Creep Rupture Properties of High-Temperature Bainitic Steels After Weld Repair

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Indacochea ◽  
G. Wang ◽  
R. Seshadri ◽  
Y. K. Oh
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Heat Affected Zone ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Rotor Steel ◽  
Bainitic Steels ◽  
Alloy Steels

Welded high-temperature power plant components can experience a greater risk of failure by creep during service, when compared to similar as-wrought components. The heat-affected zone (HAZ) of alloy steels is usually the region of a weldment exhibiting poor mechanical properties. The arc welding of an ASTM A470, Class 8-rotor steel in this study identified the intercritical heat affected zone (ICHAZ) as the weakest region in terms of creep rupture life. The type of welding procedure significantly affects this region, but most important are the welding parameters utilized. Because of the microstructural heterogeneity of the HAZ and sensitivity of these microstructures to changes when exposed to elevated temperatures, their performance at later times is difficult to predict. Extrapolation techniques are limited in value for predicting service lives of homogeneous materials, because these do not incorporate the microstructure changes of the materials during high temperature operation. They are even less useful for predicting the operating lives of weldments. This paper considers the creep performance and structure stability of the ICHAZ of 12 percent Cr and 214-1Mo vanadium modified weldments produced on a retired CrMoV rotor steel. [S0094-4289(00)00303-0]

scholarly journals Behavior of High-Temperature Embrittlement and Its Mechanism in Heat-Affected Zone of Low-Carbon Alloy Steels

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1429-1436
Author(s):  
Suguru Yoshida ◽  
Teruhisa Okumura ◽  
Hiroshi Kita ◽  
Kohsaku Ushioda ◽  
Yoshio R. Abe
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Heat Affected Zone ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Alloy Steels

Progress in the Design of an Improved High-Temperature 1 Percent CrMoV Rotor Steel

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Bodnar ◽  
J. R. Michael ◽  
S. S. Hansen ◽  
R. I. Jaffee
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Temper Embrittlement ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Rotor Steel ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Austenitizing Temperature ◽  
Creep Ductility

Silicon-deoxidized, tempered bainitic 1 percent CrMoV steel is currently used extensively for high-temperature steam turbine rotor forgings operating at temperatures up to 565°C due to its excellent creep rupture properties and relative economy. There is impetus to improve the creep rupture strength of this steel while maintaining its current toughness level and vice versa. The excellent creep rupture ductility of the low Si version of this steel allows the use of a higher austenitizing temperature or tensile strength level for improving creep rupture strength without loss in creep ductility or toughness. When the tensile strength of this steel is increased from 785 to 854 MPa, the creep rupture strength exceeds that of the more expensive martensitic 12CrMoVCbN steel currently used for high-temperature rotor applications where additional creep rupture strength is required. The toughness of 1 percent CrMoV steel is improved by lowering the bainite start (Bs) temperature in a “superclean” base composition which is essentially free of Mn, Si, P, S, Sb, As and Sn. The Bs temperature can be lowered through the addition of alloying elements (i.e., C, Ni, Cr, and Mo) and/or increasing the cooling rate from the austenitizing temperature. Using these techniques, the 50 percent FATT can be lowered from approximately 100°C to below room temperature, which provides the opportunity to eliminate the special precautionary procedures currently used in the startup and shutdown of steam turbines. The most promising steels in terms of creep rupture and toughness properties contain 2.5 percent Ni and 0.04 percent Cb (for austenite grain refinement and enhanced tempering resistance). In general, the creep rupture strength of the superclean steels equals or exceeds that of the standard 1 percent CrMoV steel. In addition, the superclean steels have not been found to be susceptible to temper embrittlement, nor do they alter the room temperature fatigue crack propagation characteristics of the standard 1 percent CrMoV steel. These new steels may also find application in combination high-temperature-low-temperature rotors and gas turbine rotors.

