Showing 2 results for High-Strength Steel
A. Ghaedrahmati, M. Mosallaee Pouryazdi,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (8-2017)
Abstract
A517 is a low alloy high-strength steels that due to its high strength, toughness and weldability is used in ship building and submarine hulks. The welded areas of this steel often require repairs. In this study, the effect of number of welding repair on microstructure and mechanical properties of A517 steel is studied. Four samples (samples without repair, once repaired, twice repaired, and three times repaired) were welded by SMAW welding. Microstructural studies were carried out by using optical and scanning electron (SEM) microscopes. The effect of the number of repairs on mechanical properties of samples were investigated by using tensile, bending, impact and hardness The profile of hardness illustrated that the hardness in the heat affected zone near the base metal increased by repeated repairs while the hardness of this zone reduced in the third repaired sample. By repeating the welding repair, tensile and yield strengths of the welding areas were reduced and fracture impact toughness of heat affected zone at -51○C was increased. Generally, the results of tensile tests of second and third repaired indicated that the strength of these samples were not meet the ASME IX standard requirements, so welding steel A517 in the second and third repairs is not acceptable.
Amir Siavash Mojaver, Saeed Shabestari, Rouholah Ashiri,
Volume 9, Issue 2 (8-2025)
Abstract
In this study, the effects of welding current intensity (9 and 10 kA) and holding time (5 and 40 cycles) on the energy absorption and failure mode of a dissimilar joint between DP590 and HSLA440 steels in the resistance spot welding process were investigated. For this purpose, four parameter combinations were prepared, and a tensile–shear test was performed on each sample. The results showed that increasing the current from 9 to 10 kA at a holding time of 5 cycles led to an increase of about 1 kN in strength; however, at a hold time of 40 cycles, changing the current resulted in a decrease of approximately 1.6 kN in strength. Therefore, the role of current is limited and dependent on the saturation of the weld nugget diameter. In contrast, increasing the hold time from 5 to 40 cycles had the most significant effect, increasing the energy absorption by about 217 J. Failure mode analysis also revealed that samples with longer hold times predominantly exhibited pull-out failure (PF), absorbing significantly more energy compared to interfacial failure (IF). Overall, the results indicate that controlling cooling through increasing the holding time is the most effective factor in enhancing absorbed energy and altering the failure mode in DP590/HSLA440 joints.
