SUBMERGED ARC WELDING OF HIGHER TENSILE STEELS

For design and economic reasons, higher tensile structural steels with a varying range of notch toughness requirements are being increasingly used by shipbuilders. The necessary weld metal properties must be obtained by the accepted welding practices, namely two-pass, two-sided butt welding procedures in order to achieve continuous production. This article summarizes the role and types of higher tensile structural steels used for shipbuilding and discusses several factors that must be considered in order to achieve economic production welding, with the desired weld metal properties.

• Corporate Authors:

  Welding Institute

  Abingdon Hall
  Cambridge CB1 6AL,   England 
• Authors:
  • Cole, W
  • Colvin, P
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 131-5
• Serial:
  • Metal Construction and British Welding Journal
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Welding Institute

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric arc welding; High strength steel; Welding; Welds
• Old TRIS Terms: Weld properties; Welding techniques
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00032152
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1972 12:00AM