Microstructural evolutions in dissimilar welds between AISI 310 austenitic stainless steel and Inconel 657

This investigation has been performed to characterize dissimilar metal welds between type 310 austenitic stainless steel (SS) and Inconel 657 superalloy. The welds were produced using four types of filler materials: Inconel 82, Inconel A, Inconel 617, and type 310 SS. The weldments were characterized in detail using optical metallography and scanning electron microscopy. It can be concluded that Inconel A weld metal does not promote severe hot cracking. Continuous NbC precipitates in the Inconel 82 weld metal can sensitize the weld metal to solidification cracking. The presence of high amounts of Mo in Inconel 617 weld metal led to the formation of brittle phases. In addition, continuous precipitates were observed in the 310 SS weld metal, which can lead to poor resistance of the weld metal to hot cracking. In the aged condition, Inconel 82 and Inconel A exhibited good thermal stability, whereas Inconel 617 and type 310 SS exhibited poor thermal stability. Also, after subjecting the heat-affected zone and interface between Inconel weld metal and base metals to aging treatment, unmixed zone of Inconel 657 base metal side has disappeared. Elimination of this region can be attributed to high-temperature interdiffusion of alloying elements. Finally, it is found that Inconel A and Inconel 82 weld metals are the best choices for the dissimilar welds performed here, respectively.     

Experimental investigation of local tensile and fracture resistance behaviour of dissimilar metal weld joint: SA508 Gr.3 Cl.1 and SA312 Type 304LN

The aim of the paper is to evaluate the local tensile and fracture toughness properties of the dissimilar metal weld joints between SA508Gr.3 Cl.1 and SA312 Type 304LN pipe. Weld joints have been prepared by manual gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process with conventional V‐groove and automatic hot wire gas tungsten arc welding with narrow gap using different filler wires/electrode such as Inconel 82/Inconel 182 and ER309L/ER308L. The tensile and fracture toughness test specimens have been machined from different regions of dissimilar metal weld such as heat affected zones, fusion lines, buttering layer, weld metal and both base metals. Tensile and fracture toughness tests have been carried out as per the ASTM standard E8 and E1820 respectively. Tensile and fracture toughness results of all the regions of dissimilar metal weld joints have been discussed in this paper. Metallurgical and fracture surface examinations have also been reported to substantiate the tensile and fracture toughness results. Need for the local properties for integrity assessment of the dissimilar metal weld joints has also been brought out.     

不同填充材料下316LN/Inconel 718异种激光焊接头的显微组织与力学性能

目的研究不同填充材料下316LN/Inconel 718异种激光焊接接头的显微组织、显微硬度及室温拉伸性能。方法分别对316LN/Inconel 718异种材料在不填充焊丝、填充ER316LMn焊丝和填充HGH4169焊丝的情况下进行激光对接试验。采用XJP-2C型倒置光学显微镜观察不同填充材料下接头的显微组织,401MVD型数显显微硬度计测量不同填充材料下接头显微硬度,WDW-100型万能电子试验机测量不同填充材料下接头的室温拉伸抗拉强度,最终,对不同填充材料下316LN/Inconel718激光焊接接头的显微组织和力学性能进行对比分析。结果不填充焊丝与填充ER316LMn焊丝时,可获得外观成形良好的焊接接头;填充HGH4169焊丝时,接头外观成形稍差,但力学性能较好;不填充焊丝时,焊缝组织主要为柱状树枝晶、胞状晶和等轴树枝晶,填充焊丝时,焊缝组织主要为柱状树枝晶和胞状晶。填充焊丝和不填充焊丝情况下,316LN侧熔合区均会产生分层现象,而Inconel 718侧熔合区分层现象则不明显;当填充HGH4169焊丝时,焊缝的显微硬度值与抗拉强度值最大,焊缝填充ER316LMn焊丝时次之,不填充焊丝时最小。接头抗拉强度最大值为764.59 MPa,接头断裂方式为典型的韧性断裂。结论填充焊丝较不填充焊丝时,接头的力学性能有所提高,且填充HGH4169焊丝时,接头的力学性能达到最佳,但焊缝的宏观成形难以控制。     

Effects of temperature on tensile and impact behavior of dissimilar welds of rotor steels

