TC4-DT电子束焊接头显微组织及疲劳裂纹扩展行为

在光学显微镜下对TC4-DT钛合金电子束焊接头显微组织进行了分析,讨论了接头不同位置显微组织特征.比较了疲劳裂纹始于焊接接头不同位置时的宏观裂纹扩展路径及裂纹扩展速率,依据焊接接头显微组织特点讨论了显微组织对疲劳裂纹扩展行为的影响.结果表明,电子束焊接头沿熔深方向显微组织存在一定的差异;文中条件下,与母材区相比焊缝熔合区及热影响区具有较高的疲劳裂纹扩展抗力,导致裂纹扩展路径逐步偏向母材区,最后讨论了裂纹扩展路径的偏折对裂纹扩展速率的影响.     

TC4钛合金窄间隙激光填绞股焊丝焊接接头组织及性能

文中对比研究了30 mm厚TC4钛合金电子束焊接头和母材的高周疲劳性能,发现接头的高周疲劳性能与母材非常接近。在文中试验条件下,电子束焊接头在循环周次为2×10⁶时的高周疲劳强度为474 MPa,达到母材的94.2%。观察电子束焊接头和母材的高周疲劳断口形貌,发现接头和母材的疲劳源均位于试样表面。疲劳裂纹扩展区都发现疲劳辉纹,相同载荷条件下,母材高周疲劳断口中辉纹的间距较小,约为1.49 μm,电子束焊接头的相邻辉纹间距为2.14 μm。在接头和母材的疲劳瞬断裂区还发现大量韧窝,呈现出典型的韧性断裂特征。文中还对比了母材、热影响区和焊缝区的疲劳裂纹扩展速率,发现热影响区的抗疲劳裂纹扩展性能最弱。分析认为,热影响区的高硬度是导致其抗疲劳裂纹扩展性能弱于其他区域的重要原因。

     

16Mn钢埋弧焊接头疲劳裂纹扩展速率的研究

对16Mn钢双面埋弧焊CT试样的焊缝、热影响区、母材及垂直焊缝方向的疲劳裂纹扩展速率进行了研究。结果表明,焊接接头的不同部位疲劳裂纹扩展速率不同,平均应力、焊接残余应力、金相组织对疲劳裂纹的扩展速率都有一定的影响。     

用间接直流电位法监测焊接接头疲劳裂纹扩展速率

介绍了间接直流电位法(IDC法)测量疲劳裂纹扩展速率的基本原理和有关测试技术;监测了焊接接头热影响区疲劳裂纹萌生和扩展的全过程。与直流电位法(DC法)用于焊接接头疲劳裂纹扩展监测的优缺点、适用范围、灵敏度和稳定性等做了分析对比。     

坡口形状对GH536焊接接头组织及力学性能的影响

为探讨不同坡口角度对GH536镍基高温合金焊接接头组织及性能的影响,研究了其焊缝中心及热影响区组织、硬度及疲劳裂纹扩展速率。结果表明：随着坡口角度的减小,焊缝尺寸变大,热影响区范围扩大,焊缝中心的组织发生改变,硬度逐渐提高;相同应力强度因子幅条件下,GH536高温合金大角度坡口焊接接头具有较高的疲劳裂纹扩展速率,但小角度坡口的焊接接头疲劳裂纹扩展速率增加相对较快;在设计GH536镍基高温合金焊接坡口时,要综合考虑焊缝开裂的难易程度及疲劳裂纹扩展速率。     

高强度桥梁钢焊接接头疲劳裂纹扩展速率的研究

利用高频疲劳试验机对高强度桥梁钢的母材、热影响区和焊缝的疲劳裂纹扩展速率进行了测定,并结合疲劳扩展断口分析各部位疲劳裂纹扩展快慢的原因。结果表明,高强度桥梁钢焊接接头中焊缝裂纹扩展速率最低,抗疲劳裂纹扩展能力最高;母材疲劳裂纹扩展速率最高,抗疲劳裂纹扩展能力最差;热影响区介于二者之间。焊缝的疲劳断裂模式是以穿晶断裂为主,母材是以沿Z字形路径扩展的沿晶断裂为主,热影响区则介于两者之间。     

AA6082铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头疲劳扩展速率

研究了6082-T6铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头不同位置的疲劳裂纹扩展速率,并分析了接头的组织及疲劳断口形貌。试验结果表明,疲劳裂纹扩展速率最快的区域为接头焊核细晶区;当裂纹在热影响区扩展时,在较小的应力强度因子范围(ΔK)条件下,裂纹的扩展速率低于其在母材中的扩展速率,伴随着ΔK的逐渐增加,裂纹的扩展速率明显加快并高于其在母材中的扩展速率。断口形貌表明,疲劳裂纹在焊核区扩展主要由脆性的准解理断裂形貌组成,扩展速率较快;而热影响区及母材区的断口形貌主要由光滑的疲劳条纹组成。     

