Thin stainless steel sandwich structural panels all welded by laser technology: residual stress measurements by the hole-drilling strain-gage method

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Daurelio ◽  
V. La Tegola ◽  
Carmine Pappalettere ◽  
E. Valentini
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Strain Gage ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Laser Technology ◽  
Stress Measurements

Residual Stress Measurements and Modelling for Temper Bead Qualification

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Ficquet ◽  
Vincent Robin ◽  
Ed Kingston ◽  
Stéphan Courtin ◽  
Miguel Yescas
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Stainless Steel Surface ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Stress Measurements ◽  
Welding Processes

This paper presents results from a programme of through thickness residual stress measurements and finite element analysis (FEA) modelling carried out on a temper bead mock-up. Emphasis is placed on results comparison rather than the measurement technique and procedure, which is well documented in the accompanying references. Temper bead welding processes have been developed to simulate the tempering effect of post-weld heat treatment and are used to repair reactor pressure vessel components to alleviate the need for further heat-treatment. The Temper Bead Mock-up comprised of a rectangular block with dimension 960mm × 189mm × 124mm was manufactured from a ferritic steel forged block with an austenitic stainless steel buttering and a nickel alloy temper bead cladding. The temper bead and buttering surfaces were machined after welding. Biaxial residual stresses were measured at a number of locations using the standard Deep-Hole Drilling (DHD) and Incremental DHD (iDHD) techniques on the Temper Bead Mock-up and compared with FEA modelling results. An excellent correlation existed between the iDHD and the modelled results, and highlighted the need for the iDHD technique in order to account for plastic relaxation during the measurement process. Maximum tensile residual stresses through the thickness were observed near the austenitic stainless steel surface at 298MPa. High compressive stresses were observed within the ferritic base plate beneath the bimetallic interface between austenitic and ferritic steels with peak stresses of −377MPa in the longitudinal direction.

Measurement of Residual Stresses in a Nozzle-to-Cylinder Weld After Thermal Ageing at 550°C

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hossain ◽  
C. E. Truman ◽  
D. J. Smith ◽  
P. J. Bouchard
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Hoop Stress ◽  
Thermal Ageing ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Stress Profile ◽  
Aged Condition ◽  
Steel Component ◽  
Stress Measurements ◽  
Test Treatment

This paper presents results from a programme of experimental measurements of residual stresses in a type 316H stainless steel component consisting of a nozzle welded to a cylinder. The residual stresses were measured using the deep-hole drilling (DHD) technique. The welded component had been thermally aged in a furnace at 550°C for 19,644 hours prior to the residual stress measurements. Measurements were obtained in the through-thickness section of the component at two locations: (i) in the cylinder heat affected zone (HAZ) at the flank of the nozzle-to-cylinder weld intersection and (ii) in the cylinder HAZ near the crown of the nozzle-to-cylinder weld intersection. The stress measurements made after the furnace heat soak treatment are compared with the earlier as-welded stress measurements. In comparison with as-welded residual stress measurements on the same component and with residual stresses in a service-aged (55,000 hours at 525°C) component, it was evident that the thermal soak test treatment had significantly relaxed the weld residual stresses. In particular the soak test hoop stress profile was almost identical to the service-aged condition, whereas the transverse stress distribution had only been partially relaxed by the thermal soak test.

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