Tensile and impact behavior of dissimilar weld joints of newly developed rotor steels 23CrMoNiWV88 and 26NiCrMoV145 were conducted at various temperatures below 350 °C. Inhomogeneous microstructures and asymmetrical micro-hardness along the dissimilar welding joint were observed. With the increase of temperature, strength decreased which was associated with the increased plasticity, and fracture location changed from weld metal (WM) to intermediate pressure (IP) base metal (BM) at around 300 °C. Compared to the homogeneous impact specimen with two fracture zones at fracture surface, a combined quasi-cleavage and ductile fracture mode with three zones is observed at the fracture surface of the dissimilar weld joint when the testing temperature is in the range of 0–40 °C. The occurrence of separated zones are mainly ascribed to the multi-layer welding process and thus improved the impact toughness of the welding joint.     

Application of low Ms temperature consumable to dissimilar welded joint

Abstract

The welding of dissimilar joints is very common in systems used in oil exploration and production in deep sea waters. Commonly involves welding of low carbon steel pipes with low alloy steel forgings both with inner Inconel clad. The forged steel part undergoes a process of buttering with Inconel or carbon steel electrode before the weld of the joint. The buttering process is followed by a process of residual stresses relief. The conventional way of reducing the level of residual stresses in welded joints is to apply post welding heat treatments. Depending on the size and complexity of the parts to be joined, this can become a serious problem. An alternative technique for reducing residual stresses is to use an electrode that during the cooling process undergoes a displacive transformation at a relatively low temperature so that the deformation resulting from the transformation compensates the contraction during the cooling process, and, although many papers have been published in this direction using Fe–Cr–Ni alloys, most of them report a loss of toughness in the weld metal. Maraging steel is a family of materials with M_s temperature below 200°C and even without the final heat treatment of aging has superior mechanical properties to low alloy steels used in forgings. In this work, forged piece of AISI 4130 was buttered with Maraging 350 weld consumable and subsequently welded to ASTM A36 steel using Inconel 625 filler metal. In addition, the dissimilar base metal plates were welded together using Maraging 350 steel weld consumable. The levels of residual stress, and the toughness and microstructures of heat affected zone and weld metal were investigated.     

热输入对Inconel 617镍基高温合金激光焊接接头显微组织与力学性能的影响EI北大核心

采用两种热输入不同的焊接工艺参数对3 mm壁厚的Inconel 617镍基高温合金进行激光焊接。通过光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对焊接接头显微组织进行观察分析,并测试了焊接接头在室温(25℃)及高温(900℃)下的拉伸性能。结果表明:激光焊接热输入对Inconel 617焊接接头显微组织及力学性能影响明显。在高热输入(200 J/mm)条件下,焊缝正面宽度3.88 mm,熔化区中部晶粒尺寸粗大,取向杂乱,树枝晶二次枝晶间距较大(6.71μm),枝晶间碳化物颗粒尺寸较为粗大,枝晶间Mo,Cr等合金元素的凝固偏析较为严重。焊接接头热影响区宽度约0.29 mm,在晶界和晶内形成了γ+碳化物共晶组织,这是由于焊接升温过程中,热影响区内球状碳化物颗粒与周边奥氏体发生组分液化,并在焊后凝固过程中形成共晶。低热输入(90 J/mm)工艺参数获得的焊缝正面宽度为2.28 mm,焊缝呈沿熔合线母材外延生长并沿热流方向定向凝固形成的柱状晶形态。焊缝中部树枝晶二次枝晶间距较小(2.26μm),枝晶间碳化物颗粒尺寸细小,热影响区宽度约0.15 mm。室温(25℃)拉伸测试表明:高热输入下获得的焊接接头由于焊缝中固溶元素偏析造成的局部组织弱化,从焊缝中部破坏,强度与伸长率有所降低,低热输入条件下获得的焊接接头从母材破坏。而高温实验条件下(900℃),母材晶界发生弱化导致所有试样均从母材破坏。     

Microstructure and mechanical behavior in dissimilar 13Cr/2205 stainless steel welded pipes

This work aims to investigate the microstructure and the mechanical behavior of dissimilar 13Cr Supermartensitic/2205 Duplex stainless steel welded pipes. A wide variety of microstructures resulting from both solidification and solid state transformation is induced by the fusion welding process across the weld joint. The tensile tests show that the deformation process of the dissimilar weld joint is mainly controlled by the two base materials: the duplex steel at the beginning of the deformation and the supermartensitic one at its end. This is confirmed by the micro-tensile tests showing the overmatching effect of the weld metal. The fatigue tests conducted on dissimilar welded specimens led us to conclude that the weld metal is considered as a weak link of the weld joint in the high cycle fatigue regime. This is supported by its lower fatigue limit compared to the two base materials that exhibit a similar fatigue behavior.     

