Weld metal ductility in aluminum tailor welded blanks

The objective of the research described in this article was to characterize and numerically describe the ductility of weld material in aluminum tailor welded blanks under uniaxial tension conditions. Aluminum tailor welded blanks consist of multiple thickness and alloy sheet materials welded together into a single, variable thickness blank. To evaluate the mechanical properties of the weld material in these tailor welded blanks, a series of tensile specimens containing varying ratios of weld and monolithic material in the gage area of the specimen were tested. These experimental results show that increasing the amount of weld in the cross-sectional area of the specimen decreases the ductility of the specimen and that the weld characteristics have a pronounced impact on ductility. Using the experimental results and classical tensile instability and necking models, a numerical model was developed to describe the ductility of the weld metal. The model involves basic material properties and an initial imperfection level in both the weld and monolithic materials. The specimens studied were produced from 1- to 2-mm AA5182-O aluminum alloy sheet material welded into blanks using an autogenous gas tungsten arc welding process.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welding of AZ31B magnesium alloy added with cerium

The AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet added with 0.5 wt.% Ce was welded with friction stir welding(FSW).The microstructures and mechanical properties of the welded joint were investigated.The results showed that the microstructures in the weld nugget zone were uniform and with small equiaxed grains.The grains in the heat-affected zone and the thermo-mechanical affected zone were coarser than those in the base metal zone and the weld nugget zone.The ultimate tensile strength of AZ31B magnesium alloy added with 0.5...     

Effect of Process Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy

Friction stir welding process is a promising solid state joining process with the potential to join low melting point materials, particularly aluminum alloys. The most attractive reason for this is the avoidance of solidification defects formed during conventional fusion welding processes. Tool rotational speed and the welding speed play a major role in deciding the weld quality. In the present work an effort has been made to study the effect of the tool rotational speed and welding speed on mechanical and metallurgical properties of friction stir welded joints of aluminum alloy AA6082-T651. The micro hardness profiles obtained on welded zone indicate uniform distribution of grains in the stir zone. The maximum tensile strength obtained is 263 MPa which is about 85% of that of base metal. Scanning electron microscope was used to show the fractured surfaces of tensile tested specimens.     

Crystal structure of a murine alpha-class glutathione S-transferase involved in cellular defense against oxidative stress

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The electric alloy brazed joints of removable partial denture alloys have failed frequently after routine usage. PURPOSE: A technique providing higher joint strengths was investigated. This investigation compared the tensile strengths of electric-brazed and laser-welded joints for a cobalt-chromium removable partial denture alloy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-four cobalt-chromium standard tensile testing rods were prepared and divided into three groups of eight. All specimens in the control group (group 1) were left in the as-cast condition. Groups 2 and 3 were the test specimens, which were sectioned at the center of the rod. Eight specimens were joined by using electric brazing, and the remaining specimens were joined by using laser welding. After joining, each joint was ground to a uniform diameter, then tested to tensile failure on an Instron universal testing machine. Failure loads were recorded and fracture stress calculated. Statistical analysis was applied. RESULTS: The student-Newman-Keuls test showed a highly significant difference between the joint strengths of the as-cast control specimens, the electric-brazed and laser-welded joints. CONCLUSIONS: The tensile strengths of the as-cast joints were higher than those for the laser-welded joints, and both were higher than the electric-brazed joint strengths.     

热输入对S43932超纯铁素体不锈钢焊接接头组织性能的影响

对1.0 mm厚度的S43932不锈钢冷轧板分别进行88、101、132、188 J/mm的钨极氩弧焊焊接,研究了焊接区的显微形貌和相组成。详细分析了垂直焊缝、平行焊缝和带缺口焊缝试样的拉伸性能及焊缝杯突试验结果,当热输入为101 J/mm时,焊接接头具有最佳的拉伸及成形性能匹配,之后随热输入＞101 J/mm,焊接接头抗拉强度和埃里克森杯突值急剧下降。焊接接头良好的力学性能与焊接区小尺寸晶粒的形成及大量富Ti(Nb,Ti)(C,N)相的析出有关。     

Structure and mechanical properties of 1570C alloy welds produced by friction stir welding

The effect of the conditions of friction stir welding (FSW) of 1570C aluminum alloy sheets on the structure and mechanical properties of the welded joints is studied. A recrystallized fine-grained structure with a grain size changing with the rate of welding tool rotation forms in a weld during FSW. As compared to the base metal, the yield strength of the weld metal decreases by 9–22% depending on the rate of welding tool rotation, and the ultimate tensile strength is almost independent of the FSW conditions and accounts for ～90% of the ultimate tensile strength of the base metal. The plasticity of the weld metal is >13% for all rates of welding tool rotation. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the weld zone are discussed.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er weld joints filled with Al-Mg-Mn-Zr and Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er weld wires

The Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er alloy sheets with a thickness of 4 mm were welded by TIG welding, the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er alloy weld joints filled with F1.6 mm Al-Mg-Mn-Zr and Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er welding wires were studied by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, hardness testing and tensile mechanical properties testing. The result showed that, the tensile strength increased by 57 MPa and the coefficient of weld joint reached 0.8 when Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er welding wire was used as filling material. The tensile strength and elongation of weld joint filled with Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er welding wire were 19% and 85% higher those that of filled with Al-Mg-Mn-Zr welding wire respectively, which resulted from grain refinement strengthening and dispersion strengthening of Al₃Er.     

