| Title: | Simulation and mechanical properties of fine-grained heat-affected zone microstructure in 18CrNiMo7-6 steel |
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| Authors: | ID Vuherer, Tomaž (Author)
ID Smaili, Fidan (Author)
ID Bjelajac, Edvard (Author)
ID Manjgo, Mirza (Author)
ID Lojen, Gorazd (Author) |
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| Files: |  Vuherer_2022_Simulation_and_Mechanical_Properties.pdf (5,22 MB)
MD5: D53109B3579C632475690028C9EA12BE
 https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196782
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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| Abstract: | Heat-affected zones (HAZs) in real welds are usually quite narrow, and consequently most standard mechanical tests are difficult or even impossible. Therefore, simulated microstructures are often used for mechanical tests. However, the most often used weld thermal cycle simulator produces only a few millimeters wide area of simulated microstructure in the middle of specimens. Consequently, these kind of simulated specimen are not suitable for standard tensile tests, and even for Charpy impact tests, the simulated area can be too narrow. Therefore, to investigate the mechanical properties of a fine-grain heat-affected zone in 18CrNiMo7-6 steel, two methods were used for simulation of as-welded microstructures: (a) a weld thermal cycle simulator, and (b) as an alternative, though not yet verified option, austenitizing in a laboratory furnace + water quenching. The microstructures were compared and mechanical properties investigated. The grain sizes of the simulated specimens were 10.9 μm (water-quenched) and 12.6 μm (simulator), whereby the deviations from the real weld were less than 10%. Both types of simulated specimen were used for hardness measurement, Charpy impact tests, and fatigue tests. Water-quenched specimens were large enough to enable standard tensile testing. A hardness of 425 HV, yield strength Rp02 = 1121 MPa, tensile strength Rm = 1475 MPa, impact energy KV = 73.11 J, and crack propagation threshold ΔKthR = 4.33 MPa m0.5 were obtained with the water quenched specimens, and 419 HV, KV = 101.49 J, and ΔKthR = 3.4 MPa m0.5 with the specimens prepared with the simulator. Comparison of the results confirmed that the annealed and quenched specimens were suitable for mechanical tests of FG HAZs, even for standard tensile tests. Due to the use of simulated test specimens, the mechanical properties determined can be linked to the FG HAZ microstructure in 18CrNiMo7-6 steel. |
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| Keywords: | weld joint, fine-grained HAZ, simulation of microstructure, hardness, impact toughness, tensile properties, fatigue crack growth, 18CrNiMo7-6 steel |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 31.08.2022 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 27.09.2022 |
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| Publication date: | 30.09.2022 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1-14 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 15, št. 19, št. članka 6782 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-91265  |
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| UDC: | 621.791:620.178.6 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1996-1944 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 125181699 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ma15196782 |
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| Copyright: | © 2022 by the authors |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 05.12.2024 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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