4/22/2021 Causes of Cracking of Thick-walled Seamless Steel Pipes and Treatment Options

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Causes of Cracking of Thick-walled Seamless Steel Pipes and Treatment Op ons

There are many reasons for the longitudinal cracking of thick-walled seamless steel pipes, including
material and process reasons. Taking thick-walled seamless steel pipe as an example, if the thick-walled
seamless steel pipe has poor plas city or poor annealing, the probability of longitudinal cracking will
increase, but the fundamental reason is that the cold drawn thick-walled seamless steel pipe has large
residual stress.

According to the concept of cracking mechanics, the cracking of components is the result of the forma on
and propaga on of internal microcracks. The longitudinal cracks of thick-walled seamless steel pipes are
basically bri le cracks, and the crack form is open.

In general, the existence of metal microcracks is inevitable, but under the same material condi ons, the
occurrence of cracks depends on the tensile stress of the component. The tensile stress that affects the
component can either be loaded outside the component or exist in the residual stress of the component.

A er cold drawing, especially a er air drawing, the residual stress is rela vely large, which is manifested as
the tangen al and axial tensile stress near the outer surface of the thick-walled seamless steel pipe, and its
value can reach a large value. According to the above-men oned tensile cracking mechanism, it can be
concluded that the tangen al residual stress near the outer surface of the thick-walled seamless steel pipe
plays a key role in the longitudinal cracking of the thick-walled seamless steel pipe.

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