摘要
Inthisinvestigation,themechanicalpropertiesandlow-temperaturefracturetoughnessofAPI5LX65offshorepipelineweldedjointswerestudied.StructureIntegrityAssessmentProcedure(SINTAP)-FailureAssessmentDiagram(FAD)methodwasappliedtothepipestructurewithsurfaceflawattheweldtoe.AccordingtotheISOstandardBS7448,theCTODfracturetoughnessoftheweldedjointswasdeterminedatthetemperatureof0℃.Fortheheat-affectedzone(HAZ)specimens,post-testmetallographicanalysiswasperformedtoverifythatthetipofthecrackwaslocatedinthecoarsecrystalzoneinordertoconfirmthevalidityoftheaboveresults.Thefailurelinesofanalysislevel1and3ofweldmetalwerederivedfromtheresultsofthemechanicalpropertytest.Theassessmentwasperformed,consideringthemaximumlaystress,residualstressconservativelyassumedtobeuniformtensilestress,andminimumCTODvalue.Theresultsoftheassessmentshowedthatpipelinestructurewithasurfaceflaw(theheightandlengtharerespectively2.2mmand5mm)attheweldtoeissafe.ThisstudylaysthefoundationofapplicationofSINTAPtopipelinestructureassessment.
出版日期
2005年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)