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Comparision of Heat Affected Zone in Welded Joints
Comparision of Heat Affected Zone in Welded Joints
Comparision of Heat Affected Zone in Welded Joints
JOINTS
WELDED STRUCTURE
The structure of the welded region is very much different than
that of the base metal. After welding the structure becomes just
like normalised steel, ie. the structure contains fine lamella of
pearlite.
Since the welding temperature was only just above A3 line and
it was allowed to cool in air at room temperature we obtained
normalised structure.
The grains are more finer when they are nearer to the base
metal. Thermal cycles cause residual stress and cold cracking
inclination in the weld region. It decreases the tensile strength
of the material.