Quantification of Discontinuities in Welded Joints Using Gamma Tomography
AUTOR(ES)
Palha, Rodrigo Nogueira
FONTE
Mat. Res.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
20/12/2019
RESUMO
Gamma tomography was used in this work to evaluate the recurrent defects in welding processes in naval steel sheets. It was used a first-generation equipment consisting of a source of Cesium-137, with activity of the order of 200 mCi, coupled to a Thallium-doped Sodium Iodide detector, NaI (Tl). For the study, specimens were produced in ASTM A131-AH36 steel sheets with 13.7 mm thickness; all welded by Metal Active Gas process. One reference sample was fabricated, with no macroscopically measurable defects and another welded under wind conditions producing a weld bead with different types of discontinuities. The microstructural characterization of welded joints made possible a qualitative evaluation between defective joints, in relation to the joint without defects. With the data of the tomography, 3D graphics were drawn that enabled the statistical survey and analysis of clusters of the results that allowed the localization and the dimensioning of the discontinuities that appeared as counting peaks in these graphics. It was revealed that the defective welding showed porosity of up to 39.28% of its volume, and the acceptable size crack must be less than 1 mm based on ASME-B31.3, showing the viability of the tomography for this type of nondestructive analysis.
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