A6N01-T5合金FSW和MIG焊接头疲劳裂纹扩展行为的对比

研究了6N01-T5铝合金搅拌摩擦焊(FSW)和氩弧焊(MIG)接头不同部位的疲劳裂纹扩展性能, 并对疲劳断口和接头组织进行了分析. 结果表明,对于FSW和MIG焊接头, 其裂纹扩展速率从高到低的部位依次为焊缝(核)区、热影响区和母材. 裂纹在FSW和MIG焊接头相同区域的扩展速率无明显差别, 然而裂纹在FSW接头细晶组织中开始扩展所需的门槛值ΔK要比对应的MIG焊接头高, 总体上其裂纹在FSW焊核区的抗疲劳裂纹扩展性能要优于对应的MIG焊缝区. 裂纹在FSW和MIG焊接头焊核(缝)区扩展的疲劳断口表现为脆性断裂, 而在热影响区则以规则和光滑的疲劳条纹形式扩展.     

桥梁钢Q345焊接接头疲劳裂纹扩展速率研究

对桥梁用钢Q345焊接接头疲劳裂纹扩展性能进行了试验研究。测得对接接头的硬度分布,结果表明,焊接接头焊缝中心处的硬度值较低,在热影响区的重结晶区存在硬度最高点,而在部分重结晶区存在硬度最低点,硬度最低点为对接接头的薄弱区。通过疲劳裂纹扩展速率测试,得到其对接接头不同区域的疲劳裂纹扩展a-N曲线以及lg(da/dN)-lgΔK曲线。分析对比对接接头各区域的疲劳裂纹扩展速率lg(da/dN)-lgΔK曲线可知,在同一应力水平下,对接接头不同部位的疲劳裂纹扩展速率不同,热影响区的扩展速率较快,母材次之,焊缝金属最慢。并通过疲劳断口和焊接接头的显微组织,分析了其疲劳裂纹扩展速率不同的原因。     

ADB610钢焊接接头概率疲劳裂纹扩展分析

采用焊条电弧焊方法对ADB610钢进行焊接,对焊接接头进行疲劳裂纹扩展试验,研究其概率疲劳裂纹扩展规律.采用两步七点递增多项式拟合方法,计算了一系列相同裂纹长度下母材区、热影响区和焊缝区的对数裂纹扩展速率方差和存活率分别为50%,90%,95%,99%,99.9%的裂纹扩展速率.结果表明,总体上母材区的裂纹扩展分散性最小,热影响区其次,焊缝区分散性最大;而且总体上存活率相同时,在裂纹扩展的初期,母材区的裂纹扩展速率最快,焊缝区的裂纹扩展速率最慢;在裂纹扩展末期,三区域的裂纹扩展快慢相当;随着存活率增大,三区域裂纹扩展快慢差别不大时所对应的裂纹长度减小.     

ON FATIGUE CRACK PATH DEVIATION AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN ELECTRON BEAM REPAIRED WELDMENTS OF TURBINE DISK

Fatigue crack growth behaviors in electron beam weldments of a nickel-base superalloy are. studied. The objective of this paper is to discuss effects of the inhomogeneity of mechanical performance on fatigue crack growth (FCG) rate and crack path deviation (CPD). The base metal served in a turbine disk of aerospace engine was selected to fabricate bead-on-plate weldments by using electron beam welding. Some wedge-type opening loading specimens, notched in three different zone of weld metal, HAZ and base metal, were employed and performed fatigue crack growth tests at 650℃. The results show that the fatigue crack growth of electron beam welded joints is instable due to the influence of mechanical heterogeneities. Owing to the crack deviation at the weld metal and heat-affected-zone (HAZ), the effective growth driving force at the tip of fatigue crack was reduced with the reduction of the effective stress intensity factor (SIF) which finally causes fatigue crack rate decrease. Fatigue crack was strongly affected by size and the symmetrical characteristics of the plastic zone at the crack tip, which means that the integrity of the welded structure containing the fatigue crack mainly depended on the toughness of the low strenqth zone.     

FATIGUE CRACK GSOWTH AND CRACK CLOSURE OF SIMULATED OVER-MATCHED WELDED JOINTS

1.~onItiswellknownthatthefatigUefailureisoneofthecornmonfailuresinmetalstructuresincludingweldedstmctures.VariousformulaehavebeensuggestedtopredictfatigUecrackgrowthrates,andthosewidelyusedinpracticeareasfollows:da/dN=cI(AK)acda/dN=c2(ACOD)?/dN=c3(AJ)%FortnulaeaboverelatedfatigUecrackgrowthrate(da/dN)eitherwiththerangeofstressintensityfactor(isK),orwiththerangeofcrackopeningdisplacement(ACOD),orwiththerangeofJ--intendvalue(6J)ofafatigUeloadcycle.However,sincethediscoverybyW.Elb..['…     

