Optimising process parameters for gas tungsten arc welding of an austenitic stainless steel using genetic algorithm

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vasudevan ◽  
M. V. Kuppuswamy ◽  
A. K. Bhaduri
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc ◽  
Gas Tungsten

scholarly journals Effects of Electromagnetic Stirring on the Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel Weldments by Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Long Jeng ◽  
Dai-Ping Su ◽  
Jing-Ting Lee ◽  
Jiunn-Yuan Huang
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding ◽  
Electromagnetic Stirring ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc ◽  
Welding Defects ◽  
Gas Tungsten ◽  
Notched Tensile Strength

Cast austenitic stainless steel (CASS) often contains high contents of silicon, phosphorus, and sulfur to prompt low melting phases to form in the welds. As a result, welding defects can be induced to degrade the welds. This study’s purpose was to investigate the effects of electromagnetic stirring (EMS) on the CASS weldments. The results showed that the ferrites in the heat affected zone (HAZ) had tortuous grain boundaries, while those that were close to the fusion lines had transformed austenites. EMS could reduce the influence of the welding heat to make the grain boundaries less tortuous and the transformed austenites smaller. Although their temperature profiles were almost the same, the gas-tungsten-arc-welding (GTAW) weld had smaller grains with massive ferrite colonies and more precipitates, while the GTAW+EMS weld had denser ferrite colonies with multi-orientations, but fewer precipitates. The hardness of the base metals and HAZs were typically higher than that of the welds. For both of the welds, the root was the region with the highest hardness. The hardness decreased from the root to the cap regions along the thickness direction. The GTAW weld had a higher hardness than the GTAW+EMS weld. At room temperature, the GTAW+EMS weld had a higher notched tensile strength and elongation than the GTAW weld. This could be attributed to the observation that the GTAW+EMS weld had dense and intersecting dendrites and that more austenites were deformed during tensile testing.

scholarly journals Study on the Mechanical Performance of Dissimilar Butt Joints between Low Ni Medium-Mn and Ni-Cr Austenitic Stainless Steels Processed by Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1439
Author(s):  
I. Reda Ibrahim ◽  
Mahmoud Khedr ◽  
Tamer S. Mahmoud ◽  
Hamed A. Abdel-Aleem ◽  
Atef Hamada
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Butt Joints ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc ◽  
Gas Tungsten

In the present work, dissimilar butt joints between a low-Ni, medium-Mn austenitic stainless steel, M-Mn SS, and a Ni-Cr austenitic stainless steel, Ni-Cr SS, were processed by utilizing the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) technique at different heat inputs. A filler metal of ER308 was employed in the welding process. The filler yields 480 MPa, which is equivalent to the yield strength of M-Mn SS. The microstructural analysis and mechanical performance (i.e., tensile strength and hardness properties) of the concerned joints were studied by using an optical microscope and uniaxial tensile tests, respectively. The results revealed that a duplex structure from austenite matrix and delta ferrite is promoted in the fusion zone (FZ) of the dissimilar joints processed with low and high energy inputs (0.486 kJ/mm and 0.558 kJ/mm). The FZ of the specimens welded at high heat input exhibited the lowest hardness value (151.2 HV) in comparison to heat affected zone (HAZ) (166.3 HV). Moreover, the joints exhibited a low tensile strength of 610 MPa. The achieved strength is significantly lower than the strengths of the base metals (BMs) M-Mn SS and Ni-Cr SS. This is mainly attributed to the inhomogeneous dendritic structure of the FZ with Cr-carbides precipitation.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document