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Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties of Thin Titanium Plates Jointed by Coaxial Laser-Plasma Hybrid Welding

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The coaxial laser-plasma hybrid welding provides a novel method for the composition of two heat sources and achieves gently transitional butt joints with wider upper surfaces. The influence of hybrid welding parameters on the weld appearance and composite plasma behaviors had been proved with a significant composite heat source effect previously; the effect of microstructure on its mechanical properties has been investigated and explored in this paper. Finite element computation based on temperature field simulation is conducted to shed more light on the heat distribution characteristics of this novel hybrid welding method. The temperature in the hybrid-dominated region is much higher than that in the laser-dominated region. The tensile strength of the hybrid welded joints is higher than the standard requirement of base metal, and fractured at the base metal with an obvious necking, indicating as ductile fracture. The nanohardness results show the hardness rank order of the weld zone, heat-affected zone and base metal. It is revealed that the grain refinement of acicular α' martensite and fine αg particles, the increase of distribution of the geometric necessary dislocations and the large angle grain boundary proportion in the weld zone contribute to an increase in hardness, tensile strength of the hybrid welded joint of Ti–6Al–4V. It also discloses the reason why the tensile fracture location is on the base metal. This work provides a theoretical and practical basis for the application of thin titanium alloy welding, especially at high welding speed.

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This work was supported by the following grant: GDAS' Project of Science and Technology Development (2020GDASYL–20200301001), Foundation Project of Guangdong Province (2022A1515011118, 2019B1515120081), GDAS' Project of Science and Technology Development (2021GDASYL-20210103085, 2022GDASZH–2022010203, 2023GDASZH–2023010105), The S&T Project of Yangjiang (SDZX2022011, RCZX2023010).

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    Detao Cai, Cong Chen & Yi Zhang

  2. China-Ukraine Belt and Road Joint Laboratory On Materials Joining and Advanced Manufacturing, China-Ukraine Institute of Welding Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, People’s Republic of China

    Detao Cai, Ziyi Luo, Weiqing Liu, Shanguo Han & Khaskin Vladyslav

  3. E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of National Academy of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    Khaskin Vladyslav

  4. Yang Jiang China-Ukraine E. O. PATON Institute of Technology, Yangjiang, People’s Republic of China

    Shanguo Han

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Cai, D., Luo, Z., Liu, W. et al. Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties of Thin Titanium Plates Jointed by Coaxial Laser-Plasma Hybrid Welding. Met. Mater. Int. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-024-01659-z

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