Friction stir welding of API garde 65 steel pipes

Zhili Feng, Russell Steel, Scott Packer, Stan A. David

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Abstract

Friction stir welding (FSW), a novel solid-state joining process, was applied to girth weld API 5L Grade 65 steel pipes with an outer diameter of 12.75'' (324 mm) and a wall thickness of 0.25'' (6.35 mm). Fully consolidated single pass butt welds were obtained using a specially designed mechanized portable FSW system suitable for on-site pipe construction welding. The friction stir girth weld shows a slightly overmatched strength and superior impact toughness in comparison with the base metal, a very desirable combination of properties for pipeline weld that can be attributed to the wrought microstructure with refined grains in the stir zone (SZ), the thermal-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ), and the heat-affected zone (HAZ).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference 2009 - Materials and Fabrication
Pages775-779
Number of pages5
EditionPART A
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2009 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: Jul 26 2009Jul 30 2009

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
NumberPART A
Volume6
ISSN (Print)0277-027X

Conference

Conference2009 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period07/26/0907/30/09

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