CORRELATION OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND FRACTURE PROPERTIES IN WELD HEAT-AFFECTED ZONES OF THERMOMECHANICALLY CONTROLLED PROCESSED STEELS
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- Title
- CORRELATION OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND FRACTURE PROPERTIES IN WELD HEAT-AFFECTED ZONES OF THERMOMECHANICALLY CONTROLLED PROCESSED STEELS
- Authors
- KIM, BC; KWON, DG; LEE, SH
- Date Issued
- 1992-10
- Publisher
- MINERALS METALS MATERIALS SOC
- Abstract
- This article presents a correlation study between the microstructural parameters and fracture properties in the weld heat-affected zones (HAZs) of high-strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, i.e., a normalized steel and four thermomechanically controlled processed (TMCP) steels. The influence of the local brittle zone (LBZ) on toughness was investigated by means of simulated HAZ tests as well as welded joint tests. The intercritically reheated coarse-grained HAZ exhibited the lowest impact energy over the testing temperature range, indicating that this region was the LBZ. By comparing the volume fraction of martensite islands with impact energy values, this LBZ was attributed mainly to the significant increase in the amount of martensite. Niobium was also found to have a deleterious effect on the HAZ fracture toughness because of martensite hardening. This suggests that the formation of martensite islands must be controlled by proper design of chemical compositions to reduce the carbon equivalent and by using the proper welding conditions to limit cooling rates in order to optimize the fracture toughness of welded joints of TMCP steels.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/22159
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02651759
- ISSN
- 0360-2133
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, vol. 23, no. 10, page. 2803 - 2816, 1992-10
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