Simulation of dissimilar weld joints of steel P91

Abstract

Results of computer simulations of long term service exposure for weldments of the CSN 15 128/P91 and SK3STC/P91 steels are presented and compared with corresponding results of phase and composition experiments. The welded material P91 (EU designation: X10CrMoVNb 9–1) represents progressive chromium steel alloyed with molybdenum, vanadium, carbon, and nitrogen. The CSN 15 128 (13CrMoV 2–5) material is low alloy Cr–Mo–V steel. The SK3STC alloy (12CrMo 10–10) represents the consumable electrode material. The stability of the weldment microstructure is investigated at elevated temperatures (500–700° C). The simulation method is based on the Calphad approach complemented with the theory of multicomponent bulk diffusion, local conditions of phase equilibrium, and the assumption that diffusion is the process that controls the rate of phase transformation. Significant phase profiles, concentration profiles, and phase transformation processes in the diffusion affected zone are simulated, investigated, and compared with experimental results. The potentially deleterious carbon depleted region inside each weld joint is discussed. The method described can be used to predict microstructure instability in weld joints.

Keywords

LOW ALLOY STEEL KINETIC SIMULATION

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