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.
简介:"GasTransmittingFromWesttoEastProject"issignificant.Itshouldensuretheweldingqualityandsafetyofpipeline.Thetaskisveryarduoustoguaranteethequalityoftheprojectintheconditionoflongline,complexweatherandgeologyfeatures.Inthispaper,theweldingcoldcrackingsusceptibilityofdomesticX-70pipelinesteeladoptedbytheproject,whichisoneofthemostinterestingquestionsofweldingqualityaboutpetrolpipeline,wasstudiedbymeansofobliqueY-groovecrackingtest.Thecrackratioofsurfaceandsectionwastestedundertheconditionsofdifferentweldingmaterialsandpreheattemperature.TheX-70pipelinesteelhasgoodcrackresistance.Theresearchhasimportantvaluefortheconstructionoflarge-scalepipelineengineeringandtheapplicationofdomesticX-70pipelinesteel.
简介:ThesusceptibilityofweldedjointfortheX65pipelinesteeltoH2Sstresscorrosioncracking(SCC)isinvestigated.SCCtestsonthesteelarecarriedoutintheenvironmentbasedonNACETM-01-77solutionwithsaturatedgaseousH2S.Thethresholdstressintensityfactorandcrackpropagationvelocityarecalculatedaccordingtowedge-openingloading(WOL)specimens.Thethree-dimensionalelastic-plasticfiniteelementanalysisofWOLspecimensisperformedbyusingtheFEMprogrammingpackageANSYS.Stressfieldandconcentrationofhydrogendistributionpropertyaheadofthecracktipareobtained.ThispapersurveyedthemicrostructureofweldedjointandstudiedonthemechanicalpropertiesofX65pipelinesteel.Itprovidesexperimentalbasisforstudyingstresscorrosion.Theresultsofnumericalanalysisareconsistentwithconclusionsofstresscorrosiontest.
简介:ThediffusionbondingofAZ3\BMgalloyandQ235steelwasinvestigatedwithaZn-5AIalloyasinterlayerandunderdifferentholdingtimerangingfrom3to1200s.Themicrostructureandphasecompositionsofbondedjointswerecharacterizedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),energydispersivespectrometer(EDS)andX-raydiffraction(XRD)methods.TheshearstrengthofMgalloy/steeljointswasmeasuredbytensiletester.Itwasfoundthatthemicrostructureofbondedjointsevolveddramaticallyalongwiththeprolongationofholdingtime.Undertheholdingtimeof3s,themainpartofjointwascomposedofMgZn2phaseanddispersedAl-richsolidsolutionparticles.Whenincreasedtheholdingtimemorethan60s,theexcessivesolutionofAZ3\Bintotheinterfacialreactionarealedtotheformationofcoarsephaseandeutecticmicrostructure,andalsothecomplexFe-AlandMg-Al-ZnIMCsattransitionlayerclosedtoQ235steelside.Accordingtothetensiletestingcharacterizations,thejointsobtainedunderholdingtimeof3sexhibitedthebestshearstrengthof84MPa,andthefractureoccurredattheintermediarypartofjointwheretheflexibleAl-richsolidsolutionparticlescouldhelptoimpedethemicrocrackpropagations.Withprolongingtheholdingtimeto600s,theshearstrengthofjointswasdeterioratedenormouslyandthefracturepositionwasshiftedtothetransitionlayerpartclosedtoQ235steel.