Fracture toughness of the materials in welded joint of X80 pipeline steel

[Display omitted] •Fracture toughness of welded joint of X80 pipeline steel is studied.•Fracture toughness test is conducted with a new non-contact double-extensometer vision system.•The HAZ is embrittled in different degrees, because of M–A constituents.•It is observed the fusion zone is the fractu...

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Published in:Engineering fracture mechanics 2015-11, Vol.148, p.337-349
Main Authors: Yang, Yonghe, Shi, Lei, Xu, Zhen, Lu, Hongsheng, Chen, Xu, Wang, Xin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Embrittlement
Fracture mechanics
Fracture toughness
High strength low alloy steels
Mechanical properties
Non-contact double-clip gauge
Pipelines
Steels
Welded joint
Welded joints
Welding
X80 pipeline steel
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Summary:[Display omitted] •Fracture toughness of welded joint of X80 pipeline steel is studied.•Fracture toughness test is conducted with a new non-contact double-extensometer vision system.•The HAZ is embrittled in different degrees, because of M–A constituents.•It is observed the fusion zone is the fracture risk zone of the X80 steel weldment. The microstructures, mechanical properties and fracture toughness of the materials in different locations of the welded joint of the X80 pipeline steel were studied at room temperature. Elastic–plastic fracture toughness testing of crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) and J-integral of the welding materials and base material were conducted. A new non-contact double-clip gauge measuring system was developed and used in the fracture toughness tests. It was observed the fusion zone (FZ) was the fracture risk zone of the X80 steel weldment; and the occurrence of hard-brittle martensite–austenite (M–A) constituents was a significant because of welding hardening and embrittlement.
ISSN:0013-7944
1873-7315
DOI:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2015.07.061