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IDENTIFICATION OF THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
AND THERMO-METALLURGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF X10CrMoVNb9-1 STEEL
-APPLICATION TO A « DISK-SPOT » WELDING EXPERIMENT
Guilhem-Michel ROUX1,2 , Olivier BLANCHOT3, René BILLARDON1
¹ LMT-Cachan
² CEA (DEN/DM2S/SEMT/LM2S), 3 CEA (DRT/UTIAC)
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS: AYRAULT D., KICHENIN J., BRACHET J.C., DE CARLAN Y.
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OUTLINE
� INTRODUCTION
� MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
� SIMULATION OF THE
THERMO-METALLURGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF T91 STEELS
� IDENTIFICATION OF THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
DURING A « DISK-SPOT » EXPERIMENT
� NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE DISK-SPOT
EXPERIMENT
� PERSPECTIVES
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INTRODUCTION
� FRAMEWORK OF THIS STUDY
Design of Very High Temperature Reactors of the future using gas coolant
nominal temperature: 450°C => martensitic steel
Numerical welding simulation
Initial state after welding
(microstructure, distorsions, residual stresses, defects, …)
Failure assessment of welds
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INTRODUCTION
� NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TIG WELDING
� TIG torch model
(heat, plasma, metal deposit,…)
� Thermo-metallo-mechanical model
for materials
� Coupled heat-transfert, metallurgical
and mechanical analyses
(CAST3M welding finite element simulation
with an element deposit technique)
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INTRODUCTION
� OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRESENTATION
TIG torchwithout filler material
Heat source
Identification/validation on a simple experiment
Thermo-metallo (mechanical) model for base material
Coupled heat transfert and
metallurgical analysis
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
� CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: X10CrMoVNb 9-1
0.0040.0750.2010.0030.0060.0070.0020.0110.0540.9518.3050.130.2160.4050.099% wt
TiNbVAsSnPSAlCuMoCrNiSiMnC
� Fe-0.1wt%C/Cr EQUILIBRIUM PSEUDO BINARY DIAGRAM:
α ferrite and M23C6 carbides
γ austenite and M23C6 carbides
γ austenite
γ austenite and δ ferrite
γ austenite, δ ferrite and L
Liquid
8 %
Fe-0.1wt % C
A1
A3
Tm
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
� SOME EFFECTS OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS:
Chromium equivalent factor by Ezaki:
CrCrequivalentequivalent = %Cr + 6.%Si + 4.%Mo + 1.5.%W + 11.%V + 5.%Nb + 12.%AL += %Cr + 6.%Si + 4.%Mo + 1.5.%W + 11.%V + 5.%Nb + 12.%AL +
8.%Ti 8.%Ti –– 40.%C 40.%C –– 2.%Mn 2.%Mn –– 4.%Ni 4.%Ni –– 2.%Co 2.%Co –– 30.%N 30.%N -- %Cu%Cu
= 10.811 > 8 => Presence of δ-ferrite
� CARBIDES PRECIPITATION:
In majority : M23C6
Others : M2X
MX
M7C3
…
Number and surface evolution of particules in fonction of
temperature
0
0,05
0,1
0,15
0,2
0,25
0,3
0,35
790 810 830 850 870 890 910 930 950 970 990
Température (°C)
num
bers
of partic
ule
s b
y s
urface
(nbr/µm
²)
-0,1
0,1
0,3
0,5
0,7
0,9
1,1
1,3
1,5
surfa
cic
facto
r(%)
by numberby surface
[Duthilleul et al. 2003]
Phase change
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
� THERMAL COMPLEX LOADING INDUCED BY MULTIPASS WELDING:
multipass welding
time
AC1
AC3
Tm
time
AC1
AC3
Tm
Multi-austenitisation
Reheating of quenched martensite
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
� NON-EQUILIBRIUM TRANSFORMATIONS ON HEATING:
840
860
880
900
920
940
0,1 1 10 100 1000 10000
t(s)
Te
mp
era
ture
(°C
)
AC 3
AC 1
AC 5 0
[Duthilleul et al. 2003]
50°C/s 0,1°C/s
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
16500 / 11000 /C h T C h•
° > > °
� NON-EQUILIBRIUM TRANSFORMATIONS ON COOLING:
[Duthilleul et al. 2003]
Welding process:
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN T91 STEELS
� REHEATING OF QUENCHED MARTENSITE :
Microstructural change of quenched martensite
and carbide precipitation
=> modification of mechanical properties.
