Analyses for Statistic Distribution of the Welded Joint Fracture Toughness about X65 Pressure Pipe Steel

It is important for the design engineer to realize that scatter and variability of materials properties are inevitable and must be dealt with appropriately. On occasion, data must be subjected to statistical treatments and probabilities determined. The fracture toughness of pipe steel has great effect on the safety of welded pressure pipe. The fracture toughness test of circumferential welded joint was carried out in this paper for X65 pressure pipe steel. The fracture toughness experimental results were analyzed by using computer program developed by ourselves. The distribution of weld fracture toughness of X65 pressure pipe steel which may accord with normal distribution, lognormal distribution or weibull distribution can be determined by calculating the results only one time. The program, which plays an important role in structure reliability analysis, can be used to determine the probability statistic distribution of the mechanical properties. The calculated results indicate that the weld fracture toughness of the X65 pressure pipe steel can either accord with normal distribution, lognormal distribution or weibull distribution, but the optimum fitting distribution of the fracture toughness is weibull distribution.