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Fracture resistance testing of dissimilar nickel–chromium girth welds for clad line pipes

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This work presents an experimental investigation of the ductile tearing properties for the girth weld of a typical C–Mn pipe internally clad with ASTM UNS N06625 Alloy 625 using measured crack growth resistance curves (\(J{-}\Delta a\) and \(\mathrm {CTOD}{-}\Delta a\) curves). Here, the material of the external pipe is a typical API 5L Grade X65 pipeline steel whereas the inner clad layer is made of a nickel–chromium corrosion resistant alloy steel. Testing of the girth weld employed side-grooved, clamped SE(T) specimens with a weld centerline notch to determine the crack growth resistance curves based upon the unloading compliance method using a single specimen technique. This experimental characterization provides additional toughness data which serve to evaluate the effectiveness of current procedures in determining accurate experimentally measured R-curves for this class of material, including the effects of weld strength mismatch.

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This investigation is supported by the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) through Grants 473975/2012-2 and 306193/2013-2. The second author (VSB) is supported by the CAPES Foundation and Brazilian Ministry of Education through a Ph.D. scholarship. The authors acknowledge Petrobras for providing additional support for the work described here and for making available the experimental data. The authors are also indebted to Professor Celso Pupo Pesce (University of São Paulo) for his assistance in implementing the digital image correlation (DIC) system. Helpful discussions with Dr. Rafael G. Savioli (University of São Paulo) are also acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Diego F. B. Sarzosa, Vitor S. Barbosa & C. Ruggieri

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Caio C. P. Santos

  3. Petrobras Development and Research Center (TMEC-CENPES), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    E. Hippert Jr.

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Sarzosa, D.F.B., Barbosa, V.S., Santos, C.C.P. et al. Fracture resistance testing of dissimilar nickel–chromium girth welds for clad line pipes. Int J Fract 205, 169–188 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-017-0189-z

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