Affiliation:
1. Czech Technical University
2. ÚJV Řež, a. s.
Abstract
15Ch2MFA (base metal) as well as 10ChMFT (weld) steels used for WWER 440 nuclear reactor pressure vessel manufacturing present a gradient in mechanical properties through the wall thickness, which can hardly be assessed by conventional testing such as tensile or Charpy tests. Mechanical properties in the weld and base metal were therefore determined by performing a series of instrumented indentations across the weld at room temperature. The results were treated by so-called automated ball indentation technique. Local stress-strain behavior obtained by instrumented indentation was correlated to the tensile test data and microstructure characterized by metallographic analysis.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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