The austenitic stainless steel 316L has been compared to duplex stainless steels to be able to highlight a choice of material for manufacturing of spare tanks used for cooling water at nuclear power stations on the Swedish west coast. In this report 316L and the duplex stainless steels 2205, 2304 and LDX 2404 have been compared according to corrosion resistance, strength, manufacturing aspects and prices. The steels arranged by increasing corrosion resistance: 316L < 2304 < LDX 2404 < 2205. The steels arranged by increasing strength (considering the thickness of the plates needed for construction): 316L < 2304 < LDX 2404 and 2205. The steels arranged by increasing price/tank: 2304 < LDX 2404 < 2205 < 316L. One of the duplex stainless steels is recommended rather than the austenitic stainless steel 316L. In terms of price 2304 is preferable to 2205 and LDX 2404. When it comes to corrosion resistance 2205 is superior to 2304 and can sometimes be considered as unnecessary good and therefore not relevant for this application.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:31:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcia Maria Savoine.pdf: 2175715 bytes, checksum: 355bcfef34d422002fc47ef44d62e191 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-06 / This work presents the comparison made through simulations of discreet events, accomplished with the software ARENA, the techniques of Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD). Techniques present in the pattern IEEE 802.16 and used by WiMAX in the bi-directional channels of uplink and downlink. The simulation model considered in the line of arrival of the services the concept FIFO (First-In, First-Out) and the simulations were accomplished considering five applications (Streaming, Download, Web, E-mail and Small-Transaction) for downlink and uplink. The number of channels in the Base Station varied from 4 to 60, with a throughput of 600 kbps. The regarded efficiency parameter was the minimum number of channels necessary in each one of the standard channels. The simulations were accomplished in three sceneries., In the first scenery it was considered the same profile of traffic for downlink and uplink, in the second scenery a traffic of downlink 2, 5, 10 and 15 times larger than the one of uplink. And, in the third scenery it was considered different proportions of traffics varying from 2 to 5 times more, 5 to 10 times more and from 10 to 15 times more. The analyses were done considering as efficiency parameter the converge of the waiting time of the users. ,It was verified that in asymmetric data traffic, the TDD technique was more efficient and there were spectrum idleness in the FDD technique. / Este trabalho apresenta a compara??o efetuada por meio de simula??es de eventos discretos, realizadas com o software ARENA, das t?cnicas de Duplexa??o por Divis?o no Tempo (TDD) e Duplexa??o por Divis?o da Freq??ncia (FDD), t?cnicas presentes no padr?o IEEE 802.16 e utilizadas pelo WiMAX nos canais bidirecionais de uplink e downlink. O modelo de simula??o considerou na fila de chegada dos servi?os o conceito FIFO (First-In, First-Out) e as simula??es foram realizadas considerando cinco aplica??es (Streaming, Download, Web, E-mail e Small-Transaction) para downlink e uplink. O n?mero de canais na Base Station variou de 4 a 60, com um throughput de 600 kbps. O par?metro de efici?ncia considerado foi o n?mero m?nimo de canais necess?rio em cada um dos canais padr?es. As simula??es foram realizadas em tr?s cen?rios, sendo que, no primeiro cen?rio se considerou o mesmo perfil de tr?fego para downlink e uplink, no segundo cen?rio com tr?fego de downlink 2, 5, 10 e 15 vezes maior que o de uplink. E, no terceiro cen?rio com propor??es variadas de tr?fegos variando de 2 a 5 vezes mais, 5 a 10 vezes mais e de 10 a 15 vezes mais. Realizadas as simula??es foram feitas as an?lises dos desempenhos, tomando como par?metro de efici?ncia a taxa de chegada e o tempo de espera do usu?rio perante aplica??es t?picas utilizadas na tecnologia de banda licenciada WiMAX, que segue este padr?o. A an?lise efetuada permitiu identificar, dada estas condi??es de tr?fego, qual das t?cnicas seria a mais indicada. Constatou-se ainda que em tr?fego de dados assim?tricos a t?cnica TDD se apresentou mais eficiente e, observou-se existir ociosidade de espectro na t?cnica FDD.

Duplex stainless steels, DSS are stainless steels that consist of the two phases austenite and ferrite.  The DSS have superb properties and are widely used in industries such as nuclear power and in pressure vessels, pipes and in pipelines.  The use of DSS are limited due to embrittlement which occurs at temperatures from 250 to 550 oC. This imposes a general limited service temperature of 250 oC. The mechanism mainly responsible for the embrittlement is a phase separation occurring in the ferrite phase. Furthermore, there is a direct link between the phase separation and the mechanical properties:  the ferrite hardness increases whereas the toughness decreases under low temperature aging.  In this thesis, the low-temperature embrittlement of duplex stainless  steels  was  studied  through  machine learning  modelling  and  experimental hardness-  and  microscopy measurements.   The  resulting  model  describes  the  data with an accuracy, R-squared = 0.94.  In combination with the experimental results, nickel  was identified  as  an  important  parameter  for  the  hardness  evolution.   This work aims to provide a fundamental study for understanding the importance of alloying elements on the phase separation in DSS, and provides a new methodology via a combination of machine learning and key experiments for the material design. / Duplexa rostfria stål är rostfria stål som består av de båda faserna ferrit och austenit. De har extraordinära egenskaper och används brett inom industrin, t ex. i kärnkraftverk och  i  tryckkärl  och  pipelines.  Användningen av  duplexa  rostfria stål  är  begränsad p.g.a.  försprödning som uppstår i legeringarna vid temperaturer mellan 250-550 oC, vilket  medför  att  den  tillåtna  temperaturen  vid  användning  begränsas  till  under 250 oC.  Den  främsta  orsaken  till  försprödningen  är  en  fasseparation  i  den  ferrita fasen under åldring vid låg temperatur.  Vidare leder fasseparationen till mekaniska förändringar i ferritfasen: hårdheten  ökar  medan  segheten  minskar.   I  den här  rapporten  undersöks försprödningen  av  duplexa  rostfria  stål  vid  åldring  med hjälp av datormodellering med maskininlärning samt av experimentella hårdhets- och mikroskopiska  mätningar.   Modellen  hade  en  noggrannhet  (determinationsko- efficienten,  R2)  på  0.94.   Resultatet  från  modellen  visade  tillsammans  med de  experimentella  resultaten  att  nickel  är  ett  legeringsämne  som  har  stor betydelse  för hårdhetsökningen.  Detta  arbete  syftar  till  att  utgöra  en grundläggande  studie  för att förstå påverkan från olika legeringsämnen på fasseparationer i DSS, och bidrar med en ny metodik för materialdesign som kombinerar maskininlärning och utvaldaexperiment. / EIT RawMaterial Project ENDUREIT