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Engineering design of spot-welded components as well as computational analyses of the local stress in the weld zone require relevant fatigue test data. Those test data, however, are dependent on the applied specimens, on the specimen restraint, on the load introduction into the weld zone as well as on the definition of the specimen failure. The discussion of the advantages and drawbacks as well as of the influence of these factors shows that a deliberate selection of specimens is necessary for different test purposes. For the comparability of the test results it is essential in addition to specify comparable test conditions, e.g., specimen fixturing, load introduction and definition of the specimen failure. On account of the variety of variants, a standardization of suitable specimens and respective test conditions hence constitutes an approach to the determination of relevant and comparable test results.
Analysis of Residual Stress Distribution in Welded Joints Depending on the Restraint Intensity
(2003)
Hydrogen might be introduced during fabrication welding or might be taken up from an environment during sour service or cathodic protection. Thus, hydrogen assisted stress corrosion and cold cracking is still a major topic regarding the reliability of welded steel components, as for instance offshore platforms and pipelines. In order to support conclusive testing and life time evaluation of welded steel components, a numerical model for hydrogen assisted cracking has been developed, particularly taking into consideration the geometrical effects of crack propagation on the respective hydrogen distribution alongside and ahead of the crack. Numerical calculations were based on finite element analysis of the hydrogen and stress-strain distribution by using a commercially available program. The model has been verified experimentally by slow strain rate experiments of supermartensitic stainless steels which are intended to be used more extensively as materials for welded flowlines in North Sea oil and gas production. As first results of such simulations the influence of the subsurface concentration provided by different H2S saturation levels in the NACE TM 0177-96 standard solution on crack propagation and the effect of crack shape on the hydrogen distribution profile are presented in this contribution.
Risssicherheit von Schweißnähten an Pipelines der Offshore-Industrie aus supermartensitischem Stahl
(2005)
Numerous externally loaded as well as self-restraint hot cracking test procedures have been developed over the years to evaluate soldidification crack phenomena. But the interpretation and the subsequent transfer of test results towards component weldments has still to be regarded as a decisive challenge. Some progress has been achieved by hypothesizing crack / no crack criteria referring to uniform and uniaxial loading of the solidification front during welding. But, as the present results show, solidification cracking significantly depends on the geometry of the solidification front, which has so far not been considered in the respective criteria. In this contribution, the position of solidification cracks is correlated with the positiondependent strain rates along the solidification front and with the positiondependent curvature of the weld pool. Especially at positions of high curvature, an increased rate of shrinkage can be predicted on the basis of a geometrical Rate of Feeding (ROF) Rate of Shrinkage (ROS) model, corresponding to the measured positions of the solidification cracks. The assumption of position-dependent strain and strain rates along the solidification front during Varestraint-Testing has been confirmed by means of numerical simulations.
Hydrogen might cause severe degradation of supermartensitic stainless steels, if they are activated during exposure to sour environments. Consistent and comprehensive data for hydrogen transport in these materials are thus required to support, in particular, modelling of hydrogen assisted cracking as a part of life time assessment of welded steel components. In addition to previously published diffusion coefficients and subsurface concentrations of a supermartensitic stainless steel further data dependent on heat treatment are provided by this contribution. Furthermore, a higher alloyed material has been investigated in the state as received and also in the quenched condition, in order to approach the influences of chemical composition on hydrogen transport in supermartensitic stainless steels. With respect to welding it turned out that the diffusion coefficient and the subsurface concentration are markedly dependent on heat treatment of the materials.
Up to the present, the thermomechanical loads during welding and subsequent cooling under design-specific shrinkage restraint resulting from the interaction between the materials and the structure have often not been taken into consideration approperiately for weldability assessment of components. As compared to previous investigations using small specimens this report presents component weld tests under varying intensities of restraint. Online records of the reaction forces and moments demonstrate in which way the intensity of restraint affects the reaction stresses and moments and their meaning for the evaluation of the load level in welded components.
