This study was aimed to determine tensile and impact properties of base and weld metals of WEL-TEN60 of temperatures from-70℃to 70℃. It is particularly important to assess tensile properties, absorbed energy change, lateral expension ratios and fr...
This study was aimed to determine tensile and impact properties of base and weld metals of WEL-TEN60 of temperatures from-70℃to 70℃. It is particularly important to assess tensile properties, absorbed energy change, lateral expension ratios and fracture appearance in order to prevent brittle fracture of this material at low temperatures.
The obtained results were as follow: In case of base metal, the ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and elongation increase as the temperature decreases. The weld metal showed almost the same reactions as the base metal did. The fracture morphology of base and weld metals was that of dimple fracture at all temperature ranges. The dimple size got smaller as the temperature decreased. The fact that as the temperature increased, the absorbed energy increased seemed due to the increase of loading time. The curves of fibrous fracture, lateral expansion and absorbed energy kept almost the same shape. We came to conclusion that when we applied 15 ft-1b CVN temperature, the materials are safe from brittle fracture over-70℃.