Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels which are being developed as replacements for the HY family of steels ire low carbon steels which derive their strength in part due to the precipitation of fine coherent copper particles formed during a quench and aging heat treatment. HSLA- 100 is being developed to meet the strength and oughness requirements of HY-100 but can be easily welded without preheat, thereby reducing fabrication costs. This investigation uses light and electron microscopy for microstructural characterization while tensile, Charpy, ind hardness tests are relied upon for the mechanical properties. The microstructure and mechanical characteristics }f HSLA- 100 after aging at several different temperatures was correlated. A high ductility and the minimum 100 csi yield strength was found after aging at 675 C, although this temperature was found to be close to the low jutectoid temperature displayed by HSLA- 100. Splitting was observed in the tensile fracture surfaces but the nechanical properties were not adversely affected. / http://archive.org/details/effectofagingtre00hein / Lieutenant, United States Navy

Currently, the demand for natural gas is increasing as a result of high world energy consumption and rising environmental awareness. As the exploration of natural gas field is expanding towards remote regions, long distance pipelines have been developed. The economical, environmental, and safe movement of gas to the marketplace requires that transmission pipelines designed to operate at high pressure should possess adequate strength and improved toughness over a variety of temperature ranges. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of submerged arc welding (SAW) parameters on the quality and mechanical properties of X80 steel, which was supplied by IPSCO Inc., Regina. The welding was performed using single and double wires and different speeds (16.93, 19.69, 25.4, 29.63 and 33.87mm/s). The weld quality was evaluated using non-destructive testing methods (NDT) such as visual inspection, radiography, and ultrasonic test. The weld bead characteristics were studied using weld geometry measurements. The relationship between the microstructures and mechanical properties of weld deposits was studied by means of hardness measurements, Charpy V-notch test, lateral expansion measurements, tensile test, optical metallography, image analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS).<p>It was found that there was a limit to which welding speed could be increased without the weld suffering from severe defects such as lack of penetration and undercut. The use of more than one welding wire improved the maximum welding speed at which good weld quality was maintained. Increasing the welding speed resulted in changes in the weld microstructure through the formation of higher percentage of fine acicular ferrite (AF) grain structure and a reduction in the amount of grain boundary ferrite (GBF) in the weld metal. Changing weld speed also reduced the size of the heat affected zone (HAZ). All of this resulted in improved the mechanical properties of the welded joints.

Currently, the demand for natural gas is increasing as a result of high world energy consumption and rising environmental awareness. As the exploration of natural gas field is expanding towards remote regions, long distance pipelines have been developed. The economical, environmental, and safe movement of gas to the marketplace requires that transmission pipelines designed to operate at high pressure should possess adequate strength and improved toughness over a variety of temperature ranges. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of submerged arc welding (SAW) parameters on the quality and mechanical properties of X80 steel, which was supplied by IPSCO Inc., Regina. The welding was performed using single and double wires and different speeds (16.93, 19.69, 25.4, 29.63 and 33.87mm/s). The weld quality was evaluated using non-destructive testing methods (NDT) such as visual inspection, radiography, and ultrasonic test. The weld bead characteristics were studied using weld geometry measurements. The relationship between the microstructures and mechanical properties of weld deposits was studied by means of hardness measurements, Charpy V-notch test, lateral expansion measurements, tensile test, optical metallography, image analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS).<p>It was found that there was a limit to which welding speed could be increased without the weld suffering from severe defects such as lack of penetration and undercut. The use of more than one welding wire improved the maximum welding speed at which good weld quality was maintained. Increasing the welding speed resulted in changes in the weld microstructure through the formation of higher percentage of fine acicular ferrite (AF) grain structure and a reduction in the amount of grain boundary ferrite (GBF) in the weld metal. Changing weld speed also reduced the size of the heat affected zone (HAZ). All of this resulted in improved the mechanical properties of the welded joints.

Stronger and higher strength steels are continuously being demanded by industry. A stronger steel enables less material to be used to meet structural requirements, allowing for both cost and weight savings. Through collaboration with Stelco, CanmetMATERIALS, and McMaster University, this project focused on the development of a Grade 80 (550MPa YS and 600MPa UTS) steel with elongation at fracture of 16%. The design space for the creation of the steel was limited to high-strength low-alloy and low-carbon steels that are compatible with batch-annealing processes. To achieve this goal, two main strengthening methods were explored. The first method employed the use of precipitation hardening through microalloying additions of Mo, Nb, Ti, and V to form various metal carbide precipitates. The second method was based upon dislocation strengthening using recovery annealing and Ti to delay recrystallization. Multi-scale characterization was used to quantify the strengthening mechanisms and to explain how the microstructural changes, features, and evolution affected the properties of the steel. Uniaxial tensile testing was performed to determine key mechanical properties, namely the yield strength, tensile strength, and elongation at fracture. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and atom probe tomography were utilized extensively for microstructural analysis to further quantify the steels. The precipitation hardened steel reached a yield strength of 605MPa with 15.4% elongation at fracture for a 50mm gauge length. This was achieved using a cold rolling reduction of 66% followed by a heat treatment at 670°C for 24 hours. The recovery-annealed steel obtained even better properties. It achieved a yield strength of 610MPa with a 19.6% elongation at fracture for a 25.4mm gauge length. A cold rolling reduction of 60% was used followed by a heat treatment at 550°C for 36 hours. The strengthening mechanism for this steel is novel, and involves the slowing of recrystallization without Zener pinning nor solute decoration of dislocations. This thesis will hopefully bring upon new research into this mechanism. Furthermore, the properties of this recovery-annealed steel shows great promise for use in industry due to its high strength, good elongation, and low materials cost. Consequently, this steel could be the subject of substantial research in the near future. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

