Ebrahim Harati

Microstructure of laser metal deposited duplex stainless steel : Influence of shielding gas and heat treatment

This research work is the first step in evaluating the feasibility of producing industrial components by using Laser Metal Deposition with duplex...

Comparison of effect of shot-peening with HFMI treatment or use of LTT consumables on fatigue strength of 1300 MPa yield strength steel weldments

In this paper, T-joint samples in a 1300 MPa yield strength steel were produced using conventional or low transformation temperature (LTT) type...

Applicability of Low Transformation Temperature welding consumables to increase fatigue strength of welded high strength steels

Application of Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) consumables in welding is a recent approach to increase the fatigue strength of welds. In this...

Improving fatigue properties of welded high strength steels

In recent years a strong interest has been expressed to produce lighter structures.One possible solution to reduce the weight is to utilize high...

Improving fatigue strength of welded 1300 MPa yield strength steel using HFMI treatment or LTT fillers

Fatigue improvement techniques are widely used to increase fatigue strength of welded high strength steels. In this paper high frequency mechanical...

Neutron Diffraction Evaluation of Near Surface Residual Stresses at Welds in 1300 MPa Yield Strength Steel

Evaluation of residual stress in the weld toe region is of critical importance. In this paper, the residual stress distribution both near the surfa...

Effect of HFMI treatment procedure on weld toe geometry and fatigue properties of high strength steel welds

The effects of high frequency mechanical impact (HFMI) treatment procedure on the weld toe geometry and fatigue strength in 1300 MPa yield strength...

Effect of high frequency mechanical impact treatment on fatigue strength of welded 1300 MPa yield strength steel

High frequency mechanical impact (HFMI) is a recent post weld treatment method which can be employed to increase the fatigue strength of welded...

Fatigue strength of welds in 800 MPa yield strength steels : Effects of weld toe geometry and residual stress

Nowadays there is a strong demand for lighter vehicles in order to increase the pay load. Through this the specific fuel consumption is decreased,...

The relative effects of residual stresses and weld toe geometry on fatigue life of weldments

The weld toe is one of the most probable fatigue crack initiation sites in welded components. In this paper, the relative influences of residual...

Microstructural Analysis of Laser Cladding of Stellite 6 on Ductile Iron

Stellite 6 alloy in the form of powder was deposited on a ductile cast iron substrate using a low power pulsed Nd:YAG laser. The effects of process...

Non-destructive measurement of weld toe radius using Weld Impression Analysis, Laser Scanning Profiling and Structured Light Projection methods

The measurement of weld toe radius using three non-destructive techniques

The three non-destructive methods Weld Impression Analysis, Laser Scanning Profiling and Structured Light Projection were employed to measure...

Increasing fatigue life using Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) welding consumables,