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:X-rayDouble-crystalDiffractometerwithHorizontalSlitsandItsApplicationsXuJingyangandZhuNanchang徐景阳,朱南昌(ShanghaiInstituleofMeta...
简介:MgTixNi(x=0,0.1,and0.2)alloysweresuccessfullypreparedbymechanicalalloying(MA),andtheinfluenceofmillingtimeontheelectrochemicalcharacteristicsoftheelectrodeswasdiscussed.MgTixNialloysafter90hmillingdisplayedthebestelectrochemicalperformance.TheX-raydiffractionpatternsshowedthatthealloyball-milledfor90hwasamorphouswithawideneddiffractionpeak.Thecharge-dischargetestsindicatedthatthesealloyshadgoodelectrochemicalactivationproperties,andtheMgTi0.2Nialloyelectrodeexhibitedthebestcycleperformance.TheinitialdischargecapacityoftheMgTi0.2Nialloyreachedupto401.1mAh·g-1,andtheretentionrateofcapacitywas31.0%after30cycles,muchhigherthanthatofMgNi(17.3%).TheTafelpolarizationcurvesrevealedthatTiadditioncouldenhancetheanticorrosionperformanceofthesealloysinalkalisolution,whichwasresponsiblefortheamelioratedcyclicstabilityofthesealloyelectrodes.
简介:X-raydiffraction(XRD)anddifferentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC)wereusedtoinvestigatethecrystallizationprocessofamorphousAl90TMxCe10-x(atomfractionin%;TM=FeorNi;x=3,5)alloys.AgingeffectswereexaminedbyX-raydiffraction.ThestructurecorrespondingtotheprepeakfortheamorphousAl90Fe5Ce5alloyismorestablethantheamorphousmatrix,butitisnotstableforamorphousAl90Ni5Ce5alloyduringthefirstcrystallizationstageandevendecomposesatroomtemperature.AlthoughbothAl-NiandAl-Fehavestrongchemicalbonding,thecrystallizationonsettemperatureofamorphousAl-Fe-CealloysismuchhigherthanthatofamorphousAl-Ni-Cealloys,whichislikelycausedbythedifferentstabilityofthestructurecorrespondingtotheprepeak.ThecrystallizationonsettemperatureincreasesasCe/NiratioincreasesinamorphousAl90NixCe10-xalloys,whereasitdecreasesasCe/FeratioincreasesinamorphousAl90FexCe10-xalloys.AbetteratomicpackingproducesasCecontentincreasesbecauseofthesizemismatchinAlNi-CesystemsandasFecontentincreasesbecauseoftheincreasingFecentralstructuralunits.