Friction stir lap welded advanced high strength steels: Microstructure and mechanical properties |
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Authors: | M GhoshK Kumar RS Mishra |
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Affiliation: | a Materials Science & Technology Division, CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur 831007, India b Centre for Friction Stir Processing, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, 65409 MO, USA |
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Abstract: | Friction stir welding was carried out under different heat input and cooling rates to produce lap joints between high strength martensitic steel sheets. The microstructure of the welds was characterized, and microhardness was evaluated. Joint efficiency was determined by lap shear test. Variation in processing conditions governed total heat input, peak temperature and cooling rate during friction stir welding. Weld nugget microstructure depended principally on cooling rate. The slowest cooling rate promoted ferrite-pearlite and the fastest cooling rate resulted in martensite formation in the weld nugget. The weakest region of all the joints was the heat affected zone, which consists of ferrite with small quantities of pearlite. Fracture during shear testing occurred along the heat affected zone of welded joints. The width and grain size of ferrite in heat affected zone controlled the joint efficiency. |
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Keywords: | Friction stir welding Steel Martensite Hardness |
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