Eine Reihe nichtrostender austenitischer Cr-Ni-Stähle in der Nähe der eutektischen Rinne können beim Laserschweißen sowohl primär ferritisch als auch primär austenitisch erstarren. Speziell konzipierte Heißrißprüfungen zeigen eine Rißanfälligkeit der im Unterschied zum WIG-Schweißen mit großen Streckenenergien beim Laserschweißen mit kleinen Streckenenergien primär austenitisch erstarrenden Gefügebereiche. Die Ursache dafür ist, daß im Unterschied zu einer langsamen primär ferritischen Erstarrung bei einer schnellen Erstarrung über metastabile primär austenitische Zustände Restschmelzen entstehen können, die gegenüber dem Grundwerkstoff erhebliche temperaturabhängige Zähigkeitsverluste aufweisen. Es wird gezeigt, wie sich durch die Wahl auf den Werkstoff gezielt abgestimmter Schweißparameter die Heißrißsicherheit beim Laserschweißen weitestgehend sicherstellen läßt. Darüber hinaus werden Perspektiven vorgestellt, wie die Heißrißsicherheit bei Hybridschweißen durch die Auswahl vom Zusatzwerkstoffen und durch eine geeignete Prozeßführung zu erreichen ist.
Hot cracks as stress corrosion cracking initiation sites in laser welded corrosion resistant alloys
(2005)
Although hot cracks at weld surfaces of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs) might provide access to respective aggressive media and thus, might provide the conditions for a local potential and pH drop, the interaction between hot cracking and corrosion phenomena has not been investigated up to the present. This particularly concerns the initiation of stress corrosion cracking inside such crevices.
As a first approach to clarify the influence of hot cracks on corrosion resistance, considering particularly stress corrosion cracking, hot crack afflicted laser welds of three different CRAs have been subjected to a series of different corrosion tests.
Besides the fact that the Drop Evaporation (DE) Test represents a more realistic procedure than standard immersion tests it turned out that hot cracks can obviously represent an initiation site of stress corrosion cracking in the austenitic stainless steel AISI 309 (German No. 1.4828). The susceptibility of such hot crack afflicted laser welds to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) significantly depends on temperature and chloride concentration of the test environment In comparison, the high nitrogen austenitic stainless steel AISI S 34565 (German No. 1.4565) did not exhibit any stress corrosion cracking associated with hot cracking. This material exhibited pitting corrosion and stress corrosion only in the base material. The Alloy 50 (German No. 2.4850), a Nickel based material, was susceptible to pitting corrosion, but showed no tendency towards stress corrosion cracking at all.
Hydrogen assisted steel corrosion and cold cracking is still a major topic regarding the reliability of welded steel components, such as offshore platforms and pipelines. Measurement of local and crack critical hydrogen concentrations in a specific weld is difficult and not very precise. Numerical simulations of hydrogen uptake and diffusion developed within the last twenty years have to be regarded as much more effective to determine local hydrogen concentrations in crack critical regions of welds. As an overview of existing theories of the state of the art in modelling of hydrogen cracking in steels, the present contribution shows that the development of a comprehensive numerical model for both types of hydrogen assisted cracking in welds, hydrogen assisted stress corrosion cracking and cold cracking, is still a major research task. As a first step towards that direction, a basic procedure for numerical simulation of crack initiation and propagation has been developed and experimentally verified. The approach can be extended to a comprehensive quantitative model for life time prediction and risk based inspection of welded steel components. (Steel specimen used was S355 along with other materials such as AISI 321, Incoloy 800, Inconel 690 and 600.)
Düring the past decades, weldability studies have predominantly been concentrated on the material and the welding process. In order to achieve a closer insight into the structural effects, component weldability tests have been performed by online monitoring of the reaction forces and moments. As a particular item, the effects of different strengths of the base and filier material on the reaction force and stress build up transverse to the welding direction have been studied at a specific structural restraint. As a most relevant result for practical welding it is demonstrated that the final reaction force and also the reaction stress level in the multilayer butt welds decreases with overmatch of the weld metal.
