Residual Stress and Critical Crack Size before and after Post-Weld Heat-Treatment

Authors

M Law, ANSTOFollow
Anna Paradowska, ANSTO
Nicholas P. Hoye, University of WollongongFollow
P Grace, Jemena

RIS ID

112776

Publication Details

Law, M., Paradowska, A., Hoye, N. & Grace, P. (2016). Residual Stress and Critical Crack Size before and after Post-Weld Heat-Treatment. Materials Research Proceedings, 2 603-608.

Abstract

Post-weld heat-treatment (PWHT) is performed to reduce residual stress, but is not always possible to perform. The residual stresses on a thick section weld on a gas pipeline were determined before and after PWHT to assess residual stress and critical defect sizes.