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Internal stresses in a clad pressure vessel steel during post weld heat treatment and their relevance to underclad cracking

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2021.104448

Keywords

Cold cracking; Electroslag strip cladding; Secondary stresses; Stress relaxation; Submerged-arc strip cladding; Thermal stresses

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  1. EPSRC [EP/L016273/1, EP/R00661X/1, EP/S019367/1, EP/P025021/1, EP/P025498/1]
  2. Sir Henry Royce Institute
  3. EPSRC [EP/S019367/1, EP/P025021/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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The study investigated the potential connection between the residual stresses generated by cladding operation, the thermal stresses generated during post weld heat treatment, and the propensity for underclad cracking. Results showed that substantial tensile residual stresses in the heat affected zone persisted after heating to 325 degrees C, but each microstructural zone within the zone may have enough ductility to prevent fracture.
A potential connection between the residual stresses generated by a cladding operation, the thermal stresses generated during post weld heat treatment (PWHT), and the propensity for underclad cracking was investigated. As-deposited residual stresses were measured at ambient temperature, using the contour method and neutron diffraction. Measurements were performed in 20 mm thick steel substrates that were partially clad with AISI grade 309 (layer 1) and grade 308 (layer 2) stainless steels, using the submerged-arc welding process. Neutron diffraction measurements were also performed after heating the clad samples to 200 and 325 degrees C. The mechanical properties in each region within the steel heat affected zone (HAZ) were determined, at those same temperatures, by subjecting coupons to simulated cladding thermal cycles and then to tension tests. Substantial tensile residual stresses in the HAZ were measured after cladding. These persisted during subsequent heating to 325 degrees C: a temperature that is approximately at the mid-point of the heating ramp in a typical PWHT cycle. The tensile results, however, indicated that each microstructural zone within the HAZ is likely to retain sufficient ductility to prevent fracture, and that underclad cracking is unlikely to occur during the early stages of the PWHT ramp.

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