Development of temper-bead technique applied to dissimilar welded joints of nuclear pressure vessels

Welding Research Council Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 412, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Higuchi, Makoto ^a,b   Umemoto, Tadahiro ^a,c   Matsusita, Akitake ^a,c   Shiraiwa, Takanori ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Mat Processing and Evaluation Group

^c Nuclear Power Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BUTT WELDING; DISSIMILAR METALS; MATERIALS TESTING; NICKEL ALLOYS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TEMPERING; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DISSIMILAR WELDED JOINTS; HARDNESS TEST; POSTWELD HEAT TREATMENT; QUALIFICATION TEST; TEMPER BEAD TECHNIQUE; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

WELDS;

EID: 0030157043     PISSN: 00432326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Technical standards for welding of electrical structures (MITI Ministerial ordinance No. 81, 1985).
2. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sec. XI Div. 1.
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6. Gandy, D. W., Findlan, S. J., and Childs, W. J., Repair Welding of SA-508 Class 2 Steel Utilizing the 3-Layer Temperbead Approach, PVP-Vol. 215 ASME 1991 pp. 117-121.