RAPID SOLIDIFICATION IN LASER-WELDING OF STAINLESS-STEELS

ZAMBON, ANDREA
BONOLLO, FRANCO

Publication date

January 1994

DOI

Publisher

Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598

ISSN

0921-5093

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Abstract

The microstructural characterization of both weld beads and heat affected zones (HAZ) was carried out on austenitic (AISI 304, 316) and duplex (UNS 31803) stainless steels, laser welded under various working parameters (power, traverse speed, shielding gas), by means of light microscopy, SEM, TEM, and image analysis, with the aim of pointing out changes in the amounts of the present phases, with respect to those predicted by equilibrium diagrams. Moreover, an analytical thermal model of laser beam welding was employed in order to evaluate the cooling rates involved in the process. The thermal field analysis, checked by comparing the calculated and the actual weld beads, has been used as a tool aimed at correlating cooling rates and micro...