Aus wirtschaftlich-technischer Perspektive ergeben sich in den letzten zehn Jahren hinsichtlich der Werkstoffinnovation und -auswahl für geschweißte Rohrleitungen im Wesentlichen zwei Entwicklungsrichtungen:
Im Bereich der niedriglegierten Stähle werden immer höher festere Feinkombaustähle mit Streckgrenzen von inzwischen über 900 MPa verwendet. Wirtschaftliches Ziel ist hierbei eine möglichst hohe Kosteneinsparung durch Reduktion der Wanddicke.
Für korrosionsbeanspruchte Komponenten, unter anderem im Petrochemie- und Energieanlagenbau besteht das wirtschaftliche Ziel primär darin, eine höhere Kosteneinsparung durch neue Legierungskonzepte zu erzielen und zwar möglichst so, dass bei mindestens gleicher Festigkeit auf die Verwendung von teuren Elementen, wie beispielsweise Nickel, verzichtet werden kann. Beispiele hierfür sind insbesondere hochlegierte martensitische Cr-V-Stähle, supermartensitische Stähle, Lean-Duplexstähle, superaustenitische Stähle und austenitische Cr-Mn-Stähle.
Für einige der neu eingeführten Grundwerkstoffe sind die Zusatzwerkstoffe noch in der Entwicklung. In jedem Fall stellen diese Werkstoffinnovationen besondere Ansprüche hinsichtlich einer Rissvermeidung während der schweißtechnischen Verarbeitung, um von vornherein riss- bzw. fehlerfreie Rohrleitungen herzustellen, die eine hohe Sicherheit gegen ein Versagen während der Inbetriebnahme und im Verlauf der vorgesehenen Lebensdauer aufweisen. Fast alle dieser neu eingeführten Rohrleitungswerkstoffe weisen eine reduzierte Heiß- oder Kaltrissresistenz vor allem während des Schweißens mit modernen Hochleistungsprozessen, bspw. Laserhybridschweißen, auf. Dabei besteht nach wie vor Forschungsbedarf hinsichtlich der jeweiligen Entstehungsmechanismen. Da es in den letzten zehn Jahren immer häufiger zu Produktionsausfällen und Schadensfällen mit teilweise katastrophalen Konsequenzen gekommen ist, werden die Ursachen und die Vermeidung fertigungsbedingter Heiß- und Kaltrisse im Folgenden zusammengefasst.
Hydrogen generally causes lattice distortions and phase transformations when introduced into a metallic crystal lattice. For the investigations reported in this contribution, hydrogen thermal desorption analysis has been carried out to observe the influence of hydrogen desorption on the lattice of super martensitic stainless steel during continuous heating. The lattice expansion parameter and the phase transformations have been monitored during the thermal desorption process, and the influence of hydrogen on such characteristics has been evaluated. It was found that hydrogen has a significant influence on both the lattice parameter and on the thermal expansion. However, hydrogen has no influence on phase transformation during thermal desorption. The hydrogen's desorption behavior in this process was also observed and it turned out that hydrogen desorbs in two stages, i.e., firstly diffusible hydrogen and trapped hydrogen afterward.
Industry faces a growing demand for high-strength structural steels with yield strengths of up to 1,300 MPa in order to cope with increasingly higher strength requirements in engineering. Higher strength levels are achieved by a special coordinated production process and an adapted chemical composition. Nevertheless, disastrous damage cases with high-strength steels have occurred in the past. The sensitivity to mechanical property degradation by hydrogen increases dramatically with strength. This phenomenon leads to hydrogen-assisted cold cracking. T-joints with fillet welds made from one side with an included angle of 60° were examined for their cold cracking behavior. Based on the T-joint, a modified heat input, even interpass temperature, plate thickness, and length ones were examined. The diffusion behavior and the effectiveness of different post-weld heat treatments in joints were simulated. The results of post-weld heat treatments are illustrated in practical hydrogen removal heat treatment diagrams. It is noticed that the T-joint is subject to a very high risk of hydrogen-assisted cold cracking (HACC). Contrary to other joints, its most critical area for cracking is not the weld metal but the heat-affected zone surrounding area of the root pass. The simulation shows that HACC in the T-joint can only be avoided by applying a sufficient post-weld heat treatment.