装甲车用7A52铝合金焊接性研究

针对兵器工业用7A52铝合金,从焊接工艺参数、焊后无损检测,以及破坏性实验力学性能、弯曲性能、宏观检测、焊接接头显微硬度等方面进行试验研究。结果表明,7A52铝合金焊接性能良好,接头拉伸、弯曲性能较好,抗拉强度达到274.8MPa,接头硬度曲线分布表明强度最低区域为焊缝。     

Dissimilar Laser Joining of NiTi SMA and MP35N Wires

The laser welding of NiTi alloy wire to MP35N wire was investigated to improve the understanding of dissimilar materials joining of NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs), facilitating their future application in novel devices. Both positioning of the laser beam with respect to the joint’s centerline and laser peak power were found to be critical variables affecting the physical and thermomechanical properties of the welded joint. Positioning of the laser beam was used to control the weld pool composition, while the laser beam intensity affected the pool size and mixing. These variables were shown to greatly affect hardness and susceptibility to cracking in the fusion zone, which heavily impacted the weld strength. With a lower peak power and the laser positioned over the MP35N wire, butt-welded wire joints were achieved with the ultimate load of 66 pct of the NiTi wire breaking load.     

Studies on Characteristics of Ti6Al4V/AA2024 Dissimilar Weld Joint Using Laser Beam Focusing from AA2024 Side

Laser beam welding is based on interaction between the laser beam and parent metals. Methods have been developed in recent years to produce joints of most light metals and their combinations. It provides good weld joint to simplify the structure and reduce the weight and cost to meet the main concerns of the aircraft industry. To achieve these, Ti6Al4V and AA2024 alloy sheets with a thickness of 1.0 mm have been welded with butt joint configuration using pulsed Nd:YAG laser beam welding without groove and filler metal. The weldment has been subjected to testings such as surface roughness, microstructure, hardness, tensile strength and distortion. Test results reveal that laser beam welding is very much suitable for joining Ti6Al4V/AA2024 alloys, while focusing from aluminium side.     

Laminated Metal Composites by Infiltration

We show that steel-magnesium alloy laminated metal composites (LMCs) can be produced by gas pressure infiltration of a liquid magnesium alloy between layers of stacked dimpled steel sheets. Resulting LMCs are amenable to subsequent warm rolling. The LMCs are free of pores or brittle intermetallics and feature, in the as-cast condition, metal layers of uniform thickness and spacing. The ultimate tensile strength of the as-cast LMCs, of 260 MPa, obeys the “rule-of-mixtures” (ROM). The uniform tensile elongation, of around 20 pct, makes the infiltrated LMC nearly as ductile as the bulk steel it contains, implying that the magnesium alloy in the as-cast LMCs has a substantially increased tensile ductility in comparison to its metallurgically equivalent bulk state. Rolling reduces the metal layer thicknesses, causes waviness in the interface, and makes the LMCs stronger but less ductile, by factors in the vicinity of 2 for both properties; the main cause for this is work hardening in the steel layers.     

The thermal fatigue behavior of the combustor alloys In 617 and HAYNES 230 before and after welding

The nickel-base alloys IN 617 and HAYNES 230 for welded high-temperature components have been subjected to thermal fatigue (TF) loading. In a series of TF tests in air, single wedge specimens were induction heated and compressed-air cooled at the leading edge for various temperature cycles between 200 °C and either 850 °C, 950 °C, or 1050 °C. The test rigs permitted simultaneous measurements of temperature and total strain along the edge of specimen during TF cycling. Both materials have been tested in conditions relevant for hot path components in the gas turbines, e.g., “as delivered,” “welded,” and “welded + notched”. Under identical temperature cycles and thermal gradients, HAYNES 230 showed a higher TF strength than IN 617 in the as-delivered condition. It is suggested that this advantage of HAYNES 230 is primarily related to its lower value of the relevant combination of properties of this alloy: coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, elastic modulus, ultimate tensile strength, taken at maximal operating temperature. In addition, the advantage of the HAYNES 230 is described by a lower plastic strain, which is induced at the wedge region during TF loading. Moreover, microstructural details of crack initiation, crack propagation, and reactions with the gaseous environment play an important role. Both alloys investigated in the present work showed plastic deformation with a maximum in the central zone of the wedge tip. In this zone, slip bands and grain distortion occurred, whereas both ends of the wedge tip free of visible plastic deformation. The TF cycles led to multiple transgranular crack initiation and propagation. In welded specimens of IN 617 and HAYNES 230, cracks appeared first in the center of the weld. The susceptibility of welds to TF cracking depends considerably on the weld filler and the surface quality. It was shown for HAYNES 230 that a mismatched weld could reduce the TF life to less than 50 pct of non-welded specimens. The lower TF-fatigue strength of the welded specimens can be explained by the difficulty of the cast alloy in the welded zone to accommodate the repeated thermal shocks by plastic deformation. Notches introduced in the heat-affected zone (depth about 0.1 mm) reduced the TF life of both alloys by a factor as high as 4. The thermal fatigue strength of the welded material can almost reach the values of the base alloy provided the use of matching electrodes, post-weld heat treatment, and grinding off the weld beads is carefully executed.     