Os aços microligados representam, cada vez mais, uma parcela significativa de produção das usinas siderúrgicas para aplicações nos mais variados segmentos industriais tais como o automotivo, petróleo e gás, construção civil e agronegócio. A característica principal desses aços é a sua elevada resistência mecânica, aliada à boa tenacidade, ductilidade e soldabilidade; o que vem sendo obtido pela utilização de composições químicas específicas com teores baixos de carbono e de microligantes que conferem essas características a esses aços. Os microligantes utilizados são os mais variados, mas principalmente destaca-se a utilização do vanádio, nióbio, titânio, cobre, manganês, cromo, alumínio e nitrogênio. No presente trabalho foram estudadas as propriedades mecânicas de um aço microligado ao vanádio com 0,25%V e um aço AISI 1020. O aço microligado apresentou LRT, LE, alongamento e estricção de, respectivamente, 735,29 MPa, 559,07 MPa, 22,7% e 63,29%. O aço AISI 1020 apresentou, respectivamente, 437,42 MPa, 268,71MPa, 32,92% e 67,15%. O aço microligado apresentou propriedade mecânica superior à do aço AISI 1020 e ductilidade equivalente. Os resultados de impacto Charpy nas temperaturas de 23 °C, -20 °C e -40 °C foram, para o aço microligado, respectivamente de, 33,83 J, 12,41 J, e 6,54 J, e para aço AISI 1020 33,18 J, 5,07 J e 3,04 J, respectivamente. Observa-se tenacidade superior do aço microligado, quando comparado com o aço AISI 1020. O ensaio revelou microestruturas refinadas em ambos os aços, e tamanho de grão de 18&mu;m n° 8 ASTM E 112 e de 25 &mu;m n° 7 para o aço microligado e para o AISI 1020, respectivamente. Os testes eletroquímicos realizados em uma solução aquosa 3,5% em peso de NaCl revelaram que o aço microligado apresentou formação de camada passiva, e mostrou-se menos resistente à corrosão. / Microalloyed steels are representing significant portion and increasingly steelmakers production and they are being applied to several industrial market segments such as automotive, oil and gas, civil construction and agribusiness. Its main characteristics are the superior tensile strength, toughness, ductility and good weldability. These properties are obtained through specific chemical compositions as low carbon and microalloying elements contents. Several microalloying elements can be used but some of them need to be mentioned such as vanadium, niobium, titanium, cooper, manganese, chromium, aluminum and nitrogen. In this work, the mechanical properties of a vanadium microalloyed and AISI 1020 steels were studied and compared. The microalloyed steel presented LRT, LE, elongation and toughness values of, respectively, 735.29 MPa, 559.07 MPa, 22.7% and 63,29%. AISI 1020 presented, respectively, 437.41 MPa, 268.70 MPa, 32.92% and 67.15%. The microalloyed steel presented mechanical properties superior to AISI 1020 and equivalent ductility. The results of the Charpy impact tests at the temperatures of 23 ° C, -20 ° C and -40 ° C were 33.83 J, 12.41 J, 6.54 J for the microalloyed steel, and for AISI 1020 steel the values were 33,18 J, 5.07 J and 3.04 J, respectively. The superior toughness of the microalloyed steel is observed when compared to the AISI 1020 steel. The metallographic examination showed fine grain microstructures ASTM E 112 No.8 and 7.for the microalloyed and for the AISI 1020, respectively. The electrochemical tests carried out in a 3.5 wt% NaCl aqueous solution showed that the microalloyed steel is less resistant to corrosion, and that a passive layer was formed on its surface.

