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- Title
Crack resistance of austenitic stainless steel pipe and pipe welds with a circumferential crack under monotonic loading.
- Authors
SINGH, P. K.; VAZE, K. K.; GHOSH, A. K.; KUSHWAHA, H. S.; PUKAZHENDI, D. M.; MURTHY, D. S. R.
- Abstract
This paper describes the experimental studies carried out on cracked austenitic stainless steel pipe and pipe welds under bending loads. Pipe welds were produced by gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW). Fracture resistance curves for pipe and pipe welds were compared. Results indicate that the fracture resistance of pipe and pipe weld (GTAW) is comparable but that of pipe weld (GTAW+SMAW) is inferior. Cracks do not deviate from their original plane during propagation as observed in the cases of carbon steel pipe and pipe welds. The fracture resistance of pipe welds does not depend on the loading histories to which it has been subjected prior to fracture test. Initiation and crack propagation were observed prior to the maximum moment. An existing limit load expression is applicable for the pipe base material but gives non-conservative results for the pipe welds. Multiplication factors have been suggested for the pipe welds for evaluation of limit loads using the existing expression. Fracture resistance for the pipe and compact tension specimens have also been compared for base material and welds.
- Subjects
STEEL pipe; STAINLESS steel; WELDED joints; STEEL fracture; CARBON; BENDING (Metalwork)
- Publication
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 11, p901
- ISSN
8756-758X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01049.x