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Heterogeneous creep deformation behavior of functionally graded transition joints (GTJs)

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Dissimilar metal welds (DMWs) made between ferritic steels and austenitic alloys are used extensively in high-temperature power plant components. These DMWs experience premature creep failure in the ferritic steel’s heat affected zone (HAZ), close to the weld interface. Steep variations in microstructure and chemical composition across the dissimilar weld interface have been the contributing factors for the failure. Graded transition joints (GTJs), developed by functionally grading the chemical composition in layers, have been proposed as potential candidates to replace DMWs. In this research, GTJ coupons were fabricated between 2.25Cr-1Mo steel and Alloy 800H base material using two filler materials: (i) Inconel 82 and (ii) P87. These samples were aged at 600°C for 2000h to accelerate high-temperature microstructural evolution seen in service conditions, before subjecting them to short-term (~1 month) creep tests. Surface strains were measured using digital image correlation (DIC) technique to extract creep strain rates at different locations within GTJs. Both the GTJs exhibited heterogeneous creep strain distribution. Creep strain accumulated in the FGHAZ of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel, similar to type IV failure associated with Cr-Mo steel weldments. Microstructure based creep model framework was developed to describe the discrete creep strain rates observed in various 2.25Cr-1Mo steel regions of GTJs.

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This work is funded by the US Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program (DOE-NEUP), technical monitor: Dr. Richard Wright, Idaho National Laboratory, under the agreement: DE-NE0008278. This research was performed, in part, using instrumentation provided by the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Fuel Cycle R&D Program, and the Nuclear Science User Facilities.

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  1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Mohan Subramanian & Sudarsanam Suresh Babu

  2. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

    Jonathan Galler & John DuPont

  3. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

    Boopathy Kombaiah

  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

    Boopathy Kombaiah, Xinghua Yu, Zhili Feng & Sudarsanam Suresh Babu

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Subramanian, M., Galler, J., DuPont, J. et al. Heterogeneous creep deformation behavior of functionally graded transition joints (GTJs). Weld World 65, 1633–1644 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-021-01124-0

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