Material Testing

 

Material testing

Mechanical testing  have been designed to test several weld properties.Few other material testing techniques are



Charpy V-Notch Toughness:


Notch toughness is the capacity that a material possesses to absorb energy in the presence of a flaw, such as a notch or crack. The material will likely exhibit a lower level of toughness.

When a flaw is present in a material, loading induces a triaxial tension stres s state adjacent to the flaw. The material develops plastic strains as the yield stress is exceeded, near the crack tip.

Notch-toughness is measured with a variety of specimens such as the Charpy V-notch impact specimen or the dynamic tear test specimen. As with regular impact testing the tests are often repeated numerous times with specimens tested at a different temperature.

With these specimens and by varying the loading speed and the temperature, it is possible to generate curves such as those shown in the graph. Typically only static and impact testing is conducted but it should be recognized that many components in service see intermediate loading rates in the range of the dashed red line.

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Bend Test:

Free bend tests for ductility, use specimens similar to those for guided bend tests. Before the test, gage lines are inscribed across the width of the sample of deposited weld metal. A testing device is used to make the bend with the plunger removed, the specimen is placed across the shoulders of the jig with the weld centered.

The plunger is then forced down until the specimen is bent into a U shape. The specimen fails if it has cracks or other open defects greater than a specified number and size, or if its fractures.

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These lines mark off a distance about 1/8 inch less than the width of the weld. The sample is given an initial bend by supporting the ends or shoulders on rollers, then forcing the center down until the specimen takes a permanent set.

 Compress Test:

 A testing machine or device is used to compress the sample longitudinally until a crack or depression appears on the convex face of the specimen, or until the specimen is bent double.

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The load is removed immediately if a defect appears before the specimen is bent double. Percent elongation is calculated from the initial and final distances between the gage marks.

Shear Test:

 Shear tests of fillet welds are conducted by pulling specimens apart in a testing machine. Various types of impact tests are sometimes used to test the fracture toughness of the weld metal when low- alloy, high-strength steels are being welded. These tests measure the weld metal’s capability to resist crack propagation under low stress.

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