scholarly journals Robustness of the HFMI techniques and the effect of weld quality on the fatigue life improvement of welded joints

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 1947-1956
Author(s):  
R. Aldén ◽  
Z. Barsoum ◽  
T. Vouristo ◽  
M. Al-Emrani
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Considerable Effect ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Weld Quality ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Life Improvement ◽  
Consistent Treatment ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract Robustness of HFMI treatment in different weld qualities according to ISO 5817 was studied, and fatigue testing of the treated samples was carried out in order to investigate the effect of the weld quality prior treatment. The results show that HFMI-treated welds with weld quality level D shows fatigue life improvements that fall within the IIW recommendations for HFMI. No significant influence from the HFMI operator or HFMI equipment on the fatigue life was found. However, the scatter in fatigue testing results varied with HFMI operator and indicated that different HFMI operators could produce consistent treatment results. A considerable effect on fatigue life from HFMI tool radius was found, where the 2-mm tool radius showed considerably greater fatigue life compared with the 1.5-mm tool radius. According to IIW (Marquis and Barsoum 2016), for steel grade SY = 700 MPa, the fatigue strength recommendation is FAT 160 (m = 5) for transverse stiffener–welded joints with as-welded quality B according to ISO 5817 (ISO/TC 44/SC 10 2011), prior to treatment. It can be observed in the current study that fatigue-tested HFMI-treated welded joints, welded with weld quality D, are in good agreement with the IIW recommendations.

Fatigue Life Improvement of Welded Elements and Structures by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy Kudryavtsev ◽  
Jacob Kleiman
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Highway Bridges ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Ultrasonic Impact Treatment ◽  
Stress Relieving ◽  
Life Improvement

The ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) is relatively new and promising process for fatigue life improvement of welded elements and structures. In most industrial applications this process is known as ultrasonic peening (UP). The beneficial effect of UIT/UP is achieved mainly by relieving of harmful tensile residual stresses and introducing of compressive residual stresses into surface layers of a material, decreasing of stress concentration in weld toe zones and enhancement of mechanical properties of the surface layers of the material. The UP technique is based on the combined effect of high frequency impacts of special strikers and ultrasonic oscillations in treated material. Fatigue testing of welded specimens showed that UP is the most efficient improvement treatment as compared with traditional techniques such as grinding, TIG-dressing, heat treatment, hammer peening and application of LTT electrodes. The developed computerized complex for UP was successfully applied for increasing the fatigue life and corrosion resistance of welded elements, elimination of distortions caused by welding and other technological processes, residual stress relieving, increasing of the hardness of the surface of materials. The UP could be effectively applied for fatigue life improvement during manufacturing, rehabilitation and repair of welded elements and structures. The areas/industries where the UP process was applied successfully include: Shipbuilding, Railway and Highway Bridges, Construction Equipment, Mining, Automotive, Aerospace. The results of fatigue testing of welded elements in as-welded condition and after application of UP are considered in this paper. It is shown that UP is the most effective and economic technique for increasing of fatigue strength of welded elements in materials of different strength. These results also show a strong tendency of increasing of fatigue strength of welded elements after application of UP with the increase in mechanical properties of the material used.

scholarly journals Low-cycle fatigue behaviour of laser welded high-strength steel DOMEX 700 MC

2018 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 05013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kopas ◽  
Milan Sága ◽  
František Nový ◽  
Bohuš Leitner
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fatigue Behaviour ◽  
Total Strain Amplitude ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Life Analysis

The article presents the results of research on low cycle fatigue strength of laser welded joints vs. non-welded material of high-strength steel DOMEX 700 MC. The tests were performed under load controlled using the total strain amplitude ɛac. The operating principle of the special electro-mechanic fatigue testing equipment with a suitable clamping system was working on 35 Hz frequency. Fatigue life analysis was conducted based on the Manson-Coffin-Basquin equation, which made it possible to determine fatigue parameters. Studies have shown differences in the fatigue life of original specimens and laser welded joints analysed, where laser welded joints showed lower fatigue resistance. In this article a numerical analysis of stresses generated in bending fatigue specimens has been performed employing the commercially available FEM-program ADINA.

scholarly journals Fatigue Life Improvement of the High Strength Steel Welded Joints by Ultrasonic Impact Peening

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ján Lago ◽  
Libor Trško ◽  
Michal Jambor ◽  
František Nový ◽  
Otakar Bokůvka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Compressive Residual Stress ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Low Alloy Steel ◽  
Residual Stress Field ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Life Improvement

Ultrasonic impact peening was applied on welded joints manufactured from Strenx 700 MC high strength low alloy steel with the aim to improve the fatigue properties. Three different surface treatment parameters were tested, which resulted in transformation of the near-surface tensile residual stresses in the weld metal and heat affected zone to compressive residual stress field, while maximal values from −400 MPa up to −800 MPa were reached. The highest fatigue life improvement was reached by the double peening with the 85 N contact force, where the fatigue limit for N = 108 cycles increased from 370 MPa to 410 MPa.

Fatigue Improvement of Welded Elements and Structures by Ultrasonic Peening

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Kudryavtsev ◽  
Jacob Kleiman
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Fatigue Improvement ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Ultrasonic Peening ◽  
Stress Relieving ◽  
Life Improvement

The ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) is relatively new and promising process for fatigue life improvement of welded elements and structures. In most industrial applications this process is known as ultrasonic peening (UP). The beneficial effect of UP is achieved mainly by relieving of tensile residual stresses and introducing of compressive residual stresses into surface layers of a material. The secondary factors in fatigue improvement by UP are decreasing of stress concentration in weld toe zones and enhancement of mechanical properties of the surface layers of the material. Fatigue testing of welded specimens showed that UP is the most efficient improvement treatment as compared with traditional techniques such as grinding, TIG-dressing, heat treatment, hammer peening and application of LTT electrodes. The developed computerized complex for UP was successfully applied for increasing the fatigue life and corrosion resistance of welded elements, elimination of distortions caused by welding and other technological processes, residual stress relieving, increasing of the hardness of the surface of materials. The UP could be effectively applied for fatigue life improvement during manufacturing, rehabilitation and repair of welded elements and structures. The areas/industries where the UP process was applied successfully include: Shipbuilding, Railway and Highway Bridges, Construction Equipment, Mining, Automotive, Aerospace. The results of fatigue testing of welded elements in as-welded condition and after application of UP are considered in this paper. It is shown that UP is the most effective and economic technique for increasing of fatigue strength of welded elements in materials of different strength. These results also show a strong tendency of increasing of fatigue strength of welded elements after application of UP with the increase in mechanical properties of the material used.

Fatigue Life Improvement of Welded Doubling Plates

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Lotsberg ◽  
Arne Fjeldstad ◽  
Morten Ro Helsem ◽  
Narve Oma
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Fatigue Cracking ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Fatigue Life Assessment ◽  
Life Improvement ◽  
Structural Connections ◽  
Weld Root ◽  
Assessment Procedures

Fatigue life assessment is important for all floating offshore structures related to the new building stage but also related to lifetime extensions. Fatigue cracking occurs normally due to uncertainties in estimated fatigue life and this is a well-known problem for floaters. In this paper the aim has been to look deeper into the effects of improvement methods for improvement of the fatigue life of structural connections. Fatigue testing of full size fillet welded doubling plates has been performed of a specimen in as welded condition for comparison with two specimens improved by grinding. The paper also presents an alternative S-N curve for grinded details. The primary goal is to assess the possibility for fatigue life improvement of fillet welded doubling plates where fatigue cracking may initiate from the weld root. The information gained in this project is considered to be important for the offshore floater industry, as well as for development of new fatigue assessment procedures and requirements in standardization.

Evaluation of Fatigue Strength of Similar and Dissimilar Welded Joints of Modified 9Cr–1Mo Steel

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeru Takaya
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Strain Distribution ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Fast Breeder Reactor ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper presents an evaluation method for the fatigue strength of similar and dissimilar welded joints of modified 9Cr–1Mo steel, which is a candidate structural material for demonstration of fast-breeder reactor being developed in Japan. The discontinuity of the mechanical properties across a welded joint causes a nonhomogeneous strain distribution, and this effect should be considered in the evaluation of the fatigue strength of welded joints. In this study, a “two-element model,” which comprises base metal and welded metal, was employed. First, the strain ranges of each element are calculated, and second, the fatigue lives of each element are evaluated. Finally, the shorter fatigue life is selected as the fatigue life of the welded joint. The failure position can be also estimated by this model. The evaluation results were compared with experimental data obtained at elevated temperature, and the results were in good agreement.

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