Measurements of the Thermophysical Properties of the API 5L X80

Tiago de Sousa Antonino, Pablo Batista Guimarães, Roberto de Araújo Alécio, Yogendra Prasad Yadava, Ricardo Artur Sanguinetti Ferreira

Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Recife, Brazil.
Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Recife, Brazil.

DOI: 10.4236/msa.2014.58064                

Abstract

The thermophysical properties of API 5L X80 steel were experimentally measured, in order to use these in computational models to determine the temperature field in welded joints. In this work, values of thermal expansion coefficient, specific heat, thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity were experimentally obtained as a function of temperature. The thermal expansion coefficient was determined at temperatures of 20°C to 1200°C in a dilatometer DIL 402 PC. The specific heat was determined on a differential scanning calorimeter at temperatures between 300°C and 1200°C. The diffusivity and thermal conductivity were determined in the temperature range 100°C to 800°C in a 457 LFA diffusivimeter using laser flash technique. The thermal expansion coefficient remained approximately with constant value of 8.5 × 10^-6 K^-1 and suffered two falls reaching values -25 × 10^-6 K^-1 and -50 × 10^-6 K^-1 in the stages of heating and cooling respectively. It was observed for this material, minimum and maximum values of specific heat equal to 0.571 J/gK and 1.084 J/gK at temperatures of 300°C and 720°C, respectively. The behavior of thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity in the temperature range 100°C to 800°C tends to decrease with increasing temperature. Based on the measured properties, computational modeling of the temperature field can be numerically obtained with better accuracy.

Keywords

Thermophysical Properties, API 5L X80 Steel, Measurements

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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