Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TWIP Steel Joints

As a new type of high manganese steel, the twinning induced plasticity （TWIP） steels have attracted a growing interest in the automotive industry due to their good performance. Thin plates of TWIP steel were welded by laser beam welding （LBW） and gas tungsten arc welding （GTAW）. The microstructure result shows that GTAW joint has obvious heat-affected zone （HAZ）, while the HAZ of LBW joint is almost invisible. The X-ray diffraction result shows that the phase compositions of both joints are austenitic and no phase transition occurs. Energy disper- sive spectrometry result shows that there is violent evaporation of Mn element in LBW joint, while the proportion of Mn element in GTAW joint is almost unchanged. Tensile tests and micro-hardness measurements were performed to take into account the mechanical properties of joints manufactured by the two different processes. The micro-hard- ness profiles of both joints present a typical saddle distribution, and the hardness of GTAW seam is lower than that of LBW seam. The failure positions of LBW joints are all located in base metal while the GTAW joints are all at the weld toe due to the softening of HAZ. By means of scanning electron microscopy, a typical ductile fracture is observed in LBW joint, while a brittle fracture with quasi-cleavage fracture characteristic is observed in GTAW joint.     

微合金元素B对轻质TWIP钢组织及力学性能的影响

摘要：将质量分数为0.002%的微合金元素B加入至Fe-28Mn-9Al轻质TWIP钢中，以期改善其强塑积及室温冲击性能。利用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、电子万能拉伸试验机和金属摆锤冲击试验机对热轧TWIP钢的物相组成、微观组织、力学拉伸性能及室温冲击韧性进行了研究与分析。结果表明，微合金元素B的添加具有延缓奥氏体向铁素体转变的作用，细化了奥氏体晶粒，提升了钢的力学性能，TWIP钢的塑性、强塑积和冲击韧性均有明显的提高。     

ITER TF导体铠甲316LN不锈钢管的力学性能

 以ITER TF316LN奥氏体不锈钢无缝管为研究对象,研究了焊接、8%冷变形和650℃、200h的老化处理对316LN不锈钢管性能的影响。分别取母材、焊接接头、经过冷变形和老化处理的焊接接头进行了室温和液氦温度42K下的拉伸和冲击性能的研究,并利用扫描电镜对拉伸和冲击断口的微观形貌进行了观察。结果表明,母材、焊接接头和经过冷变形和老化处理的焊接接头在42K的断后伸长率和冲击韧性依次降低,经过冷变形和老化处理的焊接接头相比母材和未经过任何处理的焊接接头的抗拉强度和屈服强度均高出50~60MPa。42K下,母材的断后伸长率由室温下的48%下降到44%,相反的,焊接接头和经过变形和老化处理的焊接接头的断后伸长率却分别由37%和23%上升到了41%和38%;3种样品在42K下的抗拉强度和屈服强度均是室温下的2~3倍。     

High cycle fatigue behavior of DP980 steel and DP980 steel laser welded joints

For the study of the DP980 steel high cycle fatigue property, high fatigue tests of DP980 steel and DP980 steel laser welded joints were carried out with fatigue testing machine, the Basquin equation was concluded. Microstructures and fractures were analyzed by optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. The results show that DP980 steel laser welding joints have the weld concavity at the welding root and top, the quality of welded joints is medium. The fatigue limit of DP980 steel is 341MPa, the fatigue limit of DP980 steel laser welded joint is 148MPa, the fatigue limit decreases by 50% compared with the fatigue limit of the base metal. For DP980 steel, the crystal boundary of the ferrite/martensite is the main location of micro cracks initiation, the fatigue fracture of DP980 steel is the quasi cleavage fracture. For DP980 steel laser welding joints, the fatigue cracks initiation is located in the weld concavity, not in the heat affected zone, the fatigue fracture is cleavage fracture. DP980 steel and DP980 steel laser welding joints crack propagation is characterized by the obviously fatigue striations coupled with secondary cracks.     

SS400超细晶粒钢及其焊接接头的疲劳裂纹扩展速率

SS400钢是一种细晶强化的新一代钢铁材料．焊接对其疲劳性能的影响是人们关注的问题。笔者参照美国材料试验学会标准ASTME647—83的规定．采用紧凑拉伸CT试件对SS400钢及其焊接接头CT试件的疲劳裂纹扩展速率进行了测试。发现：母材的疲劳裂纹扩展存在两个不同速率的阶段,焊缝及热影响区的疲劳裂纹扩展速率均低于母材;热影响区的疲劳裂纹扩展速率介于焊缝与母材之间;焊接接头组织和性能的变化并未导致SS400钢疲劳性能的降低。     

