EFFECT OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WELDMENTS FOR USC APPLICATION EVALUATED BY SPT

1 Stejskalová Šárka
Co-authors:
1 Kander Ladislav 1 Čížek Petr 1 Filip Miroslav
Institution:
1 Material and Metallurgical Research Ltd., Ostrava, Czech Republic, EU, sarka.stejskalova@mmvyzkum.cz
Conference:
27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 23rd - 25th 2018
Proceedings:
Proceedings 27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
867-872
ISBN:
978-80-87294-84-0
ISSN:
2694-9296
Published:
24th October 2018
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
Metrics:
419 views / 152 downloads
Abstract

The paper deals with the possibility of using the SPT - (small punch test) method for evaluation of material properties of the individual areas of welded joints. The homogeneous and heterogeneous welds for USC power plants were assessed. The selected combination of welded joints made of austenitic creep resistant steels of the TP347 HFG, HR3C, Super304H and P92 grades in as-received state and after exposure in the real boiler conditions for one year were studied. The mechanical and fracture properties were assessed using small punch test of welds under investigation. The mechanical properties and fracture properties were studied using miniaturized tests, too. From the results it can be concluded that especially fracture properties were influenced significantly due to one-year exposure, which can be demonstrated on the Charpy impact tests, where the impact energy dropped down to only 1/3 of the original value.

Keywords: Austenitic steels, small punch test (SPT), welded joints, sigma phase, mechanical and fracture properties

© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Scroll to Top