Low-cycle fatigue behaviors of a new type of 10% Cr martensitic steel and welded joint with Ni-based weld metal

In the present work, Ni-based filler metal was used to weld a new type of 10% Cr martensitic steel. Due to the microstructure and chemical composition difference between martensitic steel and the Ni-based weld metal, a clear interface existed in the dissimilar welded joint. At the region of the interface, the microstructure was physically connected and an element transition layer was formed. Low-cycle fatigue (LCF) results showed that the welded joint was not fractured at the interface. Meanwhile, the martensitic steel and Ni-based weld metal exhibited cyclic softening and cyclic hardening behaviors, respectively. For martensitic steel, the width of the laths increased and the dislocation density decreased after the fatigue test, whereas in the fatigue-tested Ni-based weld metal, the dislocation density increased. The continuous connection and composition transition at the region of interface, combined with the high ductility and cyclic hardening behavior of Ni-based weld metal, is beneficial for the LCF properties of the welded joint.     

Investigation on microstructure,mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of AISI 316L stainless steel to ASTM A335-P11 low alloy steel dissimilar welding joints

In the present study, the microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel to ASTM A335-P11 low alloy steel dissimilar joints, which are widely employed in the oil and gas industries especially for manufacturing of heat exchangers over 600°C, were investigated. For this purpose, two filler metals of ER309L and ERNiCrMo-3 were selected to be used with GTAW process. The results of microstructural evaluation revealed that the ERNiCrMo-3 weld metal contains dendritic and interdendritic zones, and the ER309L weld metal microstructure includes skeletal ferrites in an austenitic matrix. The maximum impact fracture energy and microhardness values were obtained for the ERNiCrMo-3 weld metal specimens; however, no significant difference was observed between the tension properties. The corrosion test results showed that the ERNiCrMo-3 has a higher corrosion resistance than ER309L. Finally, it was concluded that ERNiCrMo-3 would be a suitable filler metal for joining AISI 316L to A335-P11 for a variety of applications.     

超声振动辅助铝/钢激光–MIG熔钎焊外观成形、组织以及拉伸性能研究

目的 利用超声振动改善铝/钢对接接头界面的微观结构,降低气孔缺陷并提高接头力学性能。方法 通过超声振动辅助激光–MIG焊接方法实现铝/钢异种金属连接,采用光学显微镜观察焊缝形貌,采用金相显微镜和扫描电子显微镜观察焊缝和界面微观结构,利用拉伸试验机测试接头的拉伸强度。结果 超声振动的施加提高了熔融金属的润湿铺展性能,减少了焊缝中的气孔缺陷,并降低了界面层金属间化合物的厚度。带有余高和去除余高的接头拉伸强度由未加超声的175 MPa和154 MPa分别提高到189 MPa和172 MPa。结论 利用超声振动的声流、空化效应有效改善了熔融金属的润湿铺展性能和界面微观结构,并在一定程度上消除了气孔缺陷,进而提高了接头的力学性能。     

Study on welding process and prosperities of AA5754 Al-alloy welded by double pulsed gas metal arc welding

In this paper, the effect of double pulsed gas metal arc welding (DP-GMAW) on metal droplet transfer, weld pool profile, weld bead geometry and weld joint mechanical properties of Al alloy AA5754 are presented. A high speed camera was utilized to reveal the metal transfer behavior and weld pool profile. A self-developed electrical signal acquire system was adopted to record the current waveform during welding process. The results indicated that the metal transfer, weld pool profile and weld bead geometry in DP-GMAW significantly differ with P-GMAW. The microstructure showed that grain size of the weld bead decreased with increasing of thermal pulse frequency, and the eutectic precipitates Mg₂Si were homogeneously distributed at fusion zone. The mechanical properties of welded joints were improved.     

