Research Article
Application of Response Surface Methodology for Modeling of Postweld Heat Treatment Process in a Pressure Vessel Steel ASTM A516 Grade 70
Table 4
Matrix of PWTH parameters and response factor in tensile strength.
| Std. order | Run order | PWHT time | PWHT temperature | Tensile strength (MPa) |
| 1 | 9 | 10 | 520 | 531.10 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 520 | 532.80 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 520 | 527.20 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 520 | 528.00 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 520 | 533.30 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 520 | 527.00 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 620 | 547.30 | 8 | 25 | 10 | 620 | 542.00 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 620 | 549.70 | 10 | 29 | 20 | 620 | 515.20 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 620 | 513.30 | 12 | 32 | 20 | 620 | 519.20 | 13 | 36 | 15 | 570 | 530.25 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 570 | 534.44 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 570 | 538.60 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 570 | 539.10 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 570 | 536.80 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 570 | 541.00 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 570 | 545.88 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 570 | 548.71 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 570 | 543.13 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 570 | 529.00 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 570 | 517.50 | 24 | 31 | 25 | 570 | 526.00 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 470 | 520.00 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 470 | 516.00 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 470 | 523.90 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 670 | 511.32 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 670 | 519.48 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 670 | 512.50 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 570 | 538.25 | 32 | 6 | 15 | 570 | 528.62 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 570 | 537.44 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 570 | 534.10 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 570 | 531.00 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 570 | 536.40 |
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