316L stainless steel joined to mild is widespread in several applications reach a requested good association of mechanical properties at lower cost. The activating tungsten inert gas (ATIG) weld was carried out using modified flux composed 76.63% SiO2 + 13.37% Cr2O3 10% NaF meet standard recommendations terms limiting the root penetration. Modified optimal gave depth penetration 1.84 times grea...

The effect of microstructural variations on the tensile and fracture toughness properties of Alloy 718 welds is reviewed. The microstructural parameters surveyed include heat treatment, longterm thermal aging and neutron irradiation. The two heat treatments that were characterized include the conventional heat treatment, per ASTM B637, and a modified heat treatment designed to improve the tough...

Ultrasonic testing of austenitic stainless steel welds is often difficult because the ultrasonic beam is subjected to many perturbations : deviation, partition, distortions and sometimes ghost echoes. These perturbations are due to the anisotropic and heterogeneous metallurgical structure of the welds. We are carrying out a research program in order to evaluate the influence of the main paramet...

The effective assessment of the integrity of welds is a complicated NDE problem that continues to be a challenge. To be able to completely characterize a weld, detailed knowledge of its tensile strength, ductility, hardness, microstructure, macrostructure, and chemical composition is needed. NDE techniques which can provide information on any of these features are extremely important. In this p...

Welding is accompanied by the presence of weld residual stresses, which in case dissimilar metal welds even with post heat treatment cannot be removed completely therefore they should considered when assessing possible welding defects. The measurement stress a very complex procedure and also investigated could not carried out as it part working plant. However, modelling these processes, stresse...

S OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF THE N.V. PHll..IPS' GLOEU,AMPENF ABRIEKEN Reprints of these papers not marked with an asterisk can be obtained free of charge upon application to the Administration of the Research Laboratory, Kastanjelaan, Eindhoven, Netherlands. 1880:' J. ter Berg and G. J. van Wijnen: The porosity of welds (Welding J. 28, 269 S-271 S, 1949, No. ,6). A study of external ...

Laser-enhanced gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is an innovative process recently proposed and developed at the University of Kentucky (Refs. 1–3), shown in Fig. 1. It adds a relatively low-power laser to conventional GMAW, and the objective is to provide an auxiliary force to help detach the droplet at a desired diameter with a desired welding current. In laserenhanced GMAW, the droplet size is a ...

Welded constructions play a vital role in power plant components. Power industry utilization of radiography for integrity of welds is a common practice in the vessel manufacturing industry. Recent developments in the field of ultrasonic utilize Time of Flight Diffraction Technique (ToFD) for evaluation of welds with respect to Engineering Critical Assessment approach for evaluation of welds. Re...

Local strength of friction stir (FS) welds and FS processed aluminium alloys in heat treatable aluminium alloys is dominated by precipitation hardening. Strengthening due to stored dislocations is generally limited to 40MPa, and grain size strengthening is generally less than 10MPa. Local crystallographic texture can cause yield strength variation on the order of 5%. Published models for streng...

The goal of the work is the research of formation mechanism of the spot resistance welds in the case of copper wires with nickel and tin coatings. The existing approaches for investigation of the formation mechanisms of welds of wires with and without coatings are analysed. A new approach for modeling of welding joint formation is offered. The analog model of the heat input during resistance we...