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Effect of PWHT on laser-welded duplex stainless steel : the effects of postweld heat treatments on the microstructure, tensile behavior, and corrosion resistance of laser-welded duplex stainless steel were investigated.
(2020) Magalhaes, Aparecida Silva; Magalhães, Charles Henrique Xavier Morais; Lima, Milton Sérgio Fernandes de; Alves, Juliane Ribeiro da Cruz; Godefroid, Leonardo Barbosa; Bertazzoli, Rodnei; Faria, Geraldo Lúcio de
The welded joints of duplex stainless steels (DSSs) have been widely used in petrochemical, nuclear, pulp, and paper industries. Welds require a good, superficial finishing and a combination of mechanical and corrosion properties in these types of high-quality, demanding applications. Even though laser welding promotes narrow weld beads and a small heataffected zone, when it is applied to DSSs, it can produce dangerous microstructural discontinuities. In this context, the effects of subsequent heat treatments on the microstructure, corrosion resistance, microhardness, and tensile properties of DSS laser-welded joints are investigated. In this study, samples of UNS S32304 DSS were submitted to two different conditions of laser welding. Subsequently, the plates submitted to the best welding condition were subjected to isothermal heat treatments at different temperatures (850°, 950°, 1050°, and 1150°C) for 10 min. Then they were microstructurally characterized. Phase fraction measurements and microhardness tests were performed. Based on the obtained results, postweld heat-treated samples at 1150°C, which is the best condition, were subjected to corrosion and tensile tests. It was possible to conclude the corrosion properties of the welded joint were significantly improved after the heat treatment. However, the mechanical behavior was strongly influenced by the presence of volumetric discontinuities and intermetallic compounds, which considerably deteriorated the mechanical strength of the material.
Weldability and mechanical behavior of laser-welded TRIP 750 steel sheets.
(2020) Gonçalves, Thais Soares; Faria, Geraldo Lúcio de; Siqueira, Rafael Humberto Mota de; Lima, Milton Sérgio Fernandes de
Transformation-induced plasticity steels have been developed and widely applied in the automotive and aerospace industries. They exhibit ductility and mechanical strength associated with a high formability due to their complex microstructure of bainiteassociated pro-eutectoid ferrite and significant retained austenite fractions. The weldability of these steels is limited by the high content of alloying elements in the composition, causing the thermal cycle to modify the carefully designed microstructure, which in turn generates unsatisfactory weld mechanical properties. Laser welding has a relatively low thermal input, and, therefore, a narrow heat-affected zone is obtained. As known, the literature had not been definitively reported the microstructural features of the fusion and the heat-affected zones after laser welding of TRIP steels in conjunction with their mechanical behavior. The aim of the present work is to characterize the microstructure and mechanical behavior of laser-welded TRIP steel after uniaxial tensile and Erichsen formability tests. The coupons of TRIP 750 steel sheets were subjected to different laser welding conditions in order to analyze their impact on the microstructure, hardness, and mechanical strength of the material. After some preliminary tests, the laser power was fixed at 900 W and the weld speed fixed at 50 mm/s as the best choice of operating parameters. Under these conditions, the fusion zone was almost completely martensitic, while the heat-affected zone had a mixture of ferrite and martensite. The martensite transformation is corroborated by finite elements analyses as the cooling rate was 4200 °C/s for material at martensite start temperature. The average hardness of the fusion zone was 530 HV and the heat-affected zone was 550 HV, compared with 270 HVof the base material. In terms of mechanical behavior, the tensile strength of the welded coupons was found to reach 740 MPa and the ductility reached 22% in uniform deformation. The Erichsen index for the welded sheets attained 15 mm for a load of 48.5 kN, similar with the non-welded base material. Both in the case of the uniaxial tensile testing and in the Erichsen testing, the fracture occurred in the base material away from the weld, showing a good toughness of the welded component.

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