Abstract
The cold cracking sensitivity of high strength steel in wet underwater welding was experimentally investigated by means of the implant weldability test with coated electrodes.The experiments were done with HT60 steel plates and D5003 covered electrodes, and the specimen6 mm in diameter having 1 pitch 40 degree spiral V notch with 0.5 mm depth, and 0.1 mm tip radius.The results are the following:(1) In the implant two pass welding in comparison to single pass welding, the lower critical stress for the cold cracking (σcr)imp increased by about 20 kgf/mm2 to about 55 kgf/mm2 in underwater welding and also by about 20 kgf/mm2 to about 75 kgf/mm2 in air welding: The lower critical stress ((σcr)imp in underwater welding was about 65-75 percentage of that in air welding.(2) By underwater two pass welding the columnar structure of the weld metal was transformed into a globular structure, and the martensitic structure of the heat-affected zone was transformed into the tempered structure. By air two pass welding the needle-like martensitic structure of the heat-affected zone was transformed into a bainite structure which was a fine pearlite.(3) In underwater welding, the micrography of the implant fracture surface showed mainly the quasi-cleavage of hydrogen embrittlement and the intergranular pattern near the notch in case of single pass welding. In air welding, it showed mainly the dimple fracture, and the quasi-cleavage of hydrogen embrittlement at lower stress.
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