Fig. 1. Microstructures of 0.1C-5Mn medium Mn steel. (a) Under scanning electron microscope; (b) under transmission electron microscopy
Fig. 2. Schematic of laser welding
Fig. 3. Size of tensile specimen
Fig. 4. Metallographic images of joints. (a) HH; (b) LH
Fig. 5. Microstructure morphologies of HAZs in HH joint. (a) FZ; (b) CGHAZ; (c) FGHAZ; (d) ICHAZ; (e) SCHAZ
Fig. 6. Microstructure morphologies of HAZs in LH joints. (a) FZ; (b) FL; (c) FGHAZ; (d) ICHAZ; (e) SCHAZ
Fig. 7. Morphologies of FZs in joints after corrosion. (a) HH, SEM; (b) LH, SEM; (c) HH, TEM; (d) LH, TEM
Fig. 8. Microhardness distributions of joints. (a) HH; (b) LH
Fig. 9. Tensile test results of joints and base materials. (a) Stress-strain curves; (b) local magnification of stress-strain curves; (c) tensile samples
Fig. 10. Morphologies. (a) Base material and joints; (b) fractures in base material; (c) fracture in LH joint; (d) fracture in HH joint
Fig. 11. Erichsen value of tailor-welded blank
Fig. 12. Morphologies of samples after tailor-welded blank Erichsen test
Element | C | Si | Mn | P | S | Al | N | Fe |
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Content | 0.12 | 0.08 | 4.78 | 0.01 | 0.0012 | 0.033 | 0.0062 | Bal. |
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Table 1. Chemical compositions of 0.1C-5Mn medium Mn steel (mass fraction, %)
Sample | Laser power /W | Welding speed /(m·min-1) | Gas flow /(L·min-1) | Heat input /(J·mm-1) | Defocusing /mm |
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LH | 2000 | 4.8 | 15 | 25 | 0 | HH | 2000 | 1.2 | 15 | 100 | 0 |
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Table 2. Process parameters for laser welding
Sample | Yield strength /MPa | Ultimate tensilestrength /MPa | Elongation /% | Product of ultimate tensilestrength and elongation /(GPa%) |
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BM | 601±3 | 773±5 | 38.6±0.2 | 29.84 | LH | 614±4 | 788±4 | 32.4±0.1 | 25.53 | HH | 619±3 | 807±7 | 26.8±0.2 | 21.63 |
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Table 3. Mechanical properties of joints and base materials