Comparison of microstructure and mechanical properties of titanium/ steel composite plates by two manufacturing processes

Two types of titanium/steel composite plates with the same thickness were manufactured by parallel explosive welding and double vertical explosive welding and rolling, respectively. The comparative analysis of microstructure showed that the interface of double vertical explosive welding plate （B plate） tended to be straight while the interface of parallel explosive welding plate （A plate） was wavy bonding. Defects near the interface of B plate were extruded, and the thickness of the diffusion layer of B plate was thicker under the effects of preheating temperature and press-working. Comparative tests of mechanical properties indicated that the tensile shear strength of B plate was lower while its micro-hardness was higher. Specimens of these two types of plates were neither separated nor cracked after bending up to 180° in the three-point bending test. From the microstructural observation of tensile fracture characteristics, A plate had strong toughness fracture while B plate had mainly ductile fracture with cleavage fracture as the supplement. Macroscopically, the tensile strength of the latter was 7.9% less than that of the former. However, both satisfied the Chinese standard of tensile strength.

Detonation Mechanism in Double Vertical Explosive Welding of Stainless Steel/Steel

One-dimensional detonation model and two-dimensional P-M （Prandtl-Meyer） expanding model of double vertical explosive welding were established. A one-dimensional formula of flyer plate velocity was obtained and the bending angle curve representing flying attitude of flyer plate in double vertical was deduced as well. Compared with single parallel explosive welding, the double vertical explosive welding combines two cladding plates in one explosion. Due to closed charging structure, the influence of rarefaction wave on the plate＇s surface in double vertical explosive welding is eliminated and explosion loading time and displacement are increased, resulting in the increase of flyer velocity and energy utilization rate by 1.3 times to 1.6 times in different mass ratios. The analysis of microstructure in bonding zone of double vertical cladding plate under traditional charging shows that there is a clear over-melting near the interface, which is in line with the conclusion of detonation mechanism.

Lower limit law of welding windows for explosive welding of dissimilar metals

The influence of explosive charge thickness on the quality of explosive welding of dissimilar metals was investigated.The lower limit law should be followed in the course of explosive welding.Three welding experiments of stainless steel（410S）and steel（