High temperature, low cycle fatigue characterization of P91 weld and heat affected zone material
The high temperature low cycle fatigue behavior of P91 weld metal (WM) and weld joints (cross-weld) is presented. Strain-controlled tests have been carried out at 400 °C and 500 °C. The cyclic behavior of the weld material (WM) and cross-weld (CW) specimens are compared with previously published bas...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46484/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46484/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46484/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46484/1/Farragher%20-%20PVT%20Manuscript%20-%20ePrints.pdf |
| Summary: | The high temperature low cycle fatigue behavior of P91 weld metal (WM) and weld joints (cross-weld) is presented. Strain-controlled tests have been carried out at 400 °C and 500 °C. The cyclic behavior of the weld material (WM) and cross-weld (CW) specimens are compared with previously published base material (BM) tests. The weld material is shown to give a significantly harder and stiffer stress–strain response than both the base material and the cross-weld material. The cross-weld tests exhibited a cyclic stress–strain response, which was similar to that of the base material. All specimen types exhibited cyclic softening but the degree of softening exhibited by the cross-weld specimens was lower than that of the base material and all-weld tests. Finite element models of the base metal, weld metal and cross-weld test specimens are developed and employed for identification of the cyclic viscoplasticity material parameters. Heat affected zone (HAZ) cracking was observed for the cross-weld tests. |
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