@inproceedings{149546d1187b4f97821ac9bf9bec6a77,
title = "Heat input and post weld heat treatment effects on reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic steel friction stir welds",
abstract = "Reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels are an important class of structural materials for fusion reactor internals developed in recent years because of their improved irradiation resistance. However, they can suffer from welding induced property degradations. In this paper, a solid phase joining technology friction stir welding (FSW) was adopted to join a RAFM steel Eurofer'97 and different FSW parameters/heat input were chosen to produce welds. FSW response parameters, joint microstructures and microhardness were investigated to reveal relationships among welding heat input, weld structure characterization and mechanical properties. In general, FSW heat input results in high hardness inside the stir zone mostly due to a martensitic transformation. It is possible to produce friction stir welds similar to but not with exactly the same base metal hardness when using low power input because of other hardening mechanisms. Further, post weld heat treatment (PWHT) is a very effective way to reduce FSW stir zone hardness values.",
keywords = "Eurofer'97, Friction stir welding, Microhardness, Microstructure",
author = "Wei Tang and Jian Chen and Xinghua Yu and Frederick, {David A.} and Zhili Feng",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1002/9781119093343.ch9",
language = "English",
series = "TMS Annual Meeting",
publisher = "Minerals, Metals and Materials Society",
pages = "83--87",
editor = "Mishra, {Rajiv S.} and Mahoney, {Murray W.} and Yutaka Sato and Yuri Hovanski",
booktitle = "Friction Stir Welding and Processing VIII - Held During TMS 2015 144th Annual Meeting and Exhibition",
address = "United States",
note = "Friction Stir Welding and Processing VIII - TMS 2015 144th Annual Meeting and Exhibition ; Conference date: 15-03-2015 Through 19-03-2015",
}
