Heat Dissipation Behavior of a Low-Strength-Steel Welded Joint in Ultrasonic Fatigue

The coupled effects of heat and frequency in very-high-cycle fatigue are known under ultrasonic testing, while the heat dissipation behavior of welded joints is less investigated. In this work, the specimen surface temperature of a low-strength-steel welded joint and its base metal were monitored by...

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Published in:Metals (Basel ) 2022-11, Vol.12 (11), p.1857
Main Authors: Hu, Jiang-Tao, Chen, Rong, Zhu, Gang, Wang, Chong, Zhu, Ming-Liang, Xuan, Fu-Zhen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Base metal
Crack initiation
Dissipation
Fatigue
Fatigue failure
Fatigue testing machines
Fatigue tests
frequency effect
Heat
heat dissipation
Heterogeneity
High cycle fatigue
Imaging techniques
Infrared imaging
Inhomogeneity
Investigations
low strength steel
Materials
Metal fatigue
Morphology
Skewed distributions
Steel
Surface temperature
Temperature
Temperature distribution
Thermal imaging
ultrasonic fatigue
Ultrasonic testing
Weld metal
Welded joints
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Summary:The coupled effects of heat and frequency in very-high-cycle fatigue are known under ultrasonic testing, while the heat dissipation behavior of welded joints is less investigated. In this work, the specimen surface temperature of a low-strength-steel welded joint and its base metal were monitored by infrared thermal imaging technique under ultrasonic fatigue loading. Results showed that the surface temperature distribution of both welded and base metal exhibited a parabola shape, and the temperature evolved with three stages. The location of the highest temperature within the weld metal correlated well with fatigue failure location. The inhomogeneity and asymmetry of temperature distribution implied a dominant role for heat transfer mode and insignificant influence of microstructure heterogeneity or specimen type. The nature of heat dissipation in low-strength steel in ultrasonic fatigue was thermal–mechanical coupling effect, which should be paid close attention in the standardization of ultrasonic fatigue testing.
ISSN:2075-4701
2075-4701
DOI:10.3390/met12111857