Descripción del proyecto
Garantía de seguridad en la soldadura de acero en verde
El paso a la producción de acero ecológico plantea retos para las infraestructuras europeas, sobre todo en lo que respecta a la fiabilidad de las uniones soldadas en aceros de resistencias media a ultraalta. A medida que se utiliza más chatarra reciclada, la calidad del acero puede disminuir, provocando mayores concentraciones de contaminantes que afectan al rendimiento. Esos cambios pueden comprometer la seguridad y la durabilidad de las estructuras. Para afrontar este problema, el equipo del proyecto MOWSES, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende garantizar el uso seguro de aceros estructurales ecológicos minimizando la dependencia de elementos fundamentales. El equipo investigará cómo influyen las composiciones químicas alteradas en la soldadura y explorará nuevos conceptos de aleación para desarrollar calidades de acero que mejoren la resistencia y la tenacidad, facilitando prácticas de construcción sostenibles.
Objetivo
The main objective of the WeldGreenPlate proposal is to define the conditions for safe use of green structural steels, if possible without the use of critical strategic elements, for European infrastructures made of medium strength (S355) to ultra-high strength (S960) steels. To achieve this goal, the most critical locations in these structures will be investigated: the welded joints and in particular the HAZ.
Future green steels will be manufactured using an increased amount of scrap, likely of lower quality and containing higher concentrations of residual elements (Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, Sn, As, Sb, Pb, Zn, Bi and Co). This will modify the chemical composition of the steel grades and thus the response of the material to thermal cycles, such as imposed by welding. The properties of welded joints will therefore be changed, making it necessary to assess these changes and remedy them, if required.
The proposal will investigate modified alloying concepts for the safe application of clean steel in downstream processing and fabrication. It is planned to investigate the application of multiple welding repairs to allow re-use of fabricated components and give the opportunity to have steel solutions with improved CO2 emissions through re-use of fabricated components.The improved or non-degraded weldability will allow to develop new clean steel grades with improved in-use properties, particularly strength and toughness in the welded conditions, through application of state-of-the-art techniques: machine learning, thermodynamic simulations, FEM of microstructural behaviour, supported by advanced analytical techniques. The latest items are innovative tools that will be available to future clean steel grades development. It is in the scope of the project to find the requirements for high-performance structure steels characterized by increased tolerance to contaminants in the scrap, in particular Cu.
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
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