Structure and mechanical properties of welded joints of 14khgn2mdafb steels at the laser - welding

Authors

  • L. I. Markashova Dr. Sc. (Tech.), Prof, Ukraine
  • V. D. Poznyakov Dr. Sc. (Tech.), Corr. Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • O. M. Berdnikova Cand. Sc. (Tech.), Ukraine
  • V. D. Shelyagin Cand. Sc. (Tech.), Ukraine
  • A. V. Bernatskiy Cand. Sc. (Tech.), Ukraine
  • Т. A. Alekseenko Cand. Sc. (Tech.)., Ukraine
  • I. V. Polovetskyi Cand. Sc. (Tech.)., Ukraine

Keywords:

high-strength steel, the laser-welding, welded joints, mechanical properties, metal structure, phase composition, structural parameters, hardening.

Abstract

Annotation. Purpose.  Nowadays, in the manufacture of welded structures of a responsible design, progressive laser welding technologies, which allow obtaining high-quality welded joints by using high welding speeds in the cooling speed range of 30...100°C/s, have been obtained. This significantly increases (more than doubled compared with arc welding) the productivity of the welding process and provides an improvement in the mechanical properties of welded joints. The purpose of this work was to study the features of phase and structural changes in the metal of welded joints of high-strength steel obtained by laser welding and to estimate the effect of laser welding technological parameters on the formed structure and mechanical properties of welded joints. Techniques. The investigations were carried out on welded joints of high-strength 14KhGN2MDAFB steel. Welded joints were obtained at different speeds (18...50 m/h) of laser welding using a technological CO2-laser with a wavelength of 10.6 μm (focal spot diameter 0.4 mm) without the use of filler materials. Structural-phase and concentration changes in chemical elements in the weld metal and in the heataffected zone were studied by methods of optical metallography (microscopes Versamet-2, Neophot-32) and analytical scanning electron microscopy (scanning electron microscope SEM-515 from PHILIPS, The Netherlands). Results. Based on obtained experimental data on different structural levels, analytical estimates were made that show the influence of specific structural parameters (phase composition, grain and subgrain structures) on the mechanical properties of welded joints depending on the laser welding regimes. Scientific novelty. Technological regimes of laser welding of high-strength 14KhGN2MDAFB steel have been determined, which provide the optimal structure and phase composition and thus high indicators of mechanical properties of welded joints. Practical significance. The obtained results showed the prospects of using technological modes of laser welding, which provide the necessary complex of mechanical properties of welded joints by forming the most favorable structure of the weld metal and the heat affected zone.

Author Biographies

L. I. Markashova, Dr. Sc. (Tech.), Prof

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

V. D. Poznyakov, Dr. Sc. (Tech.), Corr. Member of the NAS of Ukraine

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

O. M. Berdnikova, Cand. Sc. (Tech.)

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

V. D. Shelyagin, Cand. Sc. (Tech.)

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

A. V. Bernatskiy, Cand. Sc. (Tech.)

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

Т. A. Alekseenko, Cand. Sc. (Tech.).

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

I. V. Polovetskyi, Cand. Sc. (Tech.).

Paton Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kazimira Malevicha str, 11, 03650, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Published

2017-03-28

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Proceedings in memory of Starodubov