• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권7호
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• pp.1816-1821
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• 2019

This research investigates the feasibility of using the thermoelectric power to monitor the thermal embrittlement in 2507 super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) exposed to a temperature between $280^{\circ}C$ and $500^{\circ}C$. It is well known that the precipitation of Cr-rich ${\alpha}^{\prime}$ phase as a result of the spinodal decomposition is the major cause of the embrittlement and the loss of corrosion resistance in this material. The specimens are thermally aged at $475^{\circ}C$ for different holding times. A series of mechanical testing including the tensile test, Vickers microhardness measurement, and Charpy impact test are conducted to determine the property changes with holding time due to the embrittlement. The mechanical strengths and ferrite hardness exhibit very similar trends. Scanning electron microscopy images of impactfractured surfaces reveal a ductile to brittle transition in the fracture mode as direct evidence of the embrittlement. It is shown that the thermoelectric power is highly sensitive to the thermal embrittlement and has an excellent linear correlation with the ferrite hardness. This paper, therefore, demonstrates that the thermoelectric power is an excellent nondestructive evaluation technique for detecting and evaluating the $475^{\circ}C$ embrittlement of field 2507 SDSS structures.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.306-313
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• 2014

Super duplex stainless steels (sDSS) are excellent for use under severely corrosive conditions such as offshore and marine applications like pipelines and flanges. sDSS has better mechanical properties and corrosion resistance than the standard duplex stainless steel (DSS) but it is easier for a sigma phase to appear, which depresses the mechanical property and corrosion resistance, compared to DSS, because sDSS has a higher alloy element than DSS. In addition, sDSS has a feeble ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) because it has a 50% ferrite microstructure. In the actual operating environment, sDSS would be thermally affected by welding and a sub-zero temperature environment. This study analyzed how precipitated sDSS behaves at a sub-zero temperature through annealing heat treatment and a sub-zero tensile test. Six types of specimens with annealing times of up to 60 min were tested in a sub-zero chamber. According to the experimental results, an increase in the annealing time reduced the elongation of sDSS, and a decrease in the tensile test temperature raises the flow stress and tensile stress. In particular, the elongation of specimens annealed for 15 min and 30 min was clearly lowered with a decrease in the tensile test temperature because of the increasing sigma phase fraction ratio.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.457-463
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• 2016

신규 개발된 초연성 듀플렉스 스테인레스강은 강도와 연성이 우수하기 때문에 철도차량 차체에 적용하여 경량화와 가공 효율화에 기여할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 듀플렉스 스테인레스강의 장점을 인터모달 트램 차체에 활용하기 위해 점용접성 시험을 수행하였다. 다양한 두께 (0.4mm에서 5.0mm까지)의 시편을 가공하고 점용접 시험을 통해 적정 용접조건을 찾아내었다. 인장하중 시험을 통해 점용접 이음의 인장-전단 강도를 평가하였고, 품질을 확인하기 위해 너깃 지름을 측정하였다. 인장-전단 하중 시험 결과의 분석을 통해, 이음부의 인장-전단 강도는 입열 파라미터에 비례함을 알 수 있었다. 인장-전단 강도와 너깃 지름는 모두 규격에서 요구하는 기준을 만족함도 입증되었다. 전체적인 용접성 시험 결과, 듀플렉스 스테인레스강 소재는 인터모달 트램 차체에 효과적으로 활용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.