Evaluation of Creep Properties of Alloy 690 Steam Generator Tubes at High Temperature Using Tube Specimen

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongmin Kim ◽  
Woogon Kim ◽  
Minchul Kim
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Steam Generator ◽  
Creep Test ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Severe Accident ◽  
High Temperature Creep ◽  
Creep Life ◽  
Temperature Creep ◽  
Alloy 690

Abstract Thermally induced steam generator (SG) tube failures caused by hot gases from a damaged reactor core can result in a containment bypass event and may lead to release of fission products to the environment. A typical severe accident scenario is a station blackout (SBO) with loss of auxiliary feedwater. Alloy 690 which has increased the Cr content has been replaced for the SG tube due to its high corrosion resistance against stress corrosion cracking (SCC). However, there is lack of research on the high temperature creep rupture and life prediction model of Alloy 690. In this study, creep test was performed to estimate the high temperature creep rupture life of Alloy 690. Based on reported creep data and creep test results of Alloy 690 in this study, creep life extrapolation was carried out using Larson-Miller Parameter (LMP), Orr-Sherby-Dorn (OSD), Manson-Haferd Parameter (MHP), and Wilshire’s approach. And a hyperbolic sine (sinh) function to determine master curves in LMP, OSD and MHP methods was used for improving the creep life estimation of Alloy 690 material.

Sulfur Effects on High-Temperature Creep and Fracture Behavior of 25Cr35Ni-Nb Alloys

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Chen ◽  
Xuedong Chen ◽  
Juan Ye ◽  
Xiyun Hao
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Fracture Behavior ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Local Stress ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Nucleation Sites

Centrifugal cast 25Cr35Ni-Nb alloy furnace tubes with different contents of S are selected to investigate effects of S addition on creep and fracture behavior. Rupture tests in air at 1100 °C and 17 MPa and slow rate tensile tests at 850 °C showed that the presence of S decreased the creep rupture life and elevated temperature ductility of 25Cr35Ni-Nb alloy obviously. Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the fracture and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis results indicated that S was the important element to control creep rupture life and elevated temperature ductility. S segregated to grain boundaries at elevated temperatures, blocky fine sulfide particles with smooth surface distribute on the grain boundaries. The presence of sulfides became effective nucleation sites for intergranular creep cavities. Micro cracks occurred by linking up cavities at elevated temperatures due to local stress concentration. Eventually, early failure happened.

Study of Creep Strength for P91 Steels after Short Term Overheating above Ac3 Temperature

2013 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 94-101
Author(s):  
Ng Guat Peng ◽  
Badrol Ahmad ◽  
Mohd Razali Muhamad ◽  
M. Ahadlin
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Tempered Martensite ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Rupture Stress ◽  
Limited Creep

Advanced ferritic steels containing 9 wt% Cr are widely used in the construction of supercritical and ultra supercritical boiler components. The microstructure of the as supplied 91 materials consists of a tempered martensite matrix, a fine dispersion of intergranular chromium rich M23C6 precipitates and intragranular carbonitrides MX particles rich in V and Nb. This steel requires post weld heat treatment (PWHT) to produce a tempered microstructure after welding to develop excellent creep strength for high temperature service. Based on past experience, situations may arise whereby the components are subjected to an accidental overshoot in temperature during PWHT. The short excursion to high temperature beyond Ac3 would have resulted in the formation of deleterious phases, for example, soft α-ferrite which has poor creep strength and hard martensite which has a low toughness. In this study, the degraded specimens with soft α ferrite as a result of cooling transformation from 900°C are proven to have a limited creep rupture life where the creep rupture strength dropped remarkably after 1000 hours. As the peak temperature increased to 950°C and 1000°C, hard and brittle martensite was formed on cooling. The creep specimens were found to exhibit better creep strength; most probably the creep behavior was improved by the tempering effect at 600°C during creep tests. Nevertheless, despite the tempering which might have improved the toughness slightly, the high temperature creep rupture stress still had dropped approximately 40%, as compared to the virgin alloys in the range of rupture time from 1,000 hours to 10,000 hours.

