This article is devoted to the following issues: calculating the values of temperatures obtained by simulating welding heating and the subsequent implementation of the welding process at the given mode parameters made it possible to obtain a welded joint of the rotor with an improved initial structure and increased mechanical properties, hydrogen resistance and durability by up to 10–15%; simulating welding heating in the areas of fusion, the overheating and normalization of the HAZ and the formation of austenite grains; specified welding heating creates the conditions for the formation of new products of austenite decomposition in the form of sorbitol in the area of the incomplete recrystallization of the HAZ. In air and gaseous hydrogen, the destruction of the combined joints took place on the weld metal, as well as on the fusion areas, the overheating and the incomplete recrystallization of the HAZ of 20H3NMFA steel as the base metal. Structural materials have a relatively low strength and high fracture toughness in air. This is manifested in a significant reduction in the elongation (δ), the area (ψ) and critical stress intensity factor (KIc) of welded joints and the endurance limit of cylindrical smooth rotor steel specimens, which were cut from transverse templates. Welded joints in the whole range of load amplitudes are sensitive to the action of hydrogen.
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The recrystallization process in the structure of welded joints of steam pipelines from heat-resistant pearlitic steels, operated for a long time under creep conditions (Te = 545…585 °С, Рe = 20…25 MPa), reduces their performance. Studying the peculiarities of the recrystallization process will allow slowing down its passage, which is important for increasing the service life of welded joints of steam pipelines, which are characterized by the presence of a certain structural heterogeneity.
The issues of research of structural changes as applied to welded joints of steam pipelines are considered. The results of metallographic analysis of structural changes in the metal of steam pipelines are presented. There was carried out the analysis for a number of samples cut from different sections of the steam line at different operating time under creep and low-cycle fatigue conditions. In the analyzing process of the images of micro sections, the relative content of the structural-phase components and their distribution in the metal were revealed. A comparative analysis of the statistical characteristics of the distribution and the relative content of structural components for different sections of the metal of welded joints with different operating time is carried out. A scientifically substantiated description of structural changes in the metal of various sections of samples of welded joints is given, as well as the possibility of extending the service life of elements of steam pipelines with a degraded structure and the presence of damageability. The most promising, in the opinion of the authors, directions of further research of samples to provide conditions for extending the service life of steam pipelines have been formulated and substantiated.
The solution to the problem of increasing the reliability and service life of the welded joint of the rotor involved obtaining its original structure with improved quality characteristics. Obtaining was achieved by improving the technology of automatic welding. This improvement was based on the performing the welding process on the optimized parameters of the mode, which provided the appropriate temperature regime of the one-piece connection that is made. Thus, the welding heat provided the formation of the original structure with higher quality characteristics in comparison with a similar structure obtained by the normal mode of welding. It was found that austenitic grains in the structure of the heat affected zone of the welded joint, which is heated above АС3, are smaller in size compared to similar grains in the structure of the standard technology. Accordingly, the new decay products of austenite in the area of heat affected zone, which is heated to the temperature range AC1 – AC3, were sorbitol and troostite. Thus, the proposed mode of automatic welding has increased reliability and increased by 10…15% of the life of the rotor.
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