A comparativesStudy of fatigue life of surface welding X111-T5-K4 and E110T5-K4H4 flux cored wire

Abstract

The damaged propeller shafts caused by the fatigue failure will be repaired by shield metal arc welding process. The service life dependeds on fatigue endurance limit of welding surface. This study was aimed to compare the fatigue resistance of two types of hard facing electrodes using the same arc welding repair process. The investigation of fatigue stress at 517 MPa in failure criteria showed that the propeller shafts repair by Flux core arc welding Process using electrode grade E110T5-K4H4 provided the approximate same service life as that using electrode grade X111-T5-K4 but lowered the repair costs up to thirty-five bath per kilogram electrode. As a result, the total maintenance cost decrease 68,250 baht per year.