Repair Welding Effects on the Bending Fatigue Strength of AISI 4130 Aeronautical Steel used in a Critical to the Flight-Safety Structure
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2010-01-01
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Nascimento, M. P. [UNESP]
Voorwald, Herman Jacobus Cornelis [UNESP]
Filho, J. C. P.
Pereira, C. P. M. [UNESP]
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Trans Tech Publications Ltd
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The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of successive TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding repairs on the reverse bending fatigue strength of AISI 4130 steel, which is widely used in components critical to the flight-safety. In order to simulate the abrupt maneuvers, wind bursts, motor vibration and helixes efforts, which generate cyclic bending loadings at the welded joints of a specific aircraft component called motor cradle, experimental reverse bending fatigue tests were carried out on specimens made from hot-rolled steel plate, 1.10 mm (0.043 in) thick, by mean of a SCHENK PWS equipment, with load ratio R = -1, under constant amplitude, at 30 Hz frequency and room temperature. It was observed that the bending fatigue strength decreases after the TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding process application on AISI 4130 steel, with subsequent decrease due to re-welding sequence as well. Microstructural analyses and microhardness measurements on the base material, heat-affected zone (HAZ) and weld metal, as well as the effects of the weld bead geometry on the obtained results, have complemented this study.
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Fatigue, AISI 4130 steel, Welding repairs on aeronautic structures, GTAW process
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Advanced Materials Forum V, Pt 1 and 2. Stafa-zurich: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, v. 636-637, p. 1451-1458, 2010.