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The Study on Mechanical Properties in Narrow-Gap Welds for SA312 TP347

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Conventionally, shielded-metal arc welding (SMAW) process has been applied to join pipes of reactor coolant loop, which caused defects and lot of loss in time and cost due to excessive heat input in joining section. Recently, narrow-gap welding (NGW) process was introduced to overcome the disadvantages of SMAW. However, the application of NGW to nuclear power plant is not yet commonly used, because safety of NGW process is not fully proven. In the present paper, welded coupons are made of stainless steel. They are manufactured under different processes; general welding (GW), and repair welding after GW. Performed are various mechanical tests to investigate microstructure, tensile strength and so on. It is verified that the mechanical properties of stainless steel are slightly changed after repair welding process. It is also found from stress corrosion cracking tests that the failure time of repair welding is shorter than that of general welding.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 321-323)

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1733-1737

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.321-323.1733

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October 2006

Authors:

Seung Wan Woo, Choon Yeol Lee, Jae Do Kwon, Young Hwan Choi, Ho Sang Shin

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General Weld, Narrow-Gap Weld, Repair Weld, Stainless Steel (SS), Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)

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