Residual Stresses Profiles of Cladded Austenitic Stainless Steel Evaluated by X-Ray Diffraction and by Incremental Hole-Drilling Method
The samples studied in this paper were performed from carbon steel plates, cladded in one of the faces with stainless steel filler metals by submerged arc welding (SAW). After cladding work, the samples were submitted to post-weld heat treatments at different conditions and afterwards stainless steel coating surfaces were milled and mechanically polished, as in the industrial application. The residual stress analysis was performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and incremental hole-drilling methods (IHDM). The residual stresses profiles presented different in depth values in each sample, depending on the heat treatment conditions. The hole-drilling method was applied in several points of each stainless steel sample surface and the results presented similar evolution profiles. However compressive stresses increase with the increase of heat treatment temperature.