DP980钢及DP980钢激光焊接接头的高周疲劳性能

摘要：为了研究DP980钢的高周疲劳性能,采用疲劳试验机对DP980钢和DP980钢激光焊接接头进行高周疲劳试验,得到Basquin方程,并利用光学金相显微镜和扫描电镜进行组织和断口分析。结果表明：DP980钢激光焊接接头的焊缝根部和顶部出现形状凹陷,焊接接头的质量为中等。DP980钢疲劳极限为341MPa,DP980钢激光焊接接头的疲劳极限为148MPa,激光焊接接头的疲劳极限较母材的疲劳极限降低约50%。对于DP980钢而言,铁素体/马氏体晶界是裂纹萌生的主要位置,疲劳断口为准解理断口。对于DP980钢激光焊接接头而言,疲劳裂纹源位于焊缝凹陷处,而非热影响区及母材,疲劳断口为解理断口。DP980钢和DP980钢激光焊接接头的疲劳裂纹扩展区均有明显的疲劳条带,并伴随有二次裂纹。     

1800 MPa热成形钢与CR340LA低合金高强钢激光焊接性能

采用光纤激光焊接设备对1800 MPa级热成形钢与CR340LA低合金高强钢进行对接激光拼焊,研究了不同激光焊接功率和焊接速度下焊接接头的组织演变规律及热冲压成形性能,并对焊接接头的力学性能和硬度进行了分析。结果表明,3种焊接工艺下激光拼焊原板综合力学性能相差较小,由焊接接头造成的伸长率和抗拉强度的损失均在母材的28.3%和9.1%以内。激光焊接后焊缝区均为粗大、高硬度的马氏体结构;两侧热影响区组织主要为铁素体和马氏体,接头未出现明显的软化区。激光拼焊原板拉伸试样均断裂于CR340LA母材区,距离焊缝12 mm左右,且存在焊缝隆起现象。选取焊接功率和焊接速率分别为4000 W和0.18 m·s?1的焊接试样在高温下进行热冲压成形检测,未出现焊缝开裂,热成形后拼焊板具有良好性能,满足汽车激光拼焊板使用要求,拉伸结果表明,试样断裂位置与未热冲压成形前一致,均位于CR340LA母材区,拉伸过程中,焊缝向高强度母材侧偏移,在弱强度母材侧产生应力集中并缩颈断裂。      

P91铁素体耐热钢细晶热影响区蠕变过程中组织演化

高铬铁素体耐热钢存在的一个问题是其焊接试样的蠕变强度远低于母材,为了从组织演化角度分析其产生机制,对P91铁素体耐热钢焊接试样在600℃、100 MPa应力条件下进行了中断蠕变试验,利用扫描电镜与EBSD对蠕变过程中不同区域的微观组织进行观察,分别计算不同区域的核心平均取向差(KAM),结果表明:细晶热影响区的KAM值随着蠕变时间的增加发生显著降低,蠕变断裂后与试验前相比下降约25%,而母材的KAM值虽然有所降低,但幅度远小于细晶热影响区。经过2 000 h蠕变试验后,在细晶热影响区已经形成大量的蠕变孔洞,而相同试验条件下母材中则没有观察到蠕变孔洞。上述结果表明细晶热影响区的高温组织稳定性明显劣于母材,而引起其组织劣化的原因可能与碳化物的析出行为有关。     

含铝304和316L奥氏体不锈钢热轧板材焊接性能

 对加Al质量分数为4%的304、2%的316L不锈钢热轧板材的焊接性能进行了研究。采用手工氩弧焊（TIG）的焊接方法,利用光学显微镜对焊缝的显微组织进行分析,利用电子探针（EMPA）分析焊接母材的元素分布,并对焊接接头进行力学性能测试。组织和力学性能的研究结果表明：含铝304和含铝316L合金热轧板分别选用ER308L,ER316L作为焊接材料,经TIG焊接后,焊缝无裂纹、气孔等缺陷,接头具有良好的强度和塑性,焊接接头力学性能接近于其母材;热影响区组织与母材组织基本一致,焊缝与母材熔合良好,组织良好,加铝304和316L不锈钢具有良好的焊接性能。     