Fatigue crack growth of titanium alloy joints by electron beam welding

Electron beam welding（EBW） has been widely used in the manufacture of titanium alloy welded blisk for aircraft engines. Based on fatigue crack growth tests on titanium alloy electron beam welding（EBW） joints, mechanism of fracture was investigated under scanning electron microscope（SEM）. The results show that fatigue crack growth rate increases as the experimental load increases under the same stress ratio and stress intensity factor range. At the beginning of crack growth, the extension mechanism of fatigue crack is the typical mechanism of cleavage fracture. In the steady extention stage, crack extends along the weld seam firstly.Then, crack growth direction changes to extend along the base metal. The extension mechanism of fatigue crack in the weld seam is the main mechanism of cleavage fracture and the extension mechanism of fatigue crack in the base metal is the main extension mechanism of fatigue band. In the instantaneous fracture stage, the extension mechanism of fatigue crack is the typical dimple-type static fracture mechanism.Crack growth was simulated by conventional finite element method and extended finite element method.     

Fatigue properties of welded joints using steel with high resistance to fatigue crack growth

It has been generally recognized that the fatigue life of welded joints is little influenced by the strength of steels owing to the high-stress concentration and the tensile residual stress near the weld toe. In this paper, improvement of the fatigue life of welded joints using steel with high resistance to fatigue crack growth (ferrite/martensite (F/M) steel) is investigated. F/M steel has a microstructure with an elongated and banded martensite phase distributed in a ferrite matrix and a fatigue crack growth rate of about one-half to one-tenth in the thickness direction, compared with conventional steel. As a result, the fatigue life of an out-of-surface gusset-welded joint increases with the decrease of the fatigue crack growth rate. The fatigue life of welded joints using F/M steel with the highest resistance to fatigue crack growth increases to about twice that of joints using conventional steel. Whereas the fatigue crack growth rate decreases significantly, the fatigue life of welded joints increases only slightly. This can be attributed to the stress ratio independent of the fatigue crack growth rate. In other words, the fatigue crack growth rate of F/M steel increases with the increase of the stress ratio, approaching that of conventional steel. In the case of welded joints, even if a fatigue test is carried out at a low-stress ratio, the region near the weld toe is under a high-stress ratio due to tensile residual stress. Therefore, improvement of the fatigue life of welded joints becomes comparatively small so that the effect of fatigue crack retardation of F/M steel decreases.     

Microstructure and fatigue crack growth behaviour of electron beam welding in 30CrMnSiNi2A steel

The effects of two post-weld heat treatment processes on the microstructure and fatigue properties of the electron beam welded joints of 30CrMnSiNi2A steel were studied. Electron beam local post-weld heat treatment ( EBLPWHT) , in a vacuum chamber, immediately after welding and a traditional furnace whole post-weld heat treatment (FWPWHT) were accepted. The experimental results show that, after EBLPWHT, the main microstructure of weld is changed from coarse acicular martensite into lath martensite, and base metal is changed from ferrite and perlite into upper bainite and residual austenite, however the microstructures of different zones of joints in FWPWHT conditions are tempered sorbite. The fatigue crack growth rate da/dN of welds and base metal are not obviously changed among EBLPWHT, FWPWHT test and as-welded (AW) test, as the mechanical properties of materials have a certain but not large effect on the da/dN of welded joints. The resistance to near threshold fatigue crack growth data of welded joints can be largely improved by EBLPWHT and it is related to microstructure and crack closure effect.     

Cold hole expansion effect on the fatigue crack growth in welds of a 6061-T6 aluminum alloy

Compact test specimens were extracted from a 6061-T6 aluminum alloy welded plate with a thickness of 9 mm to analyze the cold hole expansion effect on fatigue crack growth tests conducted in mode I cyclic loading. At R = 0.1, a sharp crack in base metal, weld metal and heat affected zone was propagated from 17 to 24 mm. The fatigue crack growth at 24 mm (α = a/W = 0.3) was delayed by drilling a hole at the crack tip and applying a cold hole expansion of 4.1%. The residual stress fields due to cold hole expansion were determined with the finite element method. The fatigue crack growth testing was continued up to a crack length of 35 mm (α ∼ 0.43) at the same R, and crack opening displacements of the post-expansion crack were also determined with the finite element method. The results were expressed in terms of crack length versus number of cycles, as well as, fatigue crack growth rate as a function of applied and effective stress intensity factor range. The cold hole expansion contributed to delay the fatigue crack growth in base metal, and to a lesser extent in the weld metal and heat affected zone. A crack closure effect was determined by means of load versus crack opening displacement curves of the post-expansion crack, which was, completely or partially closed, in welded zones with compressive residual stress fields. The fracture surfaces of each welded zone were analyzed to elucidate the crack nucleation zone and its relation with the residual stress field. In all cases the crack was initiated at the surface of the specimen where the residual stresses were positive.