T92/Super304H异种钢焊接接头的性能研究

根据新型耐热钢T92和Super304H钢的焊接特点制定了适宜的焊接工艺,研究了焊制的T92/Su-per304H异种钢焊接接头的力学性能。结果表明,T92/Super304H异种钢接头的各项力学性均能满足使用要求。焊缝金属的韧性远低于T92钢侧热影响区,焊缝金属的结晶形态对焊缝韧性有很大的影响。焊接接头中焊缝金属的硬度值最高,而T92钢侧热影响区硬度最低,并且不同热影响区部位显微硬度变化较大,Super304H钢侧热影响区硬度变化不大。     

Laser welding of Ti–6Al–4V to Nitinol

Formation of brittle intermetallic phases in addition to different thermal expansion coefficients associated with dissimilar welding leads to the formation of transverse cracks in weld metal and eventually restricts widespread applications of dissimilar joints. Therefore, joining technology should be expanded in field of dissimilar welding in order to solve its difficulties. In the present study, an experimental work with pulsed Nd:YAG laser was performed for dissimilar welding of Ti–6Al–4V and Nitinol. Autogenous welding of these two alloys resulted in joints with poor strength and ductility due to the formation of transverse cracks in the weld metal. Therefore, the chemical composition of the weld metal has to be modified in order to reduce the formation of brittle phases and eliminate subsequent cracking. In this work, this was done by insertion of a copper interlayer with a thickness of 75 μm between the base metals. The results indicated that insertion of copper interlayer has a great influence on the reduction of the amount of Ti₂Ni brittle intermetallic phase, elimination of transverse cracks through the weld metal and eventually improvement of mechanical properties of the joints. Insertion of copper interlayer was very useful since it altered the cracked autogenous joint to a joint which could withstand a tensile stress of 300 MPa.     

Comparison of creep behaviour of 2.25Cr–1Mo/9Cr–1Mo dissimilar weld joint with its base and weld metals

Abstract

Evaluation of the creep behaviour of 2.25Cr–1Mo and 9Cr–1Mo ferritic steel base metals, 9Cr–1Mo steel weld metal, and 2.25Cr–1Mo/9Cr–1Mo ferritic–ferritic dissimilar weld joints has been carried out at 823 K in the stress range 100–260 MPa. The weld joint was fabricated by shielded metal arc welding using basic coated 9Cr–1Mo electrodes. Investigations of the microstructure and hardness variations across the joint in the as welded, post-weld heat treated (973 K/1 h), and creep tested conditions were performed. The heat affected zone (HAZ) in both the steels consisted of a coarse prior austenitic grain region, a fine prior austenitic grain region, and an intercritical structure. In the post-weld heat treated condition, a white etched soft decarburised zone in 2.25Cr–1Mo steel base metal and a black etched hard carburised zone in 9Cr–1Mo steel weld metal around the weld fusion line developed. Hardness troughs also developed in the intercritical HAZ regions of both the steels. The width of the carburised and decarburised zones and hardness differences of these zones were found to increase with creep exposure. The 9Cr–1Mo steel weld metal showed higher creep strength compared to both the base metals. The 9Cr–1Mo steel base metal exhibited better creep resistance than the 2.25Cr–1Mo steel base metal at lower applied stresses. The dissimilar joint revealed lower creep rupture strength than both the base metals and weld metal. The creep strain was found to concentrate in the decarburised zone of 2.25Cr–1Mo steel and in the intercritical HAZ regions of both the steels. Creep failure in the stress range examined occurred in the intercritical HAZ of 2.25Cr–1Mo steel even though this region showed higher hardness than the decarburised zone. Extensive creep cavitation and cracks were observed in the decarburised zone.     

Formation and evolution of layered structure in dissimilar welded joints between ferritic-martensitic steel and 316L stainless steel with fillers

Dissimilar high-energy beam (HEB) welding is necessary in many industrial applications. Different composition of heat-affected zone (HAZ) and weld metal (WM) lead to variation in mechanical properties within the dissimilar joint, which determines the performance of the welded structure. In the present study, appropriate filler material was used during electron beam welding (EBW) to obtain a reliable dissimilar joint between reduced-activation ferritic-martensitic (RAFM) steel and 316 L austenitic stainless steel. It was observed that the layered structure occurred in the weld metal with 310S filler (310S-WM), which had the inferior resistance to thermal disturbance, leading to severe hardening of 310S-WM after one-step tempering treatment. To further ameliorate the joint inhomogeneity, two-step heat treatment processes were imposed to the joints and optimized. δ-ferrite in the layered structure transformed into γ-phase in the first-step normalizing and remained stable during cooling. In the second-step of tempering, tempered martensite was obtained in the HAZ of the RAFM steel, while the microstructure of 310S-WM was not affected. Thus, the optimized properties for HAZ and 310S-WM in dissimilar welded joint was both obtained by a two-step heat treatment. The creep failure position of two dissimilar joints both occurred in CLAM-BM.     

