2219铝合金FSW/VPPA交叉焊缝气孔缺陷

2219铝合金在搅拌摩擦焊（FSW）后,进行变极性等离子弧焊（VPPA）十字交叉焊接,其交叉接头存在气孔缺陷.针对6 mm 2219铝合金进行FSW/VPPA交叉焊接试验,探究了交叉焊缝的气孔类型,分别对比不同FSW热输入量、不同的VPPA焊接速度对交叉焊缝气孔缺陷程度的影响.结果表明,FSW热输入量越大,交叉焊缝气孔缺陷程度呈下降趋势,这与FSW过程产生瞬时空腔有关;而VPPA焊速越大,交叉焊缝气孔缺陷程度呈上升趋势.因此,为了抑制FSW/VPPA交叉焊缝气孔的产生,可以对FSW过程进行惰性气体保护、适当地提高FSW热输入量以及降低VPPA焊接速度.     

Some issues in life assessment of longitudinal seam welds based on creep tests with cross-weld specimens

In order to reduce production costs, it is of great interest to use longitudinal seam welds when manufacturing large diameter pipes. The cost reduction can be as high as 30%. However, severe inservice accidents for this type of pipes working in the creep regime have occurred mainly due to mismatch in weldment creep properties.

In many cases, creep tests of cross-weld specimens, taken from the seam weld, are used to predict the behaviour of the seam weld, assuming that the creep behaviour of specimen and weldment is equivalent. Experiences of this procedure indicate that further knowledge is required before translation between specimen and component can be made.

In the present paper, both full scale seam welded pipes and cross-weld specimens are studied with the damage mechanics concept using finite element, FE, technique. The same mechanical model of multiple material zones is used for the two components. Both the influence of differences in creep properties between the weldment constituents and the size effect of the cross-weld specimen, are studied.

It is found that the cross-weld test results can not directly be translated to the full scale component. Factors such as the creep properties and the relative geometry of the weldment constituents and the size of the cross-weld specimen have to be considered when performing creep life assessment.     

Numerical investigation of creep crack growth in cross-weld CT specimens. Part I: influence of mismatch in creep deformation properties and notch tip location

Creep crack growth (CCG) in cross-weld CT specimens is investigated using two-dimensional finite element simulations. A creep ductility-based damage model describes the accumulation of creep damage ahead of the crack tip where a constraint parameter and the creep strain rate perpendicular to the crack plane are used as characterizing parameters.
The numerical results reveal that, not only the material properties of the region in which the crack is propagating, but also the deformation properties of the surrounding material influence the CCG behaviour. For the specimen configurations investigated, the location of the starter notch in the HAZ of the cross-weld CT specimen has, however, a minor influence on the CCG rate and the value of C *. This applies as long as the crack is propagating within a sufficiently narrow region that has material properties which can be regarded as homogeneous.     

A method for estimating the stress distributions on the centre line of an axisymmetric, two-material, cross-weld, creep test specimen

Finite element analyses have been performed for an axisymmetric, two-material, cross-weld, creep test specimen. Stationary-state stress (and strain-rate) results were obtained for various geometries and relative material properties. Using these results, it has been shown that a simple interpolation technique can be used to obtain the stress distributions for any geometry and relative creep properties.