Effect of Element V on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of DZ417G Superalloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 446-451
Author(s):  
Zhao Xu Zhong ◽  
Xing Fu Yu ◽  
Ai Hua Huang ◽  
Yu Fei Wang ◽  
Yan Lin Man ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Block Type ◽  
Plastic Properties ◽  
Dispersion Degree ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Life Tests

The effect of V content on the mechanical properties and microstructure of DZ417G alloy was studied in the present investigation. DZ417G alloy with different element V contents was smelted , then tested the mechanical properties and observed microstructure. The results show that with the increase of element V content, the morphology of rod type M23C6 carbides turned into block-type MC carbides, the size of carbides became bigger, and the amount of carbides decrased, but the dispersion degree of carbide in the matrix was increased. The alloy tensile strength and plastic properties were increased at high temperature with the increment of V content. There were finer dimple structures on the tensile rupture fracture surface of the alloy with high element V than the alloy with low element V under the high temperature conditions. The results of creep rupture life tests show that with increasing V content the creep rupture life increased at the test condition of 760 °C, 725MPa. The creep rupture life is 90h of the alloy with 0.62% V element content, and the creep rupture life increased to more than 245h when the element V content increased to 0.96%.

Effect of Salt-Deposit Hot Corrosion on Creep Rupture Behaviors of DZ466 Superalloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 850 ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Fei Ding ◽  
Xue Da Chen ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
Cheng Bo Xiao ◽  
Wei Peng Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Fracture Mode ◽  
Hot Corrosion ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Salt Deposit ◽  
Air Exposure ◽  
Creep Properties ◽  
Secondary Cracks

Since gas turbine blades in engines suffer centrifugal stress and gas corrosion during service, a good creep resistance in hot corrosion environment is one of the important considerations to evaluate service performance of the blade materials. In this work, the creep rupture behaviors of the directionally solidified superalloy DZ466 with and without salt deposition at 760°C/765MPa, 850°C/500MPa and 950°C/220MPa are preliminarily investigated based on the creep properties measurement and microstructure observations. The effects of hot corrosion on the creep properties and fracture mode are examined. The results show that the creep-rupture life in salt-deposit environment is lower than that in air-exposure environment at different temperatures. The creep-rupture life reduction caused by hot corrosion is increased with increase of the creep temperature. The fracture mode is exhibited by transgranular fracture in all crepted specimens. The propagation directions of all the secondary cracks are almost perpendicular to the crept specimen surface or the stress axis. The surface cracks are mainly produced in air-exposure environment at low temperature or in salt-deposited environment at high temperature. Induced by the stress concentration, the internal cracks are initiated surrounding the carbides in both air-exposure and salt-deposit environments. The creep-rupture life is dependent on the crack initiation at low temperature but on the crack propagation at high temperature. The reduction of the active load bearing area in transversal direction is the main reason why the creep-rupture life is decreased at 950°C.

Improvement of creep rupture life by high temperature pre-creep in magnesium–aluminum binary solid solutions

2001 ◽  
Vol 319-321 ◽  
pp. 746-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Sato ◽  
Kota Sawada ◽  
Kouichi Maruyama ◽  
Hiroshi Oikawa
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Solid Solutions ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture

Microstructure modeling of high-temperature microcrack initiation and evolution in a welded 9Cr martensitic steel

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (10) ◽  
pp. 2160-2174
Author(s):  
M Li ◽  
PE O'Donoghue ◽  
SB Leen
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Heat Affected Zone ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Plasticity Model ◽  
Welded Steel ◽  
Premature Failure ◽  
Crystal Plasticity Model ◽  
Microcrack Initiation

Welded joints in tempered 9Cr–1Mo operating at elevated temperatures are well known to be prone to premature failure due to cracking in the heat-affected zone. This paper describes a crystal plasticity model to predict the microcrack initiation and evolution in the inter-critical heat-affected zone of 9Cr–1Mo welded steel at elevated temperature. A crystal plasticity finite element model indicates that the micro-cracks of 9Cr–1Mo steel mostly nucleate at prior austenite grain boundaries and boundary clustered regions. Inter-granular and trans-granular microcracking are shown to be the key predicted microdamage mechanisms from the current crystal plasticity model. A small amount of ferrite in the inter-critical heat-affected zone is shown to not only influence the microcrack initiation and evolution, but also significantly accentuate material degradation for a given applied load leading to premature failure at high temperature.

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