The mechanical properties related to the dominant microstructure in the weld zone of dissimilar formed Al alloy joints by friction stir welding

The joint properties of dissimilar formed Al alloys, cast Al alloy and wrought Al alloy, were examined with various welding conditions. Friction stir welding method could be applied to join dissimilar formed Al alloys which had different mechanical properties without weld zone defects under wide range of welding condition.The weld zone of dissimilar formed Al alloy exhibited the complex structure of the two materials and mainly composed of the retreating side material.The mechanical properties also depended on the dominant microstructure of the weld zone with welding conditions. The different mechanical properties of the weld zone with welding conditions were related to the behavior of the precipitates of wrought Al alloy and Si particles of cast Al alloy. The higher mechanical properties of the weld zone were acquired when a relatively harder material, wrought Al alloy, was fixed at the retreating side.     

Creep resistance of similar and dissimilar weld joints of P91 steel

Abstract

Two experimental weld joints, a similar weld joint of 9Cr–1Mo steel and a dissimilar weld joint of 9Cr–1Mo and 2.25Cr–1Mo steels, were fabricated by the TIG+E method and post-weld heating was applied. Creep testing was carried out at temperatures ranging from 525 to 625°C in the stress range 40–240 MPa. Creep rupture strength was evaluated using the Larson–Miller parameter. Extended metallography including transmission electron microscopy was performed and critical zones were indicated where fractures were concentrated during the creep exposure. At high temperatures rupture of the dissimilar weldment occurred in the heat affected zone (HAZ) of the weld metal while rupture of the similar weldment was located in the HAZ of the parent material. The processes of recovery seem to be the main causes of decrease in creep rupture strength of both weld joints in comparison to the parent materials.     

母材中碳进入熔池方式及其影响研究

归纳并提出了熔地母材中碳进入熔池中的方式，在此基础上，探讨了焊态下熔焊接头中脱／增碳层的形成原因，形成时期以及焊缝不均匀混合区中的碳分布特点。得出”母材中碳以机械混合唱 ，母材团，扩散混合三种方式进入熔池 态下，母材侧不完全熔化区因碳扩散鸸菜成了不明显的脱碳层，焊缝侧不均匀混合区因多为源方式而形成了碳分布不均匀的增碳层。利用异种接头金相观察和硬度测试结果。验证了所得结论的正确性。     

An assessment of mechanical properties of P92 steel weld joint and simulated heat affected zones by ball indentation technique

Mechanical properties of P92 steel weld joint fabricated by shielded metal arc welding were evaluated using ball indentation (BI) technique. Microstructure of the P92 weld joint consisted of the weld metal, coarse grain region, fine grain region, intercritical region and base metal. The individual microstructural regions of the heat affected zones (HAZs) were separately prepared by heat treating the steel at particular temperatures. Ball indentation and uniaxial tensile tests were carried out across the weld joint and on the simulated HAZ microstructures at temperatures of 300 K (27 °C) and 623 K (350 °C). The tensile strengths gradually decreased from weld metal to the base metal with trough in the intercritical region (ICR) of the joint and simulated at 1173 K (900 °C) steel. The formation of coarser M₂₃C₆ precipitates and sub-grain formation with reduced dislocation density led to soften the ICR/simulated at 1173 K (900 °C) steel than the other regions of the joint. The variation of mechanical properties across the joint was comparable with variation of hardness and microstructural constituents across the joint.     

OPTIMUM JOINING CONDITIONS IN A MECHANICAL PRESS JOINT

Mechanical press joining has been used in sheet metal work because it is a simple process and offers the possibility of joining dissimilar sheet metals, such as steel and aluminum alloy sheets. The mechanical press joint strength was found to vary with joining conditions, such as sheet thickness and punch diameter. The optimum joining conditions of the mechanical press joint under complex loading can be determined by correlating strength ratio with diameter ratio and sheet thickness ratio. The failure mode was considered during estimation of the joining strength. Under this experimental condition, the optimum strength ratio was acquired at a sheet thickness ratio of 1.0 and a diameter ratio of 1.683.