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This paper presents a comparative investigation on the high-temperature tensile and creep properties of Alloy 617 base metal (BM) and weld metal (WM) fabricated by a gas tungsten arc weld process. The WM had higher yield strength and lower ultimate tensile strength than the BM does; however, its elongation was significantly lower than that of the BM. The creep curve of the BM and WM was somewhat different from that of typical heat-resistance steel, and did not show a textbook creep. The WM exhibited a longer creep rupture life, lower creep rate, and lower rupture ductility than the BM. However, as the creep rupture time reached approximately 36,800 h, the creep life of the WM was expected to be almost similar to that of the BM; and after 36,800 h, its creep life was expected to be worse than the BM. Loner creep tests is needed to investigate the long-term creep life of the WM. The creep failure mode of the BM and WM was obviously an intergranular cracking of the cavity formation and growth mechanisms, although it was more evident in the WM. The BM had a more ductile fracture surface than the WM.
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Woo-Gon Kim obtained the Ph.D. at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University in 1998. He is currently a Principal Researcher with Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. His specialty is mechanical assessment, analysis, modeling, and database establishment of high-temperature nuclear materials for Gen-IV reactor systems and time-dependent creep and crack growth behaviors at elevated temperature.
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Kim, WG., Park, JY., Ekaputra, I.M.W. et al. Comparative study on the high-temperature tensile and creep properties of Alloy 617 base and weld metals. J Mech Sci Technol 27, 2331–2340 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-013-0616-7
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