Evaluation of Fracture Behavior of the Reheated Weid Zone in API 2W Gr. 50 Steel Weld Metals

摘要

In this study the effect of martensite-austenite (M-A) constituents on the fracture behaviour of the reheated weld zone formed by subsequent weld passes in API 2W Gr. 50 steel welds was evaluated. For the we'd thermal cycle simulation process with the Geeble thermal simulator, the actual single-pass weldment was used rather than the base metal. The reheated weld zone in the weld metal was categorized into four typical areas according to the peak temperature. The test results indicated that toughness is closely related to the fraction of the martensite-austenite constituents.In particular, the intercritical reheated weld zone with a high fraction of M-A as well as a coarse-grained reheated zone can be considered as local brittle zones of weld metal.