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In many industrial steel construction branches, like mobile cranes and the offshore sector, high-strength fine-grained structural steels with a yield strength of over 690 MPa have long been used. To guarantee the necessary load-bearing capacity, the welding processing of these steels requires reliable knowledge of the complex interaction between the welding process, its underlying heat input and corresponding cooling conditions, chemical composition of base and filler materials, and resulting metallurgical phenomena in the weld seam and HAZ. Microalloying elements such as Ti and Nb make an indispensable contribution to increasing the strength by precipitation hardening. Previous investigation has shown that significant influence of the microalloying elements on the phase transformation can be assumed regarding the hardening and/or softening of the heat-affected zone. The standard specs for the chemical composition according to DIN EN 10025-6 often just specify chemical limitations for the manufacturer to achieve the desired mechanical properties. The effect of the alloying elements and the corresponding precipitates (carbides and/or nitrides) is sometimes entirely contrary, especially in case of dissolution and re-precipitation in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) with identical filler metal. This makes an adequate prediction of the batch dependency with regard to weldability and the load-bearing capacity of the welded joint difficult. The joining of these steels is mainly carried out by gas metal arc welding (GMAW). Modern inverter welding sources and micro-electronics control technology enabled the use of controlled arc variants, such as the modified spray arc (Mod. SA). Several characteristics from this arc variant e.g. reduced weld seam opening angles and increased deposition rates. Whereby this high heat exposure can have a negative effect on the phase transformation in the HAZ. An undesirable property is the softening of the HAZ, as well as the opposite effect of hardening.
Modern arc processes, such as the modified spray arc (Mod. SA), have been developed for gas metal arc welding of high-strength structural steels with which even narrow weld seams can be welded. High-strength joints are subjected to increasingly stringent requirements in terms of welding processing and the resulting component performance. In the present work, this challenge is to be met by clarifying the influences on hydrogen-assisted cracking (HAC) in a high-strength structural steel S960QL. Adapted samples analogous to the self-restraint TEKKEN test are used and analyzed with respect to crack formation, microstructure, diffusible hydrogen concentration and residual stresses. The variation of the seam opening angle of the test seams is between 30° and 60°. To prevent HAC, the effectiveness of a dehydrogenation heat treatment (DHT) from the welding heat is investigated.
As a result, the weld metals produced at reduced weld opening angle show slightly higher hydrogen concentrations on average. In addition, increased micro- as well as macro-crack formation can be observed on these weld metal samples. On all samples without DHT, cracks in the root notch occur due to HAC, which can be prevented by DHT immediately after welding.
Der Einsatz von hochfesten niedriglegierten Stählen (HSLA) ist in vielen Industriesektoren, wie dem allgemeinen Bauwesen, Offshore Strukturen, Mobilkranbau usw. unumgänglich geworden. Die steigende Nachfrage an Stählen mit einer hohen Festigkeit und gleichzeitig hervorragenden Zähigkeit stellt ein ökonomisches und ökologisches Potential dieser Stähle in Vordergrund. Aktuell gültige Normvorgaben (EN ISO 10025-6) geben den Stahlherstellern Vorgaben bezüglich der chemischen Zusammensetzung, um die geforderten mechanischen Eigenschaften erreichen zu können. Die Legierungsrouten variieren jedoch von Hersteller zu Hersteller. In Betracht der Schweißeignung dieser Stähle zeigt sich das Problem, dass diese bereits bei geringen Nb- und Ti-Mikrolegierungsunterschieden im Grundwerkstoff ein divergentes metallurgisches Verhalten in der Wärmeeinflusszone (WEZ) aufweisen.
In diesem Vortrag werden die schweiß-metallurgischen Unterschiede zwischen verschieden mikrolegiertem hochfestem Feinkornbaustahl S690QL thematisiert. Zur Prüfung der Schweißnahtfestigkeit wurden mittels eines instrumentierten DIC (ARAMIS) Systems Querzugversuche an Schweiß-Querflachzugproben durchgeführt.
Microalloying elements, such as Nb and Ti, are essential for significantly increasing the strength of quenched and tempered, high-strength structural steels with a nominal yield strength ≥ 690 MPa and their welded joints. The standard specifications (e.g., EN 10025-6) for the chemical composition are only tolerated limit contents within which the steel manufacturers operate. The standard composition, however, says nothing per se about the properties of the material. Even small deviations in the alloy route can have a drastic effect on the mechanical properties. This makes it difficult or even impossible to adequately predict the weldability and integrity of the welded joint. An undesirable side effect is the possible softening of the heat-affected zone (HAZ), as well as the opposite hardening.Mechanical-technological investigations of the notched impact strength confirm the results of the simulation regarding the development of different microalloy routes in the welded state. From this, the influence of the heat effect of welding on the microstructure formation in the HAZ and the corresponding mechanical properties can be described qualitatively.
For a significant increase in the strength of high-strength fine-grained structural steels with a nominal yield strength ≥690 MPa, the addition of microalloying elements such as Nb and Ti is required. The standard specifications for the chemical composition of these steels (e.g., in EN 10025-6) often only give the manufacturer limit contents to achieve the defined properties. The effect of the alloying elements in the heat affected zone (HAZ) is sometimes completely contrary.
This makes it difficult to adequately predict the batch dependency regarding weldability and the load-bearing behaviour of the welded joint. Three different micro-alloyed steels of the grade S690QL were produced on a laboratory scale, focusing on different Nb and Ti contents. To investigate the tempering effect, these were gas metal arc welded in three layers. In addition to metallographic investigations of individual HAZ areas, thermodynamic phase calculations were carried out using Thermo-Calc, following variations in the chemical composition. This provides an understanding of phase transformation, precipitation growth, and dissolution during welding as a function of temperature and cooling conditions. The results show
a divergent metallurgical behaviour in the HAZ of the three different micro-alloyed steels. Thereby, the Ti micro-alloyed grade showed a strong softening of the HAZ in contrast to the Nb micro-alloyed grade. This can be attributed to a contrary precipitation behaviour during welding.