简介:ThesusceptibilityofweldedjointfortheX65pipelinesteeltoH2Sstresscorrosioncracking(SCC)isinvestigated.SCCtestsonthesteelarecarriedoutintheenvironmentbasedonNACETM-01-77solutionwithsaturatedgaseousH2S.Thethresholdstressintensityfactorandcrackpropagationvelocityarecalculatedaccordingtowedge-openingloading(WOL)specimens.Thethree-dimensionalelastic-plasticfiniteelementanalysisofWOLspecimensisperformedbyusingtheFEMprogrammingpackageANSYS.Stressfieldandconcentrationofhydrogendistributionpropertyaheadofthecracktipareobtained.ThispapersurveyedthemicrostructureofweldedjointandstudiedonthemechanicalpropertiesofX65pipelinesteel.Itprovidesexperimentalbasisforstudyingstresscorrosion.Theresultsofnumericalanalysisareconsistentwithconclusionsofstresscorrosiontest.
简介:Weldshapecontrolisafundamentalissueinautomaticwelding.Inthispaper,adoublesidevisualsystemisestablishedforpulsedgasmetalarcwelding(P-GMAW),andbothtopsideandbacksideweldpoolimagescanbecapturedandstoredcontinuouslyinrealtime.Byanalyzingtheweldshaperegulationwiththemoltenmetalvolume,sometopsideweldpoolcharacterizedparameters(WPCPs)areproposedfordeterminingpenetrationinbuttweldingofthinmildsteel.Moreover,someBPnetworkmodelsareestablishedtopredictbacksideweldpoolwidthwithweldingparametersandWPCPsasinputs.
简介:Inthisinvestigation,themechanicalpropertiesandlow-temperaturefracturetoughnessofAPI5LX65offshorepipelineweldedjointswerestudied.StructureIntegrityAssessmentProcedure(SINTAP)-FailureAssessmentDiagram(FAD)methodwasappliedtothepipestructurewithsurfaceflawattheweldtoe.AccordingtotheISOstandardBS7448,theCTODfracturetoughnessoftheweldedjointswasdeterminedatthetemperatureof0℃.Fortheheat-affectedzone(HAZ)specimens,post-testmetallographicanalysiswasperformedtoverifythatthetipofthecrackwaslocatedinthecoarsecrystalzoneinordertoconfirmthevalidityoftheaboveresults.Thefailurelinesofanalysislevel1and3ofweldmetalwerederivedfromtheresultsofthemechanicalpropertytest.Theassessmentwasperformed,consideringthemaximumlaystress,residualstressconservativelyassumedtobeuniformtensilestress,andminimumCTODvalue.Theresultsoftheassessmentshowedthatpipelinestructurewithasurfaceflaw(theheightandlengtharerespectively2.2mmand5mm)attheweldtoeissafe.ThisstudylaysthefoundationofapplicationofSINTAPtopipelinestructureassessment.
简介:Whenmeasuringresidualstressofcoarse-grainaluminumalloyusingX-raydiffractionmethod,thediffractionprofileshowstwopeaksandpositionofmeasured2dwillbechanged,whichleadtoaninaccuratemeasurementresult.Hence,inthispaper,somemethodswereemployedtoimprovethemeasurementaccuracy.Duringthemeasuringprocess,differentparameters(diameterofirradiatedarea,Ψ-oscillationrangeandexposuretime)wereselectedandprofilepeakshiftmethodwasutilized.Moreover,whenthe20ofprofileswasdetermined,differentcalculationmethodswereusedtocalculatetheresidualstress.TheresultsshowthatdiameterofirradiatedareaandΨ-oscillationrangehavesignificantinfluenceonthemeasuringresult.Forstressvaluecalculateddirectlyfromthetestequipment,crosscorrelationmethodismoreaccuratethantheabsolutepeak.Furthermore,anothertwocalculationmethodsofslopewith2θ-sin~2Ψande-sin~2Ψwereusedtocalculatethestressbasedonparameters(2θ,ε)obtainedfromcrosscorrelationmethod.Itisconcludedthat20-sin~2Ψmethodcanfurtherimprovethemeasurementaccuracy.