Study of welding ultra‐fine grained ferrite steel by CO2 laser

Ultra‐fine grained ferrite steels have higher strength and better toughness than the normal ferrite steels because of their micrometer or sub‐micrometer sized grains. In this paper the ultra‐fine grained steel SS400 is welded by CO₂ laser. The shape of weld, cooling rate of HAZ, width of HAZ, microstructures and mechanical properties of the joint are discussed. Experimental results indicate that laser beam welding can produce weld with a large ratio of depth to width. The cooling rate of HAZ of laser beam welding is fast, the growth of prior austenite grains of HAZ is limited, and the width of weld and HAZ is narrow. The microstructures of weld metal and coarse‐grained HAZ of laser beam welding mainly consist of B_L + M (small amount). With proper laser power and welding speed, good comprehensive mechanical properties can be acquired. The toughness of weld metal and coarse‐grained HAZ are higher than that of base metal. There is no softened zone after laser beam welding. The tensile strength of a welded joint is higher than that of base metal. The welded joint has good bending ductility.     

热处理对高温钛合金TG6铸造组织及性能的影响

对熔模精铸TG6合金进行了热等静压和退火热处理试验,研究了其铸态、热等静压态和退火态的显微组织和力学性能。结果表明,该合金在铸态下为晶粒粗大的魏氏组织,组织中存在缩松缺陷,合金抗拉强度为871.3MPa,塑性0.8%,合金组织中的疏松缺陷为断裂的裂纹起始源;通过热等静压后该合金抗拉强度及伸长率提高到950.7 MPa和3.7%;经过750℃退火热处理后,组织中β板条部分溶解,并析出(TiZr)6Si3硅化物,合金的室温拉伸延伸率提高到5%以上,强度相对于热等静压未发生明显改变,断口表现为解理断裂。     

含钪Al-Zn-Mg-Zr合金薄板材MIG焊接接头的组织与性能

采用新型Al-Mg-Sc-Zr焊丝对含钪Al-Zn-Mg-Zr合金薄板材进行MIG焊,借助显微硬度及拉伸性能测试、OM,SEM,TEM等检测手段对焊接接头的微观组织和性能进行研究。结果表明:焊缝区为典型的铸态组织;热影响区靠近焊缝一侧呈现大量细小等轴晶组织,靠近基材区为纤维状组织和少量再结晶组织;基材区为纤维状组织。焊接接头的显微硬度以焊缝为中心呈近似对称,且中心处硬度值最低;抗拉强度为481 MPa,屈服强度为320MPa,伸长率为10.1%,焊接系数约0.83。同时,焊丝和基材中微量的Sc和Zr元素在合金中形成大量细小且与基体共格的Al3(Sc,Zr)粒子,能显著细化晶粒组织,有效抑制再结晶发生,大大改善焊缝区的力学性能。     

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。     

含钪焊料对2195铝锂合金焊缝组织性能的影响

采用设计的焊丝进行焊接2195铝锂合金试验及焊后热处理试验，通过对焊态焊缝和热处理后的焊缝的拉伸性能、微观组织分析和研究，分析了焊丝中钪的添加，在2195铝锂合金焊缝形成A13(sc1-xZrx)和A13Sc强化相，可以有效的细化焊缝晶粒，改进2195合金焊缝的组织结构，降低焊接裂纹倾向性，显著提高焊缝的强度。     

Microstructure,Tensile and Impact Toughness Properties of Friction Stir Welded Mild Steel

 Microstructure, tensile and impact toughness properties and fracture location of friction stir welded AISI 1018 mild steel are revealed in this paper. The 5 mm thick AISI 1018 mild steel plates were friction stir welded with tool rotational speed of 1000 rpm and welding speed of 50 mm/min with tungsten base alloy tool. Tensile strength of stir zone is higher (8%) when compared to the base metal. This may be due to the formation of finer grains in the weld nugget region under the stirring action of the rotating tool. The ductility and impact toughness of the joints are decreased compared to the base metal and this is due to the inclusion of tungsten particles in the weld region.