Saturday, May 23, 2015

[MW:23023] Plates cracking down the centreline following welding

What experience do members of the group have with steel plates cracking down the centreline following making of butt welds either side of the joint to the plate surface? [I am not talking about lamellar tearing – immediately sub-surface]. I am interested in your experience of this, what you considered the reasons to be and if you know or have any published information.

 

Alan Denney

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