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The microstructure and the distribution of chemical elements in laser-welded joints of Al – Mg – Si alloy 6005-T6 are studied. Segregations of chemical elements are detected over grain boundaries in the heat-affected zones of the welded joints. The joints fracture by the intergrain mechanism. A Gleeble 3800 device is used to determine the temperature dependences of the mechanical properties of the alloy with allowance for the special features of the welding cycle. Amethod for evaluating the sensitivity of welded joints of aluminum alloys to formation of liquation cracks with allowance for the local properties of the metal, the welding conditions, and the rigidity of the construction is suggested.
The formation of acicular ferrite in the structure of weld deposits when welding carbon steels is often associated with the introduction of nonmetallic additives into the electrode material. Fe–alumina composite powders with alumina particles less than 1 µm were used as a filler for cored welding wire and the influence of aluminum oxide additives up to 2,5 wt.% on the structure of the welded seam was studied. It was shown that the addition of aluminum oxide to the welding wire led to the initiation of the formation of intragranular acicular ferrite in the weld deposit and to a more even distribution of hardness through the zones of weld seam.
Numerical models for thermo-mechanical simulation of the welding
residual stresses in laser beam and multi-pass arc welded joints are developed. The models describe the resulting microstructure as a function of the peak temperature, austenization time, cooling time and take into account the microstructure formed after
single or multiple thermal cycles. The results of simulations are validated by neutron diffraction experiments performed on FSD diffractometer at the IBR-2 pulsed reactor in FLNP JINR (Dubna, Russia). The elaborated numerical models are in good agreement
with obtained neutron diffraction data, which enable to study the influence of different conditions and process parameters on the distribution of residual welding stresses.
The Influence of Geometrical and Welding Imperfections on the Strength of Stiffened Structures
(2018)
The strength calculation of stiffened plates and shells via finite element simulation has been part of the state of the art for a long time. Geometrical nonlinearities as well as the nonlinear material behavior are considered within the calculation. To simplify, both types of imperfections, geometrical and structural ones, are mostly combined in these strength calculations being considered as equivalent geometrical imperfections. Values for standard cases are included in EN 1993-1-5 in case of plated structures or 1-6 in case of shells. A second possibility is the separate definition of fabrication tolerances and residual stresses, as far as they are known. With increasing complexity of the structure, less information are however available on geometrical and particularly structural imperfections. Nevertheless, by means of a more realistic consideration of these values, the actual ultimate load can be determined significantly more exactly and the performance of high performance steel structures is increased.
In the investigated cases, deformations and stresses arise mainly due to welding. Therefore, the topic of this article is the application of an analytical numerical hybrid model for predicting imperfections induced by welds. This is presented on an example of a stiffened steel structure and a subsequent ultimate load calculation. At the beginning the analytical model, its physical basis as well as the physical interrelationships are introduced and explained. This is followed by the explanation of the coupling procedure between the analytical model and the numerical calculation for the calculation of weld-induced deformations and residual stresses. The significance of the hybrid model is proven by means of a few sample applications. For a realistic determination of the weld imperfections in the investigated stiffened structure, the coupled hybrid model is used afterwards. An ultimate load analysis gives information about the load carrying behavior under axial loading. The results are compared with the results of an ultimate load analysis from a literature example assuming different eigenvalues with different scaling. The results underline the potential additional utilization of load bearing capacity by this new approach.
The properties of the welded joints of 6082-T6 alloy produced by friction stir welding (FSW) and laser welding(LW) were studied. The maximum temperature and microhardness fields in the friction stir-welded joints were shown to be asymmetrical. The concentrated energy input during laser welding yields a narrow heat-affected zone (HAZ) with sharp changes in mechanical properties. The strength of the FSW joint constitutes 72% and that of the LWjoint—67% of the base metal strength. In case of LW, the minimum hardness of the joint corresponds to the metal of the welded joint, while in case of FSW, it corresponds to the heat-affected zone. At the same maximum heating temperature, the hardness of the heat-affected zone of the friction stir-welded joint is lower compared to laser welding due to substantially lower rates of heating and cooling.
