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The Role of HAZ Softening on Cross-Tension Mechanical Performance of Martensitic Advanced High Strength Steel Resistance Spot Welds

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Giga-grade martensitic advanced high-strength steels are prone to sub-critical heat-affected zone (SCHAZ) softening during resistance spot welding. The article aims at understanding the role of HAZ softening on the fracture mode, load-bearing capacity, and energy absorption capability of MS1400 resistance spot welds during the cross-tension test. The highest load-bearing capacity was obtained when pullout failure was initiated from the martensitic coarse-grained HAZ. However, more severe HAZ softening and formation of a wider softened zone, promoted at high heat input conditions, encourages strain localization in SCHAZ, promoting transition in failure location to sub-critical HAZ. This change in pullout failure location is responsible for the observed reduction in the weld peak load at high welding currents. Therefore, control of martensite tempering in the HAZ is critical to obtain strong and reliable resistance spot welds in martensitic advanced high-strength steel sheets. To preclude the detrimental effect of the martensite tempering on the weld strength, the minimum welding current, which enables pullout failure mode, should be used for resistance spot welding of MS1400 advanced martensitic steel.

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The authors offer their special thanks to SSAB Company, Swedish-Finnish Company, for supplying martensitic advanced high strength steel (Docal M1400) for this scientific work.

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Tamizi, M., Pouranvari, M. & Movahedi, M. The Role of HAZ Softening on Cross-Tension Mechanical Performance of Martensitic Advanced High Strength Steel Resistance Spot Welds. Metall Mater Trans A 52, 655–667 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-06104-5

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