Mechanical Properties of Girth Weld with Different Butt Materials Severed for Natural Gas Station

Abstract:

Weld samples imitating the inservice girth welds in station (L245 straight pipe jointed to WPHY-70 tee joint and L415MB straight pipe jointed to WPHY-80 tee joint) were prepared. Tensile, bending, impact toughness and hardness of the joints were investigated. Results show that under tensile or bending load, failure occurred from the side with lower grade and smaller wall thickness. Relatived to the lower grade side, the weld seam is strong match. Significant change of impact toughness can be found in weld seam center and the heat affected zones (HAZ). The impact energy of seam center is the lowest in the weld joint. The impact energy show a trend of increase from seam center to base metal. In HAZ zone, impact toughness of the fusion line is the lowest. Impact toughness of higher grade side is higher than that of the lower grade side. Hardness of positions in HAZ zones are different distinctly. From coarse grained region to fine grained region, the hardness decrease. For the in-station girth welds jointed with different materials, lower grade and samller wall thickness side should be intensive monitored.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 944)
• Pages: 821-827
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.944.821
• Online since: January 2019
• Authors: Jun Jie Ren*, Wei Feng Ma, Xue Liang He, An Qi Chen, Jin Heng Luo, Ke Wang, Qiu Rong Ma, Chun Yong Huo
• Keywords: Girth Weld, High Grade, Impact Toughness

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