[Hong et al. 2001]
Martensite obtained by quenching
after austenisation at 1050°C
Tempered at 700°C Tempered at 750°C Tempered at 800°C
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SIMULATION OF THE THERMO-METALLURGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF T91 STEELS
� CONSIDERED TRANSFORMATIONS :
� Tempered martensite (material initial state)→ austenite
� (Austenite ↔ δ ferrite)
� Solid ↔ liquid
� Austenite → quenched martensite
� (quenched martensite → tempered martensite)
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SIMULATION OF THE THERMO-METALLURGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF T91 STEELS
( )CB
y T =CA
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
800 850 900 950 1000
temperature (°C)
au
ste
nit
e p
rop
ort
ion
(%
) dT/dt=0,1K/s
dT/dt=0,2K/s
dT/dt=0,5K/s
dT/dt=1K/s
dT/dt=5K/s
dT/dt=10K/s
dT/dt=50K/s
dT/dt=100K/s
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1
840 850 860 870 880
Temperature (°C)
au
ste
nit
e p
rop
ort
ion
(%
)
� AUSTENITIC TRANSFORMATION ON HEATING:
� experimental evidence
T
εth
C
A
B
dilatometric curve
equilibrium curve
1
3
( ) ( , ) ( , ) expeq
ET y T y T C T T y T
RT
• • • = −
Zhu and Devletian extrapolation:
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0 0( )m
eq eqy T = 1- exp(-(K (T - A )) )
� model
T
t
Aeq0
AC1
AC3[T(t)]eq
T(t)
y
T
10
T(t)
[T(t)]eq
Equilibrium transformation (J.M.A. law)
Non equilibrium transformation [Brachet 1998]
incubationincubation
growthgrowth
1( )n
eq
dy (T,t) E= Kexp - T y A (1- y )
dt RT(t)
γ
γ γ+
−
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0
1( )
eq
t
it
dT dt
t T dT=∫
1
0
i sat
eq
Ct (T)= A(A -T)exp
T - A
� incubation law
Extension of additivity Scheil rule to heating:
T
t
Ti
Aeq0
AC1
∆tit
isothermalisothermal
AC1
ti
A1sat
T
T(t)
NonNon--isothermalisothermalincubation
Phenomenological model:
1( )
i
i i
t
t T
∆=∑
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� identification
Inverse identification with Matlab©
(Aeq0, Ko and mo), (A, A1sat and C) and (K, W and n)
equilibrium incubation growth
First order Runge-Kutta scheme with ∆tstep=1°C:
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
800 850 900 950 1000
Temperature (°C)
au
ste
nit
e f
rac
tio
n (
%) Equilibre (Zhu&Devletian)
V=0,1°C/s (Experimental)
V=1°C/s (Experimental)
V=100°C/s (Expérimental)
Equilibre (Simulation)
V=0,1°C/s (Simulation)
V=1°C/s (Simulation)
V=100°C/s (Simulation)
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m 0 m Sy (T)= y (1- exp(-K (M -T)))γ
� MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION :
Koistinen-Marburger model:
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Ms - T (°C)
Ma
rte
ns
ite
fra
cti
on
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IDENTIFICATION OF THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS DURING A « DISK-SPOT » EXPERIMENT
� DISK-SPOT SIMPLE TIG WELDING TEST :
8mmR=50mm
ThermocouplesDisplacement sensors
Ceramic supports
experimental set up at DRT/UTIAC
TIG torch
back
DEP1
DEP2
DEP3
DEP4DEP5
2.4 mm tungsten
electrode (with 2% TH)
12 or 16 mm
10 mm
30°
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� TEMPERATURE RESULTS :
TC1 TC3TC2
TC4
TC6 TC5
0
200
400
600
800
1000
0 500 1000 1500 2000time (s)
tem
pera
ture
(°C
)
TC1
TC2
TC3
TC4
TC5
TC6
50 mm8 mm
Aeq0
MS
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Vertical displacements
-0,12
-0,10
-0,08
-0,06
-0,04
-0,02
0,00
0,02
0,04
0,00E+00 1,00E+04 2,00E+04 3,00E+04
time (s)
dis
pla
ce
me
nt
(mm
)
DEP2
DEP3
DEP4
DEP5
DEP1
� DISPLACEMENT RESULTS :
DEP6
DEP7 DEP8
disk
DEP1DEP2DEP3
DEP4
DEP4
Radial displacements
-0,04
-0,02
0,00
0,02
0,04
0,06
0,08
0,10
0,12
0,14
0,16
0,18
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000
time (s)
dis
pla
ce
me
nt
(mm
)
DEP6
DEP7
DEP8
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2
