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Experimental determination of the effect of last pass heat sink welding on residual stress in a large stainless steel pipe. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5350401

The residual stresses in stainless steel pipe that result from welding may contribute to stress corrosion cracking under certain conditions of tensile stress and environment. Last pass heat sink welding (LPHSW) was developed to create compressive residual stresses on the inside surface of pipe where these conditions are most likely to occur. The objective of this program was to determine experimentally the through-wall residual stress distribution at welds in a 24-inch-diameter heavy wall pipe. The pipe contained a conventional butt weld and a butt weld made using the LPHSW method. The residual stresses in these two welds were compared to determine the effectiveness of the LPHSW technique. A critique was made of the strength of materials equations used to calculate subsurface stresses from strain measurements at the pipe surfaces during the destructive parting out and layer removal method used in the experiment.

Research Organization:
Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (USA)
OSTI ID:
5350401
Report Number(s):
EPRI-NP-3361; ON: DE84920115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English