Weldability Characteristics of Construction Steels A36, A514, and A516.

Abstract

This study determined the voltage, current, and travel speed limits necessary to ensure proper weld strength levels for three construction steels: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A36, A516, and A514. To achieve the objective of this study, voltage, current, and travel speed limits are defined through bead-on-plate tests and tests to determine the tensile and impact properties of butt joint welds produced with fully automatic gas metal-arc welding and manual shielded metal-arc welding. Then the limits were refined by using the results of fabricating butt joints under high restraint conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111886

Entities

People

  • R. A. Weber

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arc Welding
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Impact Tests
  • Iron
  • Joints
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Standards
  • Sheet Metal
  • Standards
  • Tensile Properties
  • Tensile Strength
  • Welds

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Metallurgy