The properties of sandwiches with aluminum foam and the special features of their use in lightweight welded structures are determined. The weldability of such sandwiches in foamed and non-foamed conditions is analyzed under friction stir welding, laser beam welding and short arc welding in protective gas. The process and mechanical properties of the welds are studied. The results are generalized in a catalog that may be useful for materials scientists and designers.
Direct bonding of copper and porous LaCrO₃ without an extra filler interlayer was successfully completed using local and fast Cu‐infiltration through laser cladding. This significantly reduced the susceptibility of the ceramic to cracking. A high‐speed camera investigation into the wetting and infiltration behavior of a Cu‐melt into LaCrO₃ with a porosity of ~63 vol% was performed. By adjusting the focal distance with a constant laser power of 300 W, the Cu‐melt was rapidly infiltrated into the ceramic preform in 10 seconds. This was completed under atmospheric air conditions, without added inert gas. The joining process developed can be used to fabricate ceramic/metal joints with targeted (micro‐) structure properties by adjusting the infiltrated melt and the infiltration depth, which would be suitable for many applications, such as multifunctional devices, solid oxide fuel cells or heating elements.
Welded joints of aluminum alloy 6082-T6 formed by the method of impulse friction stir welding are studied. The effect of the power and frequency of the pulses on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the welded joints is determined. Application of an additional pulse during the welding affects the surface quality and the shape of the weld, the distribution of the oxide layer and of particles of the hardening phase, and the grain size in the zone of dynamic recrystallization.
Knowledge of the properties of dissimilar welds is of great significance for the development of multi-material lightweight structures. In this study, stainless steel (1.4301) and aluminum alloy (6082-T6) sheets were welded in overlap configuration in keyhole mode. The resulting weld metals were investigated with respect to their mechanical properties. Several samples were cut out of different locations along the welds and their cross-sections were subjected to indentation testing and energy dispersive X-ray (EDS) analysis. Young's modulus E, yield stress σy, and strain hardening exponent n, were determined by means of reverse analysis of the indentation load (P) – depth (h) curves, allowing construction of true stress – true strain relations. An essential increase in yield stress in comparison to the one of the base alloys was observed inside the weld metal. In contrary, Young's modulus and strain hardening exponent of the welds were almost identical to corresponding values of the base steel metal. Due to the sensitivity of yield stress to the aluminum content, slight variations of the welding parameters lead to significant changes in elastic-plastic behavior of the weld metal.
The work deals with the elastic-plastic thermo-mechanical deformation process after spot heating of large thin plates. It promotes a new theoretical model of the process. The main target is to clarify the kinetics of the plastic strain formation during thermal straightening and to explore the main interactions. For this purpose, a simplified mechanical problem is formulated and applied. As a result, definite thermo-mechanical relations between temperature, initial strain, and accumulated plastic strain are obtained. Finally, a verification study is presented and discussed. The results contribute to extending the knowledge about the process and to establishing a theoretical background for development of applied analytical or analytical-numerical approaches for practical use in the designing and planning phases in welding production. An application to a particular case is described in an accompanying paper (part 2).
An analytical model based on a theoretical model established in the previous work (part 1) is developed. The analytical model considers the particular case of an instantaneous high-density heat source acting on a thin pre-stressed plate. It calculates the plastic strain and the area of the zone of plastic deformation. A theoretical study is performed in order to quantify the major factors that influence the plastic strain formation. Furthermore, the work presents a calculation procedure for distortion analysis of lar ge and complex structures, intended to be used for solving industrial tasks. The calculation procedure consists of a combination of the analytical solution and an elastic finite element analysis with the aid of the inherent strain approach. Various aspects of its application are also discussed. The calculation procedure is finally explained using a simple example. Its reliability and practicability are demonstrated through verification and validation studies. The work is dedicated to the thermal straightening of thin-walled welded structures; however, it can also be related to other processes.