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Effect of Laser Pulse Duration on Tensile and Electrochemical Behavior of Laser-Welded Dual-Phase Steel

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Dual-phase steels having excellent combination of strength and ductility are extensively used in automotive industry for the manufacture of car body structure involving welding and joining significantly. The present study assesses the tensile and electrochemical behavior of butt welded dual-phase 780 steel grade produced using pulsed Nd:YAG laser with varying pulse duration in the range of 1.5 to 3.6 ms. Numerical modeling has been done to know the temperature profile during welding. Systematic analysis of welded joint bead profile, microstructure, tensile test results, and fractographic features revealed the effect of pulse duration on the fusion zone, heat-affected zone softening, and also allowed the estimation of critical size of the soft zone near to the failure location under tensile loading. With an increase in pulse duration, welded joint concavity reduced from 35 to 6% which improved the mechanical performance of the welded joints. Welded joints with higher pulse duration enhanced the resistance against galvanic and pitting corrosion due to the formation of the oxide layer, finer martensitic microstructure in the fusion zone and a smaller amount of weld defects.

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Amrita Kundu gratefully acknowledges the financial support for the project from University Grants Commission, Government of India, under “Start-up-Grant (No.:F.30-103/2015(BSR))”. The authors thank Tata Steel Ltd., India, for the provision of a test material and Centre of Excellence in Phase Transformation and Product Characterisation, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, India, for microhardness facility. Amit Sarkar acknowledges Centre of Excellence in Phase Transformation and Product Characterisation, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, India, for providing fellowship to carry out the present investigation.

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Gandhi, A., Kundu, A., Sarkar, A. et al. Effect of Laser Pulse Duration on Tensile and Electrochemical Behavior of Laser-Welded Dual-Phase Steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 30, 4263–4281 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-05715-2

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