Assessment of residual stress of welded structural steel plates with or without post weld rolling using the contour method and neutron diffraction

2013 ◽  
Vol 213 (12) ◽  
pp. 2323-2328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F.O. Braga ◽  
Harry E. Coules ◽  
Thilo Pirling ◽  
Valentin Richter-Trummer ◽  
Paul Colegrove ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Structural Steel ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Contour Method

scholarly journals Experimental Characterisation and Numerical Modelling of Residual Stresses in a Nuclear Safe-End Dissimilar Metal Weld Joint

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1298
Author(s):  
Shuyan Zhang ◽  
Zhuozhi Fan ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Shuwen Wen ◽  
Sanjooram Paddea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Weld Joint ◽  
Steel Tube ◽  
Contour Method ◽  
Fe Modelling ◽  
Dissimilar Metal ◽  
Dissimilar Metal Weld ◽  
Metal Weld

In this study, a mock-up of a nuclear safe-end dissimilar metal weld (DMW) joint (SA508-3/316L) was manufactured. The manufacturing process involved cladding and buttering of the ferritic steel tube (SA508-3). It was then subjected to a stress relief heat treatment before being girth welded together with the stainless steel tube (316L). The finished mock-up was subsequently machined to its final dimension. The weld residual stresses were thoroughly characterised using neutron diffraction and the contour method. A detailed finite element (FE) modelling exercise was also carried out for the prediction of the weld residual stresses resulting from the manufacturing processes of the DMW joint. Both the experimental and numerical results showed high levels of tensile residual stresses predominantly in the hoop direction of the weld joint in its final machined condition, tending towards the OD surface. The maximum hoop residual stress determined by the contour method was 500 MPa, which compared very well with the FE prediction of 467.7 Mpa. Along the neutron scan line at the OD subsurface across the weld joint, both the contour method and the FE modelling gave maximum hoop residual stress near the weld fusion line on the 316L side at 388.2 and 453.2 Mpa respectively, whereas the neutron diffraction measured a similar value of 480.6 Mpa in the buttering zone near the SA508-3 side. The results of this research thus demonstrated the reasonable consistency of the three techniques employed in revealing the level and distribution of the residual stresses in the DMW joint for nuclear applications.

scholarly journals Residual Stresses in Ultrasonically Peened Fillet Welded Joints

2014 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 755-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Ahmad ◽  
Michael E. Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Compressive Residual Stress ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Contour Method ◽  
Mechanical Method ◽  
Accelerated Corrosion ◽  
Accelerated Corrosion Testing ◽  
Measured Residual Stress

Fatigue cracks mostly initiate at areas subjected to high tensile residual stress and stress concentration. Ultrasonic peening is a mechanical method to increase fatigue life by imparting compressive residual stress. In this study residual stresses are characterized in fillet welded ship structural steel plates with longitudinal attachments. As-welded, ultrasonically peened, and specimens peened then subjected to accelerated corrosion testing were measured. Residual stress characterization was performed by the contour method and neutron diffraction.

Numerical Simulation of Residual Stresses due to Multipass Welding in High Strength Steel Plates and Validation against Experimental Measurements

2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 269-273
Author(s):  
Constant Ramard ◽  
Denis Carron ◽  
Philippe Pilvin ◽  
Florent Bridier
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Contour Method ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Multipass Welding

Multipass arc welding is commonly used for thick plates assemblies in shipbuilding. Sever thermal cycles induced by the process generate inhomogeneous plastic deformation and residual stresses. Metallurgical transformations contribute at each pass to the residual stress evolution. Since residual stresses can be detrimental to the performance of the welded product, their estimation is essential and numerical modelling is useful to predict them. Finite element analysis of multipass welding of a high strength steel is achieved with a special emphasis on mechanical and metallurgical effects on residual stress. A welding mock-up was specially designed for experimental measurements of in-depth residual stresses using contour method and deep hole drilling and to provide a simplified case for simulation. The computed results are discussed through a comparison with experimental measurements.

