• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2009

Alloy 600 and Alloy 82/182 materials have been used widely in PWR plants. But these materials are known to be susceptible to PWSCC(Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking). Recently, there have been several PWSCC events in major components due to repair welding, because repair welding in the dissimilar metal welds during the construction increases residual stress significantly on the inner surface of welds. In this paper, various residual stress analyses for repair welding were performed using FEM to check the effect of repair welding on residual stress distributions in PZR safety/relief nozzle. The results indicate that for inside surface repair welding, high tensile residual stress is developed on the inside surface of the nozzles.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 보수용접부 폭 변화에 따른 이종금속 맞대기 용접부(Dissimilar metal butt weld) 용접잔류응력의 분포 및 동종금속용접/기계적 하중에 의한 재분배 거동을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 5가지 다른 보수용접부 폭을 고려한 상세 2차원 유한요소 열해석 및 응력해석을 수행하였다. 유한요소해석 결과를 바탕으로 보수용접에 의한 용접잔류응력 분포를 평가하였으며, 동종금속용접 및 기계적 하중에 의한 응력 재분배 특성을 평가하였다. 보수용접에 의해 배관 내면에서는 큰 인장 용접잔류응력이 축방향과 원주방향에 대해 발생하는 것으로 나타났으며 보수용접부 폭이 특정값 이상이 되면 용접잔류응력 분포가 변하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 동종금속용접과 기계적 하중을 고려하면 인장잔류응력값이 크게 감소하였으며 그 경향은 보수용접부 폭에 무관한 것으로 나타났다.

• International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2001

Nowadays, repair welding on in-service natural gas pipeline is a matter of primary concern of gas company. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of welding conditions on the allowable heat input for crack-free welds and welds without burn-through onto in-service natural gas pipeline. First of all, single pass weld bead on plates of the various thickness was deposited to evaluate the penetration of weld metal, the depth of heat affected zone and the hardness of repair weld under various welding conditions. Also, finite element analysis has been conducted to validate experimental results of bead-on plate welds and to develop appropriate model for repair welding. The welding experiments of bead-on-plate weld confirmed the influence of plate thickness, heat input and welding process on safety. And, the finite element model was demonstrated by comparing experimental results. The agreement between the computed and measured values was shown to be generally good. Therefore, It is possible to predict the safety of repair welding under various welding conditions with experimental results and finite element analysis model.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.95-105
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• 1996

Korea Gas Corporation has operated high pressure gas transmission line of about 600 kilometers and, therefore, a series of repair welding processes are required in order to cope with external defects such as dent, gouge, cracking usually due to mechanical attacks. Most of gas pipelines repair processes are performed after completely venting remaining gas. However, in some case, though it is very unusual, repairs require without venting gas. For instance, this case is that damaged pipeline is remedied with split sleeve by welding. In this paper, in an effort to confirm a safe application of the split sleeve welding, residual stress, strain and temperature distributions are evaluated by computer simulation and experiments. The results obtained are as follows : 1) Computer modelling is supposed to be reasonable because microstructure changes due to welding is simulated coincidently as compare to that of real condition. 2) The maximal temperature on inside surface of pipeline is 50$0^{\circ}C$ for the repair welding process. 3) The amount of residual stress is estimated as the stress corresponding to 0.8% strain. 4) The repair process employed is determined to be technically preferable because of its avoiding cracks and fractures in the course of welding.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2015

This study was performed to develop repair technology for J-Groove dissimilar metal weld of pressurizer heater sleeve in nuclear power plants. Pad, J-Groove automatic welding and mechanical machining equipments to develop repair technology using 'Half Nozzle Repair' were designed and manufactured. To obtain the optimum welding process parameters during Pad temperbead overlay welding, several welding experiments using Taguchi method were conducted. Weldability of Pad overlay weld specimens was estimated by PT/RT test, FE-SEM, EDS and Vickers hardness test. Also, J-Groove welding to adjust weld shape conditions requiring in ASME Code was carried out and its integrity of weld specimens was evaluated through PT/RT test and optical microscope. Consequently, it was revealed that Pad and J-Groove overlay welding for dissimilar metal weld of pressurizer heater sleeve could be possible to meet Code standard without weld defect.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2008

