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Abstract
Weld tests were performed on low-carbon and high-strength, low-alloy steel weldments. The weldments were monitored with an acoustic emission detector during both the 'in-process' and the 'in-cooling' phases of the welding operation. Artificial defects were induced in several of the welds to promote cracking. Some high-strength weldments were designed to produce welds subject to high restraint.
Nondestructive and destructive evaluation of the completed weldments revealed that high acoustic emission activity 'in-cooling' could be correlated with embedded defects and cold-cracking. Copious emission activity was also detected from unflawed weldments. Acoustic emissions were detected in high-strength steel weldments for periods up to 265 hours. However, there was no clear relation between the duration of acoustic emission activity and cracking. On a per-electrode-deposited basis, high-stressed welds produced more emissions than low-stressed welds.
Report Date
12-1978
Report Number
No. 515
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1978.515
Repository Citation
Hopwood, Theodore II and Havens, James H., "Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Weldments" (1978). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 820.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/820
Notes
Accepted for publication by the American Society for Testing Materials.