HASCC), KW - hydrogen subsurface concentration KW - full scale test KW - post weld heat treatment (PWHT) KW - hydrogen diffusion coefficient PY - 2005 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1542 SN - 978-3-86509-270-5 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 4 SP - 1 EP - 228 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-154 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -