This research studied the application of the response surface methodology (RSM) and central composite design (CCD) experiment in mathematical model and optimizes postweld heat treatment (PWHT). The material of study is a pressure vessel steel ASTM A516 grade 70 that is used for gas metal arc welding. PWHT parameters examined in this study included PWHT temperatures and time. The resulting mater...

Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) and Stress Oriented Hydrogen Induced Cracking (SOHIC) tests were conducted on a conventional ASTM A516-70 pressure vessel steel exposed to H2Scontaining diglycolamine (DGA) gas-sweetening environments. Baseline HIC and SOHIC tests were conducted in NACE TM0284-96 solution A. For the SOHIC tests, four-point double beam specimens were stressed to 60%, 80% or 100 % ...

Fracture toughness determination is crucial for the design phase of pressure vessels, and, although ASTM E1820 and ISO 12135 fracture standards have existed some time, differences been reported in this property. This study investigates ductile behavior A516 Gr.70 vessel steel assesses estimating both standards. The steel’s tensile properties initiation (JIC) were evaluated, taking into account ...

Submerged arc welding is used widely in oil and gas industry construction for storage tanks, pressure vessels, shipbuilding and etc. One of the processes of submerged arc welding is back gouging operations. This paper presents a way to remove the back gouging operation from the submerged arc welding process. For this purpose, effects of submerged arc welding parameters onA516-70steel sample wer...