Effect of Post-weld Heat Treatment on the Fracture Mechanics Behaviour for Electroslag Welding Joints of SM41B Heavy Thickness Plate
1978 Volume 64 Issue 7 Pages 969-978
Details
1978 Volume 64 Issue 7 Pages 969-978
The effect of post welding heat treatments on the notch toughness and fracture mechanics behaviour of 110mm thick JIS SM41B steel electroslag welding joints has been investigated. The results obtained are summarized as follows:
1. Notch toughness of welded joints normalized became excellent in heat-affected zone, but in weld metal it became lower. In case of stress relief annealed condition weld metal showed best notch toughness. This reason is considered to the variation of microstructure.
2. Fracture toughness values (KIC) of welded joints showed an excellent trend in heat-affected zone with both normalized and stress relief annealed conditions.
3. Fatigue crack growth property of welded joints under stress relief annealed condition was more excellent than those of normalized joints and base metal.
4. There was good correlation between KIC and Charpy transition temperature for both base metal and its welded joints.
5. Dynamic fracture toughness values (KId) estimated by instrumented Charpy tests can be correlated with static fracture toughness values (KIC) by rate parameter theory.
