J. Gould, L. Lindamood, J. Malpica, P. Lester, Dewei Zhu
A key aspect of integrating automotive sheet into automotive production are the costs associated with joining. While the majority of sheet steel assembly is done with resistance spot welding, that has not readily translated to aluminum. Resistance spot welding of aluminum sheet is challenged by high current demand as well as reduced electrode life. In the latter case, direct current (DC) power supplied by state-of-the-art systems has exacerbated the problem. Recently, technology employing capacitor discharge (CD) welding in conjunction with polarity switching has been developed. This work is a first effort in examining the response of resistance spot welding on aluminum sheet to polarity-switching CD power. In this paper, the current range response between medium-frequency DC (MFDC) and polarity-switching CD was investigated. It was found that polarity-switching CD welding offered improved current ranges over MFDC. In addition, replicate mechanical testing cross-tension results were similar, but tensile shear strengths improved nominally 20–25%. Finally, some limited tests were done to assess the suitability of CD resistance spot welding in the presence of an adhesive. Current range tests with and without a prepulse were done, and both showed excellent weldability.
{"title":"Capacitor Discharge Spot Welding of Aluminum, Part 1: Weldability Assessments","authors":"J. Gould, L. Lindamood, J. Malpica, P. Lester, Dewei Zhu","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.028","url":null,"abstract":"A key aspect of integrating automotive sheet into automotive production are the costs associated with joining. While the majority of sheet steel assembly is done with resistance spot welding, that has not readily translated to aluminum. Resistance spot welding of aluminum sheet is challenged by high current demand as well as reduced electrode life. In the latter case, direct current (DC) power supplied by state-of-the-art systems has exacerbated the problem. Recently, technology employing capacitor discharge (CD) welding in conjunction with polarity switching has been developed. This work is a first effort in examining the response of resistance spot welding on aluminum sheet to polarity-switching CD power. In this paper, the current range response between medium-frequency DC (MFDC) and polarity-switching CD was investigated. It was found that polarity-switching CD welding offered improved current ranges over MFDC. In addition, replicate mechanical testing cross-tension results were similar, but tensile shear strengths improved nominally 20–25%. Finally, some limited tests were done to assess the suitability of CD resistance spot welding in the presence of an adhesive. Current range tests with and without a prepulse were done, and both showed excellent weldability.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47630864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In Ni-based alloys, precipitates that form along grain boundaries (GBs) during terminal solidification have been shown to pin GBs and resist GB sliding, which can cause ductility-dip cracking (DDC). As a result, it is often suggested that the stainless steel skeletal/lacy in a matrix resists DDC because it pins GBs. In the present study, austenitic stainless steels 304, 316, 310, and 321 were quenched with liquid Wood’s metal (75˚C) during welding. Quenching captured the elevated-temperature micro-structure and simultaneously induced cracking, thus revealing the mechanisms of the resistance to DDC. In addition, DDC was much higher in 310 than 304, 316, and 321, which is consistent with results of conventional tests. Both 304 and 316 solidified as columnar grains, with continuous formed along GBs soon after solidification to resist DDC along the GBs. 321 solidified as equiaxed grains of instead of columnar, and the tortuous GBs associated with equiaxed grains resisted DDC. 310, however, solidified as coarse, straight grains with little along the GBs, and solidification GBs migrated to become locally straight. The resulting GBs were long, straight, and naked, which is ideal for DDC. In 304, 316, or 321, skeletal/lacy in a matrix did not exist in the fusion zone near the mushy zone, where DDC occurs. This proved skeletal/lacy cannot resist DDC as often suggested. Instead, the present study identified two new mechanisms of resistance to DDC: 1) formation of continuous or nearly continuous along boundaries of columnar grains and 2) solidification as equiaxed grains.
{"title":"Resistance of Austenitic Stainless Steels to Ductility-Dip Cracking: Mechanisms","authors":"P. Yu, J. Morrow, S. Kou","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.026","url":null,"abstract":"In Ni-based alloys, precipitates that form along grain boundaries (GBs) during terminal solidification have been shown to pin GBs and resist GB sliding, which can cause ductility-dip cracking (DDC). As a result, it is often suggested that the stainless steel skeletal/lacy in a matrix resists DDC because it pins GBs. In the present study, austenitic stainless steels 304, 316, 310, and 321 were quenched with liquid Wood’s metal (75˚C) during welding. Quenching captured the elevated-temperature micro-structure and simultaneously induced cracking, thus revealing the mechanisms of the resistance to DDC. In addition, DDC was much higher in 310 than 304, 316, and 321, which is consistent with results of conventional tests. Both 304 and 316 solidified as columnar grains, with continuous formed along GBs soon after solidification to resist DDC along the GBs. 321 solidified as equiaxed grains of instead of columnar, and the tortuous GBs associated with equiaxed grains resisted DDC. 310, however, solidified as coarse, straight grains with little along the GBs, and solidification GBs migrated to become locally straight. The resulting GBs were long, straight, and naked, which is ideal for DDC. In 304, 316, or 321, skeletal/lacy in a matrix did not exist in the fusion zone near the mushy zone, where DDC occurs. This proved skeletal/lacy cannot resist DDC as often suggested. Instead, the present study identified two new mechanisms of resistance to DDC: 1) formation of continuous or nearly continuous along boundaries of columnar grains and 2) solidification as equiaxed grains.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46249446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Welder-dependent manufacturing is no longer suitable for the modern production of a high-performance nuclear pressure container. The high-quality root pass welding of medium-thick steel plates is the main challenge to obtain a sturdy reactor vessel, especially to generate one-sided welding with back-formation bead without a backing. Herein, low frequency and large duty-cycle pulsed gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) was employed to weld the medium-thick steel plates with a 5-mm root face and 2-mm root opening. The arc characteristic and weld pool dynamic behavior in the proposed GTA root pass welding was investigated by a high-speed camera, and a deflection phenomenon of arc tail flame was first found. The correlations of the characteristic parameters of the arc tail flame, including the deflected angle and length, with the weld joint penetration and welding speed were also analyzed in detail. The results showed a negative correlation to the welding speed and a positive correlation with the weld joint penetration. A sound weld bead was formed at a range from 15 deg and 20 mm to 19 deg and 27mm. Based on the above relationship, a new method using these two characteristic parameters was proposed to identify the weld joint penetration in the root pass welding, and its fundamentals were completely demonstrated by the dynamic change of the keyhole. Its feasibility was also demonstrated by the experiment combined with the weld pool dynamic-dependent theoretical analysis.
{"title":"Joint Penetration Monitoring in Low-Frequency Pulsed GTA Root Pass Welding of Medium-Thick Steel Plates","authors":"Zhengwen Zhu, Gang Zhang, K. Wang, Yu Shi, M. Zhu","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.025","url":null,"abstract":"Welder-dependent manufacturing is no longer suitable for the modern production of a high-performance nuclear pressure container. The high-quality root pass welding of medium-thick steel plates is the main challenge to obtain a sturdy reactor vessel, especially to generate one-sided welding with back-formation bead without a backing. Herein, low frequency and large duty-cycle pulsed gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) was employed to weld the medium-thick steel plates with a 5-mm root face and 2-mm root opening. The arc characteristic and weld pool dynamic behavior in the proposed GTA root pass welding was investigated by a high-speed camera, and a deflection phenomenon of arc tail flame was first found. The correlations of the characteristic parameters of the arc tail flame, including the deflected angle and length, with the weld joint penetration and welding speed were also analyzed in detail. The results showed a negative correlation to the welding speed and a positive correlation with the weld joint penetration. A sound weld bead was formed at a range from 15 deg and 20 mm to 19 deg and 27mm. Based on the above relationship, a new method using these two characteristic parameters was proposed to identify the weld joint penetration in the root pass welding, and its fundamentals were completely demonstrated by the dynamic change of the keyhole. Its feasibility was also demonstrated by the experiment combined with the weld pool dynamic-dependent theoretical analysis.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43879061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Conventional electrospark deposition (ESD) processes used in industry are well suited to the coating and repair of small areas for the purpose of hardfacing, corrosion resistance, or dimensional restoration. Although significant advances have been made in the range of materials that can be processed, the comparatively slow deposition rate limits the potential applications of a traditional manually operated ESD process. In this study, an automated ESD system was demonstrated for the application of Ni-based superalloy (Inconel 718) coatings on Ni- and Fe-based substrates. A preliminary study was used to determine the influence of process parameters on an automated system, with capacitance, voltage, electrode force, and electrode travel speed parameters chosen to provide higher deposition rates while maintaining high deposition quality. A comparison of Inconel 718 and 316L stainless steel substrates found that the influence of substrate composition on coating hardness and coating composition was limited to the first 40um. These results pave the way for ESD of larger-area coatings and longer-duration repairs without the need for human operators.
{"title":"Parametric Study of Automated Electrospark Deposition for Ni-Based Superalloys","authors":"P. Enrique, Stephen Peterkin, N. Zhou","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.021","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional electrospark deposition (ESD) processes used in industry are well suited to the coating and repair of small areas for the purpose of hardfacing, corrosion resistance, or dimensional restoration. Although significant advances have been made in the range of materials that can be processed, the comparatively slow deposition rate limits the potential applications of a traditional manually operated ESD process. In this study, an automated ESD system was demonstrated for the application of Ni-based superalloy (Inconel 718) coatings on Ni- and Fe-based substrates. A preliminary study was used to determine the influence of process parameters on an automated system, with capacitance, voltage, electrode force, and electrode travel speed parameters chosen to provide higher deposition rates while maintaining high deposition quality. A comparison of Inconel 718 and 316L stainless steel substrates found that the influence of substrate composition on coating hardness and coating composition was limited to the first 40um. These results pave the way for ESD of larger-area coatings and longer-duration repairs without the need for human operators.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47519449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Polymers are widely used in automotive parts and fields like mechatronics and biomedical engineering because of their excellent properties, such as high durability and light weight. Welding of polymers has grown to be an important field of research due to its relevance among products of everyday life. Through transmission laser welding (TTLW) has been frequently selected by the contemporary re-searchers in the field of welding as it is relatively modern and more efficient than other welding processes. This pa-per reviews the influence of different processing parameters, including laser power, scanning speed, standoff distance, and clamping pressure. The present article is expected to provide the reader with a comprehensive under-standing of TTLW and research on the aforementioned four welding parameters in TTLW. The significance of finite element modeling, a few simulation studies, different optimization approaches, morphological characteristics, and other behaviors of laser welded polymers will be included in the next part of the review.
{"title":"A State-of-the-Art Review of Laser Welding of Polymers - Part I: Welding Parameters","authors":"Nitesh Kumar, Nikhil Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.019","url":null,"abstract":"Polymers are widely used in automotive parts and fields like mechatronics and biomedical engineering because of their excellent properties, such as high durability and light weight. Welding of polymers has grown to be an important field of research due to its relevance among products of everyday life. Through transmission laser welding (TTLW) has been frequently selected by the contemporary re-searchers in the field of welding as it is relatively modern and more efficient than other welding processes. This pa-per reviews the influence of different processing parameters, including laser power, scanning speed, standoff distance, and clamping pressure. The present article is expected to provide the reader with a comprehensive under-standing of TTLW and research on the aforementioned four welding parameters in TTLW. The significance of finite element modeling, a few simulation studies, different optimization approaches, morphological characteristics, and other behaviors of laser welded polymers will be included in the next part of the review.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45024875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Pessoa, A. Bracarense, V. Santos, R. R. Marinho, Henrique Leite Assunção, F. Rizzo
Wet welding procedures of Class A structural ship steels frequently fail to comply with the American Welding Society (AWS) D3.6M, Underwater Welding Code, in the maximum hardness criterion for the heat-affected zone (HAZ). The maximum hardness accepted in a welded joint is 325 HV for higher-strength steel (yield strength > 350 MPa). In multi-pass welds, this problem occurs frequently and is restricted to the HAZ of the capping passes. The HAZ of the root and filling passes are softened by the reheating promoted by their respective subsequent passes. This paper presents the results of exploratory research into postweld underwater electromagnetic induction heating. The objective of the research was to evaluate the ability of induction heating to soften the specific high-hardness HAZs in underwater conditions. The results showed that this technique could reduce the maximum HAZ hardness of low-carbon structural ship steel welds to values below 325 HV, which is the maximum accepted by AWS for Class A welds. The induction-heated zone reached a maximum depth of about 10 mm, which is considered adequate to treat the HAZ of cap-ping passes in underwater wet welds.
{"title":"Post Underwater Wet Welding Heat Treatment by Underwater Wet Induction Heating","authors":"E. Pessoa, A. Bracarense, V. Santos, R. R. Marinho, Henrique Leite Assunção, F. Rizzo","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.020","url":null,"abstract":"Wet welding procedures of Class A structural ship steels frequently fail to comply with the American Welding Society (AWS) D3.6M, Underwater Welding Code, in the maximum hardness criterion for the heat-affected zone (HAZ). The maximum hardness accepted in a welded joint is 325 HV for higher-strength steel (yield strength > 350 MPa). In multi-pass welds, this problem occurs frequently and is restricted to the HAZ of the capping passes. The HAZ of the root and filling passes are softened by the reheating promoted by their respective subsequent passes. This paper presents the results of exploratory research into postweld underwater electromagnetic induction heating. The objective of the research was to evaluate the ability of induction heating to soften the specific high-hardness HAZs in underwater conditions. The results showed that this technique could reduce the maximum HAZ hardness of low-carbon structural ship steel welds to values below 325 HV, which is the maximum accepted by AWS for Class A welds. The induction-heated zone reached a maximum depth of about 10 mm, which is considered adequate to treat the HAZ of cap-ping passes in underwater wet welds.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48269658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Shehryar Khan, E. Biro, Yixiang Zhou, A. Macwan
During laser welding of an Al-Si coated 22MnB5 steel to produce tailor-welded blanks, the Al-Si coating mixes into the weld and causes the formation of the lower strength ferrite phase dispersed in an otherwise martensitic matrix. It has been shown that the presence of the ferrite phase is the principal reason for premature failure of hot-stamped laser-welded joints. Currently, the Al-Si coating is removed prior to welding, which can be time consuming. This work showed that adding Ni to the fusion zone of laser welded Al-Si coated 22MnB5 steel by welding through a pure Ni coating of a specified thickness, ferrite formation can be suppressed, whereby improving the weld strength and successfully shifting failure from the fusion zone, where it normally occurs, to the base material to achieve 100%joint strength. This work also showed that laser welding Al-Si coated 22MnB5 steel through a Ni coating eliminated the need to mechanically or chemically remove the Al-Si coating prior to welding.
{"title":"∝-Ferrite Suppression during Fiber Laser Welding of Al-Si Coated 22MnB5 Press-Hardened Steel","authors":"Muhammad Shehryar Khan, E. Biro, Yixiang Zhou, A. Macwan","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.018","url":null,"abstract":"During laser welding of an Al-Si coated 22MnB5 steel to produce tailor-welded blanks, the Al-Si coating mixes into the weld and causes the formation of the lower strength ferrite phase dispersed in an otherwise martensitic matrix. It has been shown that the presence of the ferrite phase is the principal reason for premature failure of hot-stamped laser-welded joints. Currently, the Al-Si coating is removed prior to welding, which can be time consuming. This work showed that adding Ni to the fusion zone of laser welded Al-Si coated 22MnB5 steel by welding through a pure Ni coating of a specified thickness, ferrite formation can be suppressed, whereby improving the weld strength and successfully shifting failure from the fusion zone, where it normally occurs, to the base material to achieve 100%joint strength. This work also showed that laser welding Al-Si coated 22MnB5 steel through a Ni coating eliminated the need to mechanically or chemically remove the Al-Si coating prior to welding.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48409058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tong Zhao, Deqing Mo, Li Yu, Yu Wang, Jun Li, Xue Li, D. Liu, Xiao Kun Wang, H. Gong
A Si3N4 ceramic was successfully joined to molybdenum(Mo) using an Ag-Cu-Ti filler alloy. The interfacial microstructure of the Si3N4/Ag-Cu-Ti/Mo joint was investigated by scanning an electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometer, and x-ray diffraction. The results showed the joint brazed at 900˚C for 10 min was smooth, and there were no holes and cracks at the interface. A continuous reaction layer, which is composed of TiN and TiSi2, was formed near the Si3N4 ceramic, with TiN being located near the ceramic. The central part of the joint was composed of Ag- and Cu-based solid solutions. At the side near the Mo metal, there was a formation of the MoTi solid solution. The typical structure of the Si3N4/Mo joint was Si3N4/TiN TiSi2 reaction layer/Ag(s,s) Cu(s,s)/MoTi/Mo. Because TiN and TiSi2 com-pounds are generated on the ceramic side, the microhardness of the reaction layer on the ceramic side was de-creased but still much higher than the hardness of the brazing seam and the Mo base material. The shear strength of the brazed joint was 204 MPa at room temperature.
