Finite element simulation of welding and residual stresses in a P91 steel pipe incorporating solid-state phase transformation and post-weld heat treatment

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 275-293

  Yaghi, A H ^a   Hyde, T H ^a   Becker, A A ^a   Sun, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element weld simulation; P91 steel pipe; Phase transformation; Post weld heat treatment; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; HEAT TREATMENT; IRON; MARTENSITE; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PIPE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL; STEEL PIPE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WELDING; WELDS; YIELD STRESS;

3D FINITE ELEMENT (FE) SIMULATION; AUSTENITIC; AXISYMMETRIC; FE-ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FINITE ELEMENT (FE) SIMULATIONS; HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE (HAZ); HOLDING TIME; HOOP STRESSES; OUTER DIAMETER (OD); OUTER SURFACE; P91 STEEL; PIPE WALL THICKNESSES; POST WELD HEAT TREATMENT (PWHT); SOLID-STATE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSFORMATION PLASTICITY; VOLUMETRIC CHANGES; WALL THICKNESSES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 48249135699     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA372     Document Type: Article

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