2
r3
SP =Qe ro−
� BOUNDARIES CONDITIONS TO IDENTIFY :
� Heat source parameters
� Convection and radiation
Infinite Gaussian heat source:
Convection/radiation model:
( )v extq h T T= − −
Snord
Ssud
rmax
0 < r < rmax
h=h(T) on Snord and Ssud
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Hypothesis:
Low uncertainties on ρ, Cp and λ
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� IDENTIFICATION OF h(T) FOR LOW TEMPERATURES :
� Experiment
T0=800°C
Initial state
Oven heated disk
Air cooling
TC1(T) TC3(T)
TC5(T)TC6(T)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
time (s)
tem
pera
ture
(°C
) TC1 exp
TC3 exp
TC5 exp
TC6 exp
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� Inverse identification
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0 200 400 600 800
temperature (°C)
h (
W/m
²)
Results:
h(T)
[T(t)]exp vs [T(t)]sim
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� Presentation of the new experimental protocol
Two different experiments with same h(T) => convex problem
Torch 1
16 mm
Temperatures for experiment 1 Q1, r1,
Q2,r2,
h(1400°C)
Q1, r1
Torch 2
12 mm
Temperatures for experiment 2
Q2, r2
[T(t)]exp vs [T(t)]sim
[T(t)]exp vs [T(t)]sim
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Temperature (°C)
h (
W/m
²)
Results:
Q1=865.65 W
r1=1.09E-03 m
Q2=816.42 W
r2=3.959E-03 m
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� Comparaison between experimentations and simulations
Torch 1
0
200
400
600
800
1000
0 100 200 300time (s)
tem
pp
ratu
re (
°C)
TC1 exp
TC1 sim
TC2 exp
TC2 sim
TC4 exp
TC4 sim
TC5 exp
TC5 sim
TC6 exp
TC6 sim
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Torch 2
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
0 100 200 300
time (s)
tem
pera
ture
(°C
)
TC1 exp
TC1 sim
TC2 exp
TC2 sim
TC4 exp
TC4 sim
TC5 exp
TC5 sim
TC6 exp
TC6 sim
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0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.020
50
100
150
200
25
30
35
40
45
h (W
/m²)
r1 (m)
cri
teri
on
(°C
)� Verification of the critererion’s convexity
In the {r1,h} plane In the {Q1,r2} plane
400600
8001000 0
0.01
0.02
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
r2 (m)
Q1 (W)
cri
teri
on
(°C
)
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� CAST3M MESH
� THERMAL PROPERTIES
� thermal
conductivity
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24
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28
30
32
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
temperature (°C)
conductivity (W
/m/K
)
4 – node
linear element
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300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
temperature
Cp
(J
/m3
)
� specific
heat
� specific mass
7000
7100
7200
7300
7400
7500
7600
7700
7800
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
temperature (°C)
Weig
ht
by v
olu
me (
Kg
/m3)
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE DISK-SPOT EXPERIMENT
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� SIMULATIONS FOR TORCH 1 DISK-SPOT EXPERIMENT
� Temperatures (at the end of heating)
t (s)
Q
0 75
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� Phases
Austenite
Tempered martensite
t (s)
Q
0 75
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Quenched martensite
Tempered martensite
t (s)
Q
0 75
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300
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� Comparison between experiment and simulation
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Models to be improved:
• Austenite ↔ δ ferrite
• Solid ↔ liquid
• Grain growth
Fine grains
Larger grains
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� Macrographies
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE DISK-SPOT EXPERIMENT
Molten zone
δ-ferrite zone
ZAT 1ZAT 2
Base metal