Effect of Ultrasonic Impact Treatment on Fatigue Behavior of Steel Welded Pipes in Petrochemical Corrosive Environment

Subject Areas : journal of New Materials

M. Daavari ¹ (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد مهندسی خوردگی و حفاظت از مواد، دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر، تهران، بخش مهندسی معدن و متالورژی.)
S. A. SadoughVanini ² (استاد، مهندسی مکانیک، دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر، تهران، بخش مهندسی مکانیک.)
Gh. A. Ashouri ³ (مهندس بازرسی فنی مکانیک، پالایشگاه گاز سرخون و قشم، بندرعباس.)

Received: 2016-01-30 Accepted : 2016-01-30 Published : 2016-01-21

Keywords: Corrosion Fatigue Life, SMAW butt Welded Joints, Ultrasonic Impact Treatment, A106-B Steel Pipes,

Abstract :

Fatigue failure analysis is one of the most important issues in different industries such as oil, gas, and petrochemical. On the other hand welding operation is a prevalent and inevitable method for connecting elements and components. Because of presence of inherent defects in these welded joints, fatigue cracks originate and propagate, and failures occur in these zones more than others. Weld toe region is one of the crack and fracture source in welded structures due to stress concentrations and high residual stresses zones. Different methods can be used to improve mechanical behavior of welded structures; such as: peening, dressing and grinding methods, which are known as post weld treatments. Ultrasonic impact treatment is one of the modern and promising technologies which can enhance fatigue behavior of structures by residual stress and geometry effects. It also has some positive effects on corrosion resistance of metals. In this paper, effect of ultrasonic impact treatment on corrosion fatigue life of A106-B carbon steel pipes has been investigated. Evaluation of effect of this post-weld treatment bymicro-hardness test, residual stresses analysis, and weld geometry measurement have been studied as supplementary tests. Improvement in fatigue life due to ultrasonic impact treatment was 99.4 percent. Also fatigue strength has increased by 19.8 percent at 20000 cycles.

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