This thesis is focused on laser welding and hybrid laser-TIG welding. The first part contains a brief theoretical description of these technologies. Standard quality and plasticity tests of welded joint are also mentioned. The second, experimental part, centres on the study of plasticity of tailored blanks (made of different types of HSLA steel), that are welded with laser and laser-TIG technology. The aim of the thesis is to assess process parameters effect on weld suitability for following deep drawning operation. Based on the calculated and measured figures obtained from the experiment, the most suitable welding parameters were chosen.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The US Navy is currently developing a new family of high-strength , low-alloy steels which derive a significant portion of their strength from copper precipitation. These highly weldable steels require little or no preheat. resulting in substantial cost savings. The first of these steels. HSLA-80, has been certified for ship construction, but recent studies have indicated some susceptibility to stress relief cracking in weldments. HSLA-100, a modification of HSLA-80, is now being considered for several higher-strength naval structures. Stress-relief cracking has not been studied previously in this steel and is the subject of investigation in this work. The steel weldments were loaded below their yield strength, heated to temperatures of 550°-650° C, and permitted to stress relieve for one hour. At all temperatures, the steel exhibited susceptibility to stress relief cracking in certain stress ranges. Optical and scanning electron microscopy exhibited intergranular cracking which always traversed the coarse-grained region of the heat-affected zone. Auger and transmission electron microscopy indicated high concentrations of alloying elements at the grain boundaries. Stress-relief cracking was associated with the diffusion of alloying elements to the prior austenite grain boundaries. / http://archive.org/details/stressreliefcrac00mcnu / Captain, Canadian Forces

Varmvalsade HSLA-stål (high strength low alloy) uppvisar normalt en lägre hållfasthet i sista änden av bandet. Denna s.k. ändeffekt har länge varit känd och flera undersökningar har genomförts för att utvärdera hur mycket de sistametrarna minskar i hållfasthet. Materialet som undersökts i detta examensarbete är Domex 700MC. DX 700MC är ett extra höghållfast kallformningsstål och dess typiska egenskaper är: • Utmärkt formbarhet i förhållande till sin höga hållfasthet. • God svetsbarhet • God slagseghet vid låg temperatur Materialet är varmvalsat och har en minsta sträckgräns längs valsriktningen på 700 MPa. Syfte och problemformulering är: • Bestämma ändeffektens utbredning med hjälp av hållfasthetsprovning • Litteraturstudie om materialmekanismer som inverkar på ändeffekten • Påverkan av värmebehandling • Inverkande tillverkningsfaktorer Examensarbetet är avgränsat till ett material med samma ämnesspecifikation, ÄS, vilket betyder att legeringshalterna i materialet är samma. Dessutom undersöks två olika tjocklekar av färdiga band.

Carbon capture and storage (CCTS) is a transitional technology offering a nearterm method of mitigating climate change. Pipelines are considered to be the most suitable systems for CCTS; however, structural integrity of pipeline has to be guaranteed in order for this technology to become a practical technical solution. The investigation detailed here is based on a systematic experimental approach to investigate the structural integrity of API X100, X60 and X70 steels exposed in simulated flue-gas under dynamic conditions. A core of the structured experiments through some methods such as aging test, tensile properties, fracture toughness, residual stress and engineering critical assessment was accomplished in parent material and exposed samples on flue-gas. The temperature range of evaluation for tensile test covers -70C to 21C while fracture toughness was over the range -196C to 21C. Tensile properties of virgin material show that steels meet standard specification while aging samples do not show significant scatter compared with parent steels. Ovalisation of the fracture surface and splitting phenomenon was observed which is related with steel anisotropy. Fracture toughness obtained from experiment was compared with that calculate by two existing correlations. However both correlations did not predict the level of fracture toughness expected indicating the methods used in this work has limited applicability under the test conditions used here. Residual stress (RS) induced in API X100 steel by cold rolling method was characterised using two complementary techniques known as Neutron Diffraction (ND) and Incremental Hole Drilling (IHD). The RS distribution shows good agreement for both techniques used but reproducibility of them depends on their own inaccuracies. An Engineering Criticality Assessment (ECA) was performed based in Failure Assessment Diagram (FAD) approach using all the experimental data obtained by a leak-before-break method under three operational pressures. The results showed the effect on the integrity of material under the presence of a flaw length assessed. Overall, the thesis presents a combined engineering critical assessment which involved the examination of materials used to transport flue-gas and established a methodology to determine fracture toughness alongside with the FAD to assess the integrity of pipelines.

The friction stir welding of steel has produced a hard zone in several different alloys. Despite its detrimental effects on weld toughness, the reasons behind neither its formation nor a method of reducing its size or effects have been explored. Recent advances in process control allow for direct heat input control, which combined with the use of backing plates of different thermal conductivity allows for an expansion of the process window. These control methods also affect the HAZ cooling rate by providing greater range (a 60% increase compared to a fixed backing plate) and control (five welds within 16 °C/s). This increased range produced microstructures consisting of various forms of ferrite at lower cooling rates and bainite at higher cooling rates. The hard zone was determined to be the result of the formation of the bainite at higher cooling rates and was avoided by keeping the cooling rate below 20 °C/s in HSLA-65.