<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Currently the welding as a technological process is concerned with special processes, the results of which cannot be checked in a complete degree by subsequent control, test of production what finally causes uncertainty of work of welded constructions. The process of welding is related to the local change of the internal energy of welded system and that leads to the local change of state of material expressing by change of microstructure and mechanical properties. This phenomena decide on the assessment of susceptibility of materials under defined welding condition and estimate of the weldability. It is compound relation and the mechanical behaviour of welded joints is sensitive to the close coupling between modules: heat transfer, microstructure evolution an mechanical fields. Welding process in physical meaning it is jointed with three laws govern mass and heat flow the laws of conservation of: mass, momentum and energy. The knowledge of the run of thermo-dynamical process under welding indicates on the possibility of active modelling and control of welding process with use intensive and extensive parameters. As the weld metal cools in the temperature range 2300 to 1800°K, the dissolved oxygen and deoxidising elements in liquid steel react to form complex oxide inclusions of 0.1 to 1 μm size range. In the temperature range 1800 to 1600°K, solidification of liquid to δ ferrite starts und envelops these oxide inclusions. After δ ferrite transforms to austenite in the temperature range 1100 to 500°K, the austenite transforms to different ferrite morphologies such as ferrite: allotriomorphic, Widmanstättena, and acicular. The macro-mechanical heterogeneity of welded structures is one of their primary features. The heterogeneous nature of the weld joints is characterised by macroscopic dissimilarity in mechanical properties. Numerical weldability analysis is a new powerful research and development tool which is useful for metallurgistics technologist and design engineers. Saying strictly the numerical analysis of weldability comprises thermodynamic, thermomechanical and microstructural modelling of the welding process. The result of this analysis is material susceptibility (SU). The fracture resistance of welded joints is mainly characterised by normalised parameters: SU1 = KIth / KIC for cold cracking or in the exploitation condition by SU2 = δ/δC or J/JC, SU1 ≠ SU2. From above-mentioned equations result that does not exist one global parameter which defines the step of susceptibility SU of base materials has been also executed with use of SINTAP program.</abstract>

Currently the welding as a technological process is concerned with special processes, the results of which cannot be checked in a complete degree by subsequent control, test of production what finally causes uncertainty of work of welded constructions. The process of welding is related to the local change of the internal energy of welded system and that leads to the local change of state of material expressing by change of microstructure and mechanical properties. This phenomena decide on the assessment of susceptibility of materials under defined welding condition and estimate of the weldability. It is compound relation and the mechanical behaviour of welded joints is sensitive to the close coupling between modules: heat transfer, microstructure evolution an mechanical fields. Welding process in physical meaning it is jointed with three laws govern mass and heat flow the laws of conservation of: mass, momentum and energy. The knowledge of the run of thermo-dynamical process under welding indicates on the possibility of active modelling and control of welding process with use intensive and extensive parameters. As the weld metal cools in the temperature range 2300 to 1800°K, the dissolved oxygen and deoxidising elements in liquid steel react to form complex oxide inclusions of 0.1 to 1 μm size range. In the temperature range 1800 to 1600°K, solidification of liquid to δ ferrite starts und envelops these oxide inclusions. After δ ferrite transforms to austenite in the temperature range 1100 to 500°K, the austenite transforms to different ferrite morphologies such as ferrite: allotriomorphic, Widmanstättena, and acicular. The macro-mechanical heterogeneity of welded structures is one of their primary features. The heterogeneous nature of the weld joints is characterised by macroscopic dissimilarity in mechanical properties. Numerical weldability analysis is a new powerful research and development tool which is useful for metallurgistics technologist and design engineers. Saying strictly the numerical analysis of weldability comprises thermodynamic, thermomechanical and microstructural modelling of the welding process. The result of this analysis is material susceptibility (SU). The fracture resistance of welded joints is mainly characterised by normalised parameters: SU1 = KIth / KIC for cold cracking or in the exploitation condition by SU2 = δ/δC or J/JC, SU1 ≠ SU2. From above-mentioned equations result that does not exist one global parameter which defines the step of susceptibility SU of base materials has been also executed with use of SINTAP program.

The influence of the constraint effect on the mechanical properties and weldability of the mismatched weld joints

University of Technology and Life Science, Bydgoszcz, POLAND

Polish Maritime Research

Currently the welding as a technological process is concerned with special processes, the results of which cannot be checked in a complete degree by subsequent...

The influence of the constraint effect on the mechanical properties and weldability of the mismatched weld joints

Publicado en línea: 20 jul 2012

Páginas: 39 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-012-0013-7

Palabras clave
weld joint, weldability, weldability analysis, thermal cycle, heat source model, heat flow analysis, heat affected zone

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The influence of the constraint effect on the mechanical properties and weldability of the mismatched weld joints

Publicado en línea: 20 jul 2012

Páginas: 39 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-012-0013-7

Palabras claveweld joint, weldability, weldability analysis, thermal cycle, heat source model, heat flow analysis, heat affected zone

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
weld joint, weldability, weldability analysis, thermal cycle, heat source model, heat flow analysis, heat affected zone