A low alloy-steel(2.25Cr-1.0Mo) has been widely used for boiler piping, header and tubes in high temperature and pressure conditions of the thermal power plant. It is common knowledge that the repair welding is permitted two or three times by customary practice rule, but there is no regulation to limit the number of repair welding base on the study heat-affected zone(HAZ), which is the weakest zone when repair welding is under taken, by experiments about the metallographic degradation and mechanical properties. Therefore, this study aims to verify the reliability of 5 times repair welding through conducting the experimental observation in the mechanical and the metallographic change on HAZ varying repair welding times. In results of the experiments, it is concluded that the reliability was kept in HAZ even up to the fifth repairs.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2011

Nickel-based austenitic alloys such as Alloy 82 and 182 had been employed as the weld metals in nuclear power plants (NPPs) due to their high corrosion resistance as well as good mechanical properties. However, since the 2000s, the occurrence of primary water stress corrosion cracking has been reported in conjunction with these alloys in domestic and oversea NPPs. In the present work, we assumed an imaginary crack at the inner surface of a surge nozzle weld that had previously experienced the outside repair welding, and constructed its finite element model. Finite element analysis was performed with respect to the heat transfer, and then to the residual stress for obtaining the total applied stress distributions. These stress distributions were finally converted to the stress intensity factors for estimating crack growth rate. From the comparison of crack growth rate curves for the cases of no repair welding and outside repair welding, it was found that the outside repair welding did not exhibit negative effect on the crack growth for the surge nozzle under consideration in this work; in both cases, the cracks stopped growing before they became the through-wall cracks.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제12권3호통권46호
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• pp.269-279
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• 2000

차량하중의 증가 및 부식 등에 의해 손상된 강교량 구조물들은 보수 보강이 요구되어진다. 손상부채를 보수 보강하는 방법은 단면결손이 없다는 장점을 가진 용접에 의한 보수방법이 유리하다. 3차원 탄소성해석 결과를 토대로 공용중 보수용접에 의해 생기는 응력과 변형의 거동에 대해 연구하였다. 균열이 있는 부재에 하중만 작용할 경우 과도 응력의 크기는 보수용접균열길이 및 균열깊이가 큰 순으로 크다. $80MPa({\sigma}_y/3)$ 및 $140MPa({\sigma}_a)$의 응력 작용시 보수용접에 의해 발생되는 응력의 크기는 무응력 상태에서 보수용접시 발생되는 응력의 크기와 하중재하에 의해 생긴 응력의 크기의 합과 비슷하다. 응력 작용시 보수용접에 의해 발생되는 용접선방향 인장과도응력 성분은 부재폭에 대한 균열 길이비(1/b)가 커지면 커짐을 알 수 있다. 또한, 응력 작용시 보수용접에 의해 발생되는 용접선 직각방향의 면내수축변위의 크기는 보수용접길이가 긴순으로 크다.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2022

Recently the growth of the renewable energy production has caused the flexible operation in LNG combined cycle power plant. Due to the rapid start and stop operations, large CrMoV castings used for turbine casings and valve bodies could be distorted and lead to replacement or welding repair. This study was performed to find out the characteristics of the repair welding for a damaged CrMoV casting steel. A typical field repair method (arc & TIG welding) was applied to making specimens. The degraded N2 packing head sample from the steam turbine was used. The evaluations of weldments were carried out in terms of microstructural characterization, microhardness measurements, tensile, creep-rupture and fatigue tests. Color etching was also applied for better understanding of welding microstructures. As the boundary between HAZ and base material was deteriorated by welding, it caused microstructural changes formed during PWHT and the shortening of the remaining residual life. By comparing the properties according to repair welding method, it was possible to derive what important welding factors were. As a result, arc welding method is more suitable for repair welding on CrMoV castings.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2007년 추계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.42-44
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• 2007

Methods of repair welding are different to production welding for welding position, welding process, welding power source, heating methods. This study investigated proper the welding process used the welding process SMAW and GTAW in the weldment of inconel filler metals. Mechanical test showed that SMAW and GTAW process had higher mechanical properties than those of material specification. Both SMAW and GTAW welding process can appy the repair welding. In comparison, GTAW welding process had more higher mechanical properties in the weldment.