{"title":"Brazing Si3N4 Ceramic to Molybdenum Using an Ag-Cu-Ti Filler","authors":"Tong Zhao, Deqing Mo, Li Yu, Yu Wang, Jun Li, Xue Li, D. Liu, Xiao Kun Wang, H. Gong","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.017","url":null,"abstract":"A Si3N4 ceramic was successfully joined to molybdenum(Mo) using an Ag-Cu-Ti filler alloy. The interfacial microstructure of the Si3N4/Ag-Cu-Ti/Mo joint was investigated by scanning an electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometer, and x-ray diffraction. The results showed the joint brazed at 900˚C for 10 min was smooth, and there were no holes and cracks at the interface. A continuous reaction layer, which is composed of TiN and TiSi2, was formed near the Si3N4 ceramic, with TiN being located near the ceramic. The central part of the joint was composed of Ag- and Cu-based solid solutions. At the side near the Mo metal, there was a formation of the MoTi solid solution. The typical structure of the Si3N4/Mo joint was Si3N4/TiN TiSi2 reaction layer/Ag(s,s) Cu(s,s)/MoTi/Mo. Because TiN and TiSi2 com-pounds are generated on the ceramic side, the microhardness of the reaction layer on the ceramic side was de-creased but still much higher than the hardness of the brazing seam and the Mo base material. The shear strength of the brazed joint was 204 MPa at room temperature.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45140311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Weld residual stress can contribute to the reduction of structure lifetime and accelerate the formation of fatigue cracks, brittle fractures, or stress corrosion cracking. Distortion can have a significant impact on the dimensional ac-curacy of assembly, structure strength, and fabrication cost. In the past two decades, there have been many significant and exciting developments in the prediction and mitigation of weld residual stress and distortion. This paper reviews the recent advances in mitigation techniques that have been applied in the structure design, manufacturing, and postweld stages. The techniques used in the structure design stage include selecting the type of weld joint and weld groove, using balanced welding, determining appropriate plate thickness and stiffener spacing, and considering distortion compensation. Mitigation techniques used in the manufacturing stage include welding sequence optimization, reducing welding heating input, selecting low-transformation-temperature filler metals, prebending, precambering, constraints, trailing and stationary cooling, in-processing rolling, transient thermal tensioning, and additional heat sources. Postweld mitigation techniques include postweld heating and mechanical treatment. Finally, the remaining challenges and new development needs were discussed to guide future development in the field of mitigating weld residual stress and distortion.
{"title":"Recent Advances in the Prediction of Weld Residual Stress and Distortion - Part 2","authors":"Yu-ping Yang","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.016","url":null,"abstract":"Weld residual stress can contribute to the reduction of structure lifetime and accelerate the formation of fatigue cracks, brittle fractures, or stress corrosion cracking. Distortion can have a significant impact on the dimensional ac-curacy of assembly, structure strength, and fabrication cost. In the past two decades, there have been many significant and exciting developments in the prediction and mitigation of weld residual stress and distortion. This paper reviews the recent advances in mitigation techniques that have been applied in the structure design, manufacturing, and postweld stages. The techniques used in the structure design stage include selecting the type of weld joint and weld groove, using balanced welding, determining appropriate plate thickness and stiffener spacing, and considering distortion compensation. Mitigation techniques used in the manufacturing stage include welding sequence optimization, reducing welding heating input, selecting low-transformation-temperature filler metals, prebending, precambering, constraints, trailing and stationary cooling, in-processing rolling, transient thermal tensioning, and additional heat sources. Postweld mitigation techniques include postweld heating and mechanical treatment. Finally, the remaining challenges and new development needs were discussed to guide future development in the field of mitigating weld residual stress and distortion.","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47486248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Residual stresses and distortions are the result of complex interactions between welding heat input, the material’s high-temperature response, and joint constraint conditions. Both weld residual stress and distortion can significantly impair the performance and reliability of welded structures. In the past two decades, there have been many significant and exciting developments in the prediction and mitigation of weld residual stress and distortion. This paper reviews the recent advances in the prediction of weld residual stress and distortion by focusing on the numerical modeling theory and methods. The prediction methods covered in this paper include a thermo-mechanical-metallurgical method, simplified analysis methods, friction stir welding modeling methods, buckling distortion prediction methods, a welding cloud computational method, integrated manufacturing process modeling, and integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) weld modeling. Remaining challenges and new developments are also discussed to guide future predictions of weld residual stress and
{"title":"Recent Advances in the Prediction of Weld Residual Stress and Distortion - Part 1","authors":"Yu-ping Yang","doi":"10.29391/2021.100.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29391/2021.100.013","url":null,"abstract":"Residual stresses and distortions are the result of complex interactions between welding heat input, the material’s high-temperature response, and joint constraint conditions. Both weld residual stress and distortion can significantly impair the performance and reliability of welded structures. In the past two decades, there have been many significant and exciting developments in the prediction and mitigation of weld residual stress and distortion. This paper reviews the recent advances in the prediction of weld residual stress and distortion by focusing on the numerical modeling theory and methods. The prediction methods covered in this paper include a thermo-mechanical-metallurgical method, simplified analysis methods, friction stir welding modeling methods, buckling distortion prediction methods, a welding cloud computational method, integrated manufacturing process modeling, and integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) weld modeling. Remaining challenges and new developments are also discussed to guide future predictions of weld residual stress and","PeriodicalId":23681,"journal":{"name":"Welding Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45405078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}