中心偏析对FH40低温钢焊接组织性能的影响

利用金相(OM)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、电子背散射衍射(EBSD)以及能谱(EDS)等手段研究了FH40低温钢焊接接头显微组织演变及其对低温冲击韧性的影响.结果表明,FH40低温钢母材具有优异的综合力学性能,其屈服强度为420 MPa,抗拉强度为518 MPa,-60℃夏比冲击功为162 J,而焊接接头熔合线位置及热影响区的低温韧性急剧降低至16 J.显微组织分析表明,低温钢母材为细小的多边形铁素体+珠光体组织,在心部位置珠光体组织呈带状分布.焊接热影响区的显微组织主要为针状铁素体,但是心部存在明显的马氏体带.针状铁素体硬度为229.7 HV_0.05,比原来的多边形铁素体高约40 HV_0.05,而马氏体的硬度为313.7 HV_0.05,较原来的多边形铁素体高约140 HV_0.05.EBSD结果显示在马氏体带存在较高的内应力,这是造成焊接接头低温韧性急剧下降的主要原因.EDS表明,中心偏析导致热轧低温钢母材形成C、Mn富集的珠光体带,这些C、Mn富集的珠光体带在焊接热影响作用下重新奥氏体化,并在冷...     

Strain Effect on the Microstructure,Mechanical Properties and Fracture Characteristics of a TWIP Steel Sheet

Twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steels are a highly promising group of steels for the production of complex structural components in cold forming operations for car body manufacturing. In this work, the effect of cold rolling strain on the microstructure, mechanical properties and fracture characteristics of a TWIP steel sheet used for automobile body structure was studied by means of optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electron back-scattered diffraction technique, microhardness measurement, tensile test and fractography. TWIP steel sheets were cold rolled with reductions of 0, 15 and 30%. An increase of the cold rolling strain led to an increase of deformation twinning activity in certain favourably oriented grains and resulted in significant increase in ultimate tensile strength and hardness of TWIP steel. However, the ductility of TWIP steel significantly decreased with increasing degree of cold rolling strain. The increase in the ultimate tensile strength was almost linear with the increase in cold rolling strain. After cold rolling reduction of 30%, the ultimate tensile strength increased by approximately 50%, whereas the elongation decreased by approximately 85%. The size and depth of the dimples in the fracture surface decreased with the increase of the twin boundaries at 30% cold rolling strain, leading to highly limited plasticity through the tensile testing.     

Investigations on Dissimilar Weld of UNS S32205 DSS and ASTM A517 Steel

In the present research, microstructure and mechanical properties of 2205 duplex stainless steel/A517 quench and tempered low alloy steel dissimilar joint were investigated. For this purpose, gas tungsten arc welding was used with ER2209 filler metal. Characterizations were conducted by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy equipped with an energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Mechanical properties were evaluated in micro-hardness, tensile and impact tests. Microstructure in the weld zone included an austenitic continuous network in the matrix of primary ferrite. No brittle phases were formed in the weld metal and stainless steel heat affected zone (HAZ). The weld metal/A517 interface showed higher hardness than other regions. Tensile tests indicated that the values of the yield and tensile strength were 663 and 796 MPa, respectively. Impact tests indicated that the weld zone had almost the same impact energy as base metals. The minimum impact energy of 12 J was related to A517 HAZ. The results of scanning electron microscopy for fracture surfaces indicated that weld zone, 2205 HAZ and A517 HAZ had ductile, ductile–brittle and brittle fracture mode, respectively.     

TC4钛合金线性摩擦焊接头组织及性能研究

采用XMH-160型线性摩擦焊机焊接TC4钛合金板材,观察了焊接接头形貌及焊缝组织,测试了焊接接头的力学性能.结果表明,TC4钛合金适于采用线性摩擦焊接,焊接接头的室温拉伸性能、冲击韧性和高周疲劳性能不低于母材.其线性摩擦焊接头大致可以分为焊缝区和塑性变形区两个区域,焊缝区域原始组织被破碎,晶粒细小;塑性变形区域原始片层组织被压扁拉长,与焊接振动方向呈近平行的流线状.     

Effect of Welding Processes on Tensile and Impact Properties, Hardness and Microstructure of AISI 409M Ferritic Stainless Joints Fabricated by Duplex Stainless Steel Filler Metal

The effect of welding processes such as shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding on tensile and impact properties of the ferritic stainless steel conforming to AISI 409M grade is studied. Rolled plates of 4 mm thickness were used as the base material for preparing single pass butt welded joints. Tensile and impact properties, microhardness, microstructure and fracture surface morphology of the welded joints have been evaluated and the results are compared. From this investigatio.n, it is found that gas tungsten arc welded joints of ferritic stainless steel have superior tensile and impact properties compared with shielded metal are and gas metal arc welded joints and this is mainly due to the presence of finer grains in fusion zone and heat affected zone.     

