Abstract
Large-heat-input welding can effectively increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of manufacturing a super-large container ship for marine trade worldwide with thick, high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel plates; however, it significantly degrades the toughness of the welding heat-affected zone (HAZ). This paper describes the effect of Ca deoxidation on the impact toughness of simulated coarse-grained HAZs (CGHAZs) in HSLA steels after large-heat-input welding at 400 kJ cm−1. The average impact energy of the CGHAZ increases with an increase in Ca content; in particular, the energy of the steel with 25 ppm Ca content is satisfactorily high, owing to the uniform and fine prior austenite grains. In contrast, the grains in the CGHAZs of the steels with relatively low Ca contents are not uniform, leading to large test variabilities at −20 °C. Failure analyses reveal that the major and secondary cracks preferentially propagate along the coarse and brittle grain boundary ferrite (GBF), but their propagation is retarded by the fine and interlocking intragranular acicular ferrite (IAF) as the grain size decreases. It is therefore recommended to increase the Ca content to about 25 ppm during the deoxidation of steelmaking to improve HAZ toughness by forming fine and uniform prior austenite grains and IAF within grains.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Independent Research and Development Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Ferrometallurgy, Shanghai University
Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Subject
General Materials Science,Metals and Alloys
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2 articles.
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