Effect of microstructure on impact toughness of pulsed current GTA welded α-β titanium alloy

Materials Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1102-1106

  Balasubramanian, M ^a   Jayabalan, V ^b   Balasubramanian, V ^c  

^a Maamallan Institute of Technology   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Gas tungsten arc welding; Impact toughness; Pulsed current; Ti 64; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

CONTINUOUS CURRENT PROCESS; GAS TUNGSTEN ARC (GTA) WELDING; PREFERENTIAL SITES; PULSED CURRENTS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 37449011386     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2007.07.065     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. S M., and W S. Application of artificial neural networks for modeling correlations in titanium alloy. Journal of Material Science and Engineering A365 (2004) 202-211
2. Qi Y., Ju D., Hong Q., and Zeng L. Electron beam welding, laser beam welding and gas tungsten arc welding of titanium sheet. Materials Science and Engineering A280 (2000) 177-181
3. Wang S.H., and Wei M.S. Tensile properties of gas tungsten arc weldments in CP, Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-15V-3Al-3Sn-3Cr alloys at different strain rates'. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 9 (2004) 415
4. Madhusudhan Reddy G., Gokhale A.A., and Prasad Rao K. Journal of Material Science 32 (1997) 4117-4126
5. Madhusudhan Reddy G., Gokhale A.A., and Prasad Rao K. Optimization of pulse frequency in pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding of Al-Lithium alloy steel's. Journal of Material Science and Technology 14 (1998) 61-66
6. Ravi Vishnu P. Welding in the World 35 (1995) 214
7. Grill A. Metallurgical Transactions 12B (1981) 187
8. Sundaresan S., Janaki Ram G.D., and Madhusudhan Reddy G. Microstructural refinement of weld fusion zones in Alpha-Beta titanium alloy using pulsed current welding. Material Science and Engineering A262 (1999) 88-100
9. Sundaresan S., and Janaki Ram G.D. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 4 (1999) 151
10. Prasad Rao K. Fusion zone grain refinement in GTA welds using magnetic arc oscillation and current pulsing. RAMP (2001) 176-196
11. Zhou W., and Chew K.G. Effects of welding on impact toughness of butt-joints in titanium alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A347 (2003) 180-185
12. Senthil Kumar T., Balasubramanian V., and Sanavullah M.Y. Effect of pulsed current TIG welding parameters on tensile properties of AA6061 aluminium alloy. Indian Welding Society (2005) 29-39
13. Balasubramanian M., Jayabalan V., and Balasubramanian V. Optimizing the pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding parameter's. Journal of Materials Science and Technology 22 (2006) 821-825
14. M. Balasubramanian, V. Jayabalan and V. Balasubramanian 'A mathematical model to predict impact toughness of pulsed current gas tungsten arc welded titanium alloy', journal of advanced manufacturing technology. (In press).
15. Box G., Hunter W.H., and Hunter J.S. Statistics for Experimenters (1978), John Wiley and sons, New York