低碳相变诱发塑性钢的综合性能

对抗拉强度600 MPa级的低碳相变诱发塑性钢(TRIP钢)进行了拉伸、成形、高速冲击拉伸和激光焊接试验.对焊接前后的综合性能进行了对比,并对其金相组织、显微硬度进行了观察和测试分析.与原始板材相比,激光焊接后,低碳TRIP钢的强度和硬度增加,而伸长率略有下降;焊接热影响区的硬化较明显,但均未发现明显的焊接裂纹及其它缺陷,表明其焊接性能良好.发现低碳TRIP钢成形性能、抗凹陷性能、激光焊接性能良好.     

Effect of welding processes on tensile, impact, hardness and microstructure of AISI 409M ferritic stainless joints fabricated using duplex stainless steel filler metal

 The present investigation is aimed at to study the effect of welding processes such as shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding on tensile and impact properties of the ferritic stainless steel conforming to AISI 409M grade. Rolled plates of 4 mm thickness were used as the base material for preparing single pass butt welded joints. Tensile and impact properties, micro hardness, microstructure and fracture surface morphology of the welded joints have been evaluated and the results are compared. From this investigation, it is found that gas tungsten arc welded joints of ferritic stainless steel showed superior tensile and impact properties compared with shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welded joints and this is mainly due to the presence of finer grains in fusion zone and heat affected zone.     

Comparison of microstructure and properties between joints of FSW and TIG 316L austenitic stainless steel

FSW and TIG were conducted on 316L stainless steel.Variation during microstructure and properties in joints obtained by different welding methods was studied.The results show that the effect of severe mechanical stirring and intense plastic deformation creat a fine recrystallized grain in the welding joint during FSW.As for TIG,the temperature of welding joint exceeds the melting point of welded material itself.The entire welding process belongs to the solidification of a small molten pool;and the microstructure of the joint takes on a typical casting structure.When the welding parameters were selected appropriately,the average ultimate tensile strength of FSW joints can reach 493 MPa,which is 83.6%of base metal;the average elongation is 52.1%of base metal.The average ultimate tensile strength of TIG joints is 475 MPa, which is 80.5%of base metal;the average elongation is 40.8%of base metal.The tensile test of FSW joints is superior to the TIG joints.The microhardness of FSW joint compared to base metal and TIG joint having a significant improvement,which arel95.5 HV,159.7 HV and 160.7 HV,respectively;grain refinement strengthening plays an important role in enhancing the microhardness.The electrochemical corrosion tests show that the joint of FSW 316L austenitic stainless steel has a good corrosion resistance.     

Fe--22Mn--0.7CTWIP钢的热塑性与断裂机制

基于Gleeble-1500热力模拟试验机测定了Fe-22Mn-0.7C TWIP钢和Q235钢700~1300℃范围内的静态拉伸行为.采用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、能谱仪、电子探针微区分析等技术表征两钢种不同温度下的变形特征和断口形貌.通过分析基体化学成分、相体积分数、晶粒尺寸、凝固缺陷等因素探讨TWIP钢铸态热塑性的变化规律及其影响机制.研究结果表明,Fe-22Mn-0.7C TWIP钢700~1250℃范围内的铸态抗拉强度高于Q235,而其断面收缩率低于40%,且断口均以沿枝晶间断裂方式为主.晶粒细化和控制溶质显微偏析有利于提高TWIP钢热塑性,与基体均质性改善有关.此外,增加应变速率TWIP钢拉伸强度和断面收缩率同时增大.      

热处理对B1500HS钢激光拼焊板力学性能的影响

利用单轴拉伸试验机、扫描电子显微镜、能量色散谱仪、光学显微镜、维氏硬度仪等研究了热处理前后B1500HS钢激光拼焊板的淬火性能.结果表明:热处理前B1500HS钢拼焊板焊缝强度远高于母材区,硬度分布极不均匀;热处理后,B1500HS钢拼焊板的元素分布几乎没有变化,整体强度有了大幅的提高,但塑性下降程度较大,其中横向塑性最差,经维氏硬度测试,发现焊缝至母材区的硬度过渡平滑.硬度值平滑过渡使得应力和应变分布更加均匀,保证了母材和焊缝力学性能的良好连续性,可以显著提高B1500HS钢拼焊板的成形性能.      

6005A铝合金CMT与MIG焊接头组织及性能研究

针对2mm厚6005A铝合金采用冷金属过渡(CMT)和熔化极惰性气体保护(MIG)焊接技术进行焊接,研究了两种焊接接头的力学性能、拉伸断口形貌,接头不同位置的微观组织。研究表明,CMT焊接头的抗拉强度好于MIG焊接头,达到母材的70%,焊缝组织更为细小;两种焊接接头断裂位置均为热影响区,CMT焊接接头为韧性断裂,MIG焊接接头为韧性断裂与准解理断裂的混合断裂。