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Hydrogen-Induced Cold Cracking in High-Frequency Induction Welded Steel Tubes

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Detailed investigation was carried out on 0.4C steel tubes used for the telescopic front fork of two-wheelers to establish the root cause for the occurrence of transverse cracks at the weld heat-affected zone of the tubes. Fractographic and microstructural observations provide evidences of delayed hydrogen-induced cracking. The beneficial microstructure for avoiding the transverse cracks was found to be the bainitic-martensitic, while martensitic structure was noted to be deleterious.

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The author is grateful to Tube Division, Tata Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur, India for supplying the tube samples. Thanks are due to Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, formerly Research Associate, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur for optical microscopic examination and hardness measurement of the samples. Special thanks are due to Professor U. K. Chatterjee, formerly Professor of IIT Kharagpur, for the valuable discussion and inputs in the preparation of the manuscript.

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    Kumkum Banerjee (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore, 575025, India

    Kumkum Banerjee (Associate Professor)

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Banerjee, K. Hydrogen-Induced Cold Cracking in High-Frequency Induction Welded Steel Tubes. Metall Mater Trans A 47, 1677–1685 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3335-8

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