Abstract
High strength line pipe steels require not only good low temperature toughness but also excellent weldability. The use of cellulose welding electrodes has introduced the possibility of cold cracking due to the introduction of hydrogen. This report deals with the cracking susceptibility of line pipe steels. Test results make it possible to establish a diagram to predict and determine the welding conditions for crackfree girth welds. This diagram contains an emperical parameter, Pw, which includes the alloying composition of the steel, the effective hydrogen concentration at the root of the weld, and the restraining stress. When Pw is plotted against the cooling time (the time to cool from the weld condition to 100 °C), a distinct separation is seen between cracked and crack-free weld joints. Thus, the Pw parameter has utility.
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