An Experimental and Numerical Approach for the Welding Effects on the Duplex Stainless Steel Microstructure

AUTOR(ES)

Xavier, Carlos Roberto, Delgado Junior, Horácio Guimarães, Castro, José Adilson de

FONTE

Mat. Res.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2015-06

RESUMO

Key microstructural changes that occur when Duplex Stainless Steels (DSS) are welded could be evaluated when bead-on-plate welding was carried out on a 2205 DSS by the GMAW process. By using numerical simulations, it was possible to calculate locally the heating and cooling rates taking place during the 2205 DSS welding and discuss its correlation to the microstructural changes experimented by the parent metal. Results showed that increasing heat input has promoted the ferritic grain growth with a slight reduction in the austenite content present at the high temperature heat affected zone (HTHAZ), whereas the cooling rates remained above from those reported as critical for sigma phase precipitation in 2205 DSS. Furthermore, nitrogen has proved to be an effective austenite former at the fusion zone (FZ), which can contributes to get a balanced microstructure in DSS welds in contrast to the effects from the elevated cooling rates.

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