the aim of this paper is to characterize welding of aisi 310 austenitic stainless steel to inconel 657 for use in oil-refining industries. the welds were produced using four types of filler materials; nickel-based alloys designated as inconel 82, a, 617, and 310 ss. the interfaces and heat-affected zones were characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy. interfaces on the two sides...

Microalloyed steels containing copper in order to promote precipitation hardening are one of the approaches adopted to develop new materials with high mechanical strength but minimized carbon content to assure good weldability. Besides that, the thermomechanical processing of such alloys can eliminate the subsequent quench and tempering heat treatments required by conventional steels. The effec...

To support quantitative design of ultra-high-strength (UHS) secondary-hardening steels, the precipitation of cementite prior to the precipitation of the M2C phase is investigated using a model alloy. The microstructure of cementite is investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. Consistent with earlier studies on tempering of Fe-C martensite, lattice imaging of cementite s...

We present results from a systematic study linking material microstructure to monotonic and fatigue properties of NiTi shape memory alloys. We consider Ni-rich materials that are either (1) hot rolled or (2) hot rolled and cold drawn. In addition to the two material processing routes, heat treatments are used to systematically alter material microstructure giving rise to a broad range of therma...