Influence of heat input on the Charpy ductile fracture behavior of reheated HAZ in GMAW multilayer welded joints on HSLA steel using digital fractographic analysis
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Charpy energy, Digital Image Processing, Multi-layered GMAW process, Reheated HAZAbstract
The effect of the heat input on the fracture behavior of reheated heat affected zone in multi-layered welded joints of ASTM A633 steel was evaluated using the impact test, fractography, scanning electron microscopy and digital images processing. The impact results indicated a reduction in the Charpy energy as a function of the wire feed rate, which was confirmed by fractographs after digital images processing that showed a decrease in volumetric fractions of micro-dimples in ductile failures accompanying the increase in feed rate, favoring brittle fractures in transgranular cleavage facets containing river marks. The minimum fractions in micro-voids and the largest size of facets showing a higher number of river patterns were found at maximum feed rate of 200 mm·s-1. Heterogeneous microstructure of heat affected zone formed by fine acicular ferrite network surrounded by allotriomorphic ferrite showed that an increase in the feed rate induced a grain refinement by the formation of acicular ferrite, which was linked to the deterioration of absorbed energy and brittle failures.
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