scholarly journals Research of the Fatigue Life of Welded Joints of High Strength Steel S960 QL Created Using Laser and Electron Beams

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Sága ◽  
Mária Blatnická ◽  
Miroslav Blatnický ◽  
Ján Dižo ◽  
Juraj Gerlici

This study investigated the fatigue life of welded joints, in particular, the welds of the high-strength steel S960 QL. The welds were created using unconventional technologies by utilising laser and electron beams. The direct application of the research is intended to be carried out through implementing the results towards the design of tracks for the track-wheel chassis of the demining system Božena 5. The producer’s experience shows the damage found in the current track design. The damage occurred during reversing the vehicle on a sand surface. Our goal was to solve this problem. The information acquired in this research will be a very important input factor for further designs of the track made of the tested material and its welds. The analysis of the residual stresses was also part of this study. The experimental research of the tested material’s fatigue life and welded joints was realised on the specimens loaded using cyclic bending and cyclic torsion. These loads were dominant during the track operation. The fatigue life of the tested material was detected using a device designed by us. The measurement results were processed in the form of the Wöhler’s S–N curves (alternating stress versus number cycles to failure) and compared with the current regulations issued by the International Institute of Welding (IIW) in the form of the FAT curves (IIW fatigue class). The achieved research results indicate that the modern welding technologies (laser and electron beams) used on the high-strength steel had no principal influence on the fatigue life of the tested material.

2018 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 05013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kopas ◽  
Milan Sága ◽  
František Nový ◽  
Bohuš Leitner

The article presents the results of research on low cycle fatigue strength of laser welded joints vs. non-welded material of high-strength steel DOMEX 700 MC. The tests were performed under load controlled using the total strain amplitude ɛac. The operating principle of the special electro-mechanic fatigue testing equipment with a suitable clamping system was working on 35 Hz frequency. Fatigue life analysis was conducted based on the Manson-Coffin-Basquin equation, which made it possible to determine fatigue parameters. Studies have shown differences in the fatigue life of original specimens and laser welded joints analysed, where laser welded joints showed lower fatigue resistance. In this article a numerical analysis of stresses generated in bending fatigue specimens has been performed employing the commercially available FEM-program ADINA.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 4590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus J. Ottersböck ◽  
Martin Leitner ◽  
Michael Stoschka ◽  
Wilhelm Maurer

The division of the total fatigue life into different stages such as crack initiation and propagation is an important issue in regard to an improved fatigue assessment especially for high-strength welded joints. The transition between these stages is fluent, whereas the threshold between the two phases is referred to as technical crack initiation. This work presents a procedure to track crack initiation and propagation during fatigue tests of ultra high-strength steel welded joints. The method utilizes digital image correlation to calculate a distortion field of the specimens’ surface enabling the identification and measurement of cracks along the weld toe arising during the fatigue test. Hence, technical crack initiation of each specimen can be derived. An evaluation for ten ultra high-strength steel butt joints reveals, that for this superior strength steel grade more than 50% of fatigue life is spent up to a crack depth of 0.5 mm, which can be defined as initial crack. Furthermore, a notch-stress based fatigue assessment of these specimens considering the actual weld topography and crack initiation and propagation phase is performed. The results point out that two phase models considering both phases enable an increased accuracy of service life assessment.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 2156-2163 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Corigliano ◽  
V. Crupi ◽  
G. Epasto ◽  
E. Guglielmino ◽  
G. Risitano

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
O.A. Gaivoronskyi ◽  
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V.D. Poznyakov ◽  
O.M. Berdnikova ◽  
T.O. Alekseenko ◽  
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