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YE Zetao, LI Yue, MA Longfei, et al.Effect of Liquid Nitrogen Cooling on Microstructure, Residual Stress and Deformation of TC4 Titanium Alloy Laser Welding[J].Electric Welding Machine, 2023, 53(7): 60-66. DOI: 10.7512/j.issn.1001-2303.2023.07.09.
Effect of Liquid Nitrogen Cooling on Microstructure, Residual Stress and Deformation of TC4 Titanium Alloy Laser Welding
Focusing on the problem of large residual stress and welding deformation in laser welding with titanium alloy thin-walled structures, a laser welding method with liquid nitrogen-assisted cooling was proposed for the control of welding deformation, in which liquid nitrogen cooled argon was used as the cooling medium on the surface of the specimen. The laser welding experiment of TC4 titanium alloy lock bottom structure with liquid nitrogen cooling was carried out. The microstructure, residual stress and welding deformation of TC4 titanium alloy laser welded joint under different cooling conditions were analyzed. The results show that compared with the laser welded joint with natural cooling, the width of heat affected zone of liquid nitrogen cooled laser welded joint was narrower, the middle width of weld joint was increased by 63.7%, the down melting width was increased by 70.5%, the weld structure was more uniform, the weld deformation was significantly reduced, and the overall deformation was reduced by about 5.2%. Due to the metal at high temperature behind the molten pool cooled by liquid nitrogen cools rapidly, which compensates the compressive plastic strain to a great extent and reduces the welding deformation.
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