Valve Body

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Macrography of the longitudinal section of the valve body, at the cracked position, a little far from the actuator hole. The valve body is 40 mm thick at this position and it is possible to see that at this position only one region is welded in repair, close to the outer surface (top), and there is a crack, transverse to the thickness, that is difficult to see with this magnification and that is clearly the propagation in fatigue.
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ML00162 / Apr.2020
Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld Defects
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fatigue Crack
Low magnification micrographic aspect of the cracking. It is brittle, transgranular and associated to the ferritic/sigma phase interfaces.
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ML00134 / Aug.2020
Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve Body
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Brittle Cracks

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ML00162 — Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld DefectsM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Micrography in low magnification, as polished, of the crack in the valve thickness, showing the straight aspect of the fatigue propagation.
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ML00162 / Apr.2020
Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld Defects
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Fatigue Crack
Micrography, as polished, of the crack in the valve thickness, showing the straight aspect of the fatigue propagation.
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ML00162 / Apr.2020
Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld Defects
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Fatigue Crack
Micrographic detail of the straight crack that propagated by a fatigue mechanism.
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ML00162 / Apr.2020
Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld Defects
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - Fatigue Crack
Micrography in low magnification of the straight crack in the valve thickness. The crack propagates without following any microstructural aspect. Fatigue is not influenced by microstructure, but by tensile stresses.
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ML00162 / Apr.2020
Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld Defects
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fatigue Crack
Micrographic detail of the fatigue cracking, straight and without microstructural influence.
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ML00162 / Apr.2020
Valve Body Crack Growth from Weld Defects
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Valve BodyAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Fatigue Induced by a Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fatigue Crack

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ML00134 — Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve BodyM - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Micrographic details of the cracking. It is brittle, transgranular and associated to the ferritic/sigma phase interfaces.
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ML00134 / Aug.2020
Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve Body
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Brittle Cracks
Micrographic aspect of the cracking. It is brittle, transgranular and associated to the ferritic/sigma phase interfaces.
49
VIEW
ML00134 / Aug.2020
Brittle Fracture of a Superduplex Valve Body
M - Super Duplex Stainless SteelP - Fabrication WeldAp - SubseaCd - Brittle Fracture
Cm - NaOH Electrolytic Etched MicroDf - Brittle Cracks