ENPOWER: Investigations by Neutron Diffraction and Finite Element Analyses on Residual Stress Formation in Repair Welds Applied to Ferritic Steel Plates

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Ohms ◽  
Robert C. Wimpory ◽  
Dimitar Neov ◽  
Didier Lawrjaniec ◽  
Anastasius G. Youtsos
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Ferritic Steel ◽  
Maximum Stress ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Residual Stress Field ◽  
Welding Procedure

The European collaborative research project ENPOWER (Management of Nuclear Plant Operation by Optimizing Weld Repairs) has as one of its main objectives the development of guidelines for the application of repair welds to safety critical components in nuclear power plants. In this context letter box repair welds applied to thin ferritic steel plates to simulate repair of postulated shallow cracks have been manufactured for the purpose of experimental and numerical analysis of welding residual stresses. Two specimens have been procured, one of them prepared in accordance with a standard welding procedure, while in the second case a different procedure was followed in order to obtain extended martensite formation in the heat affected zone. Residual stresses have been determined in both specimens by neutron diffraction at the High Flux Reactor of the Joint Research Centre in Petten, The Netherlands. In parallel Institut de Soudure in France has performed a full 3-d analysis of the residual stress field for the standard welding case taking into account the materials and phase transformations. The experimental data obtained for both specimens clearly suggest that the non-conventional welding procedure rendered higher maximum stress values. In the case of the standard welding procedure numerical and experimental data show a reasonable qualitative agreement. The maximum stress value was in both cases found in the same region of the material — in the base metal just underneath the weld pool — and in both cases found to be of similar magnitude (∼800 MPa found in neutron diffraction and ∼700 MPa found in numerical analysis). In this paper the experimental and numerical approaches are outlined and the obtained results are presented. In addition an outlook is given to future work to be performed on this part of the ENPOWER project. A main issue pending is the application of an optimized advanced post weld heat treatment in one of the two cases and the subsequent numerical and experimental determination of its impact on the residual stress field. At the same time further evaluation of the materials transformations due to welding is pursued.

Residual Stress Measurement Within a Single Pass Groove Weld Specimen Utilising Neutron Diffraction and the Contour Method

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Turski ◽  
Lyndon Edwards ◽  
Jon James ◽  
Peter J. Bouchard ◽  
Mike Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Stress Measurement ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Parent Material ◽  
Weld Bead ◽  
Contour Method ◽  
Residual Stress Field ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Longitudinal Residual Stress

This paper describes the measurement of longitudinal residual stresses within a specially designed 200×180×25 mm single groove weld specimen. The purpose of these measurements was to quantify the residual stress field arising from a single stringer weld bead laid down within the constraint of a groove in order to validate finite element simulations of the welding process. Measurements were made over the cross section at the mid-bead length, utilising the relatively new Contour method and neutron diffraction. Non destructive neutron diffraction measurements were made using ENGIN-X, the engineering spectrometer at the ISIS facility of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). The Contour method measurement was applied destructively at the Open University (UK), producing a detailed full-field residual stress map. Results from these measurements indicate a peak tensile longitudinal residual stress of ∼300 MPa within the parent material adjacent to the weld bead. Good agreement is found between both techniques.

Characterization of a Plate Specimen From Phase I of the NRC/EPRI Weld Residual Stress Program

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Kerr ◽  
David L. Rudland ◽  
Michael B. Prime ◽  
Hunter Swenson ◽  
Miles A. Buechler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Phase I ◽  
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◽  
Contour Method ◽  
304L Stainless Steel ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Stress Measurements ◽  
Weld Residual Stress ◽  
Plate Specimen

Time-of-flight neutron diffraction and contour method residual stress measurements were conducted at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) on a lab sized plate specimen (P4) from Phase I of the joint U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Electric Power Research Institute Weld Residual Stress (NRC/EPRI WRS) program. The specimen was fabricated from a 304L stainless steel plate containing a seven pass Alloy 82 groove weld, restrained during welding and removed from the restraint for residual stress characterization. This paper presents neutron diffraction and contour method results, and compares these experimental stress measurements to a WRS Finite Element (FE) model. Finally details are provided on the procedure used to calculate the residual stress distribution in the restrained or as welded condition in order to allow comparison to other residual stress data collected as part of the EPRI lead Phase I WRS program.

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