Mechanical properties of weldments using irradiated stainless steel welded by the laser method for ITER blanket replacement

Yamada, Hirokazu*; Kawamura, Hiroshi; Nagao, Yoshiharu; Takada, Fumiki; Kono, Wataru*

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 355(1-3), p.119 - 123, 2006/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.04.010

In this study, the bending properties of welding joint of irradiated material and un-irradiated material (irradiated/un-irradiated joints) were investigated using SS316LN-IG, which is the candidate material for the cooling pipe of ITER. The results of this study showed that the bending position of joints using un-irradiated material was un-irradiated part and that the bending position of irradiated/irradiated joints was fusion area or HAZ (heat affected zone). Although the bending position of joints was different bor the combination pattern between irradiated and un-irradiated materials, the bending strength of joint was almost same. Additionally, it is confirmed that bending strength did not depend on the combination pattern between the irradiated and un-irradiated materials, nor on the relationship between the heat input direction and the bending load direction.

Tensile and fatigue strength of a through-wall-electron-beam-welded joint for the vacuum vessel of a fusion reactor

Suzuki, Takayuki*; Usami, Saburo*; Kimura, Takae*; Koizumi, Koichi; Nakahira, Masataka; Takahashi, Hiroyuki*

Proceedings of 55th Annual Assembly of International Institute of Welding (IIW2002), 16 Pages, 2002/06

A new type of welded joint for the outer wall and rib of a double-walled vacuum vessel of a fusion reactor has been developed. The joint is manufactured by through-wall electron-beam welding (TW-EBW), in which the beam is injected from the outside of the outer wall. Static and fatigue tests are carried out on one-bead-specimens under an axial load and two-bead-specimens under a bending load. The experimental results are analytically investigated by FEM. Although this joint is partially penetrated, the net yield strength of the bead is increased by the plastic constraint due to triaxial tensile stress in the weldment. This phenomenon reduces the mean equivalent stress on the bead cross section, and the gross strength of the joint is close to that of a full thickness welded joint. The fatigue-strength reduction factor for low-cycle fatigue life is a little larger than four. The calculated fatigue-crack growth rate in the joint is conservatively calculated by using the maximum stress intensity factor of the crack and the fatigue-crack growth rate given in ASME Code Section XI.

Development of a filler metal for weldments of a Ni-Cr-W superalloy with high creep strength

Kurata, Yuji; Saito, T.*; Tsuji, Hirokazu; Takatsu, T.*; Shindo, Masami; Nakajima, Hajime

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Creep and Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures (CREEP7), p.93 - 99, 2001/06

no abstracts in English

Creep rupture properties of trial welded joints of a Ni-Cr-W superalloy in air environment

; Saito, T.*; Tsuji, Hirokazu; Takatsu, T.*; Shindo, Masami; Nakajima, Hajime

JAERI-Research 97-032, 20 Pages, 1997/05

JAERI-Research-97-032.pdf:1.78MB

no abstracts in English