According to the concept of cracking mechanics, the cracking of components is the result of the formation and propagation of internal microcracks. The longitudinal cracks of thick-walled seamless steel pipes are basically brittle cracks, and the form of the cracks is open.
After cold drawing, especially after air drawing, the residual stress is relatively large, which is manifested as the tangential and axial tensile stress near the outer surface of the thick-walled seamless steel pipe, and its value can reach a large value. According to the above-mentioned tensile cracking mechanism, it can be concluded that the tangential residual stress near the outer surface of the thick-walled seamless steel pipe plays a key role in the longitudinal cracking of the thick-walled seamless steel pipe.