Cooling Rate Control on Cold Cracking in Welded Thick HSLA Steel Plate
Cold cracking phenomenon is a very significant problem on welding of steel. This phenomenon usually occurs after welding process finishes in more than 24 hours. Crack often takes place in the heat affected zone area. Generally, cold cracking is due to hydrogen diffusion during welding process, residual stress and susceptible microstructure at low temperature (below 150℃). Welding process on thick plate high strength low alloy (HSLA) steel gives a high risk to cold cracking phenomenon. The cooling rate of thick plate during welding may increase the absorbtion of heat compared to thin plate. Controlling cooling rate is the main factor on welding of thick HSLA steel plate. A single v-butt joint on HSLA and S45C by using Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) has been investigated. This investigation was carried out on a 40 mm thick HSLA steel by controlling cooling rate and by using cooling media such as air, blanket and electric heater. The result shows that prevention of cold cracking can be made by controlling cooling time at low temperature (T300 - T100) in order to keep the cooling time larger than the critical cooling time. The use of cooling media with electric heater can prevent the cold cracking at HSLA weldment. Crack can be found on the weldment due to the presence of stress concentration, local variation of hardness and microstructure, which may result in brittle fracture of the crack surface.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel Cold Cracking Cooling Rate Hardness Microstructure and Fractography
Winarto Muhammad Anis Taufiqullah
Metallurgy & Materials Engineering Dept. - University of Indonesia,Kampus Baru UI, Depok 16424 - Ind Metallurgy & Materials Engineering Dept. - University of Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI, Depok 16424 - In
国际会议
11th IUMRS International Conference in Asia(第十一届国际材联亚洲材料大会 IUMRS-ICA 2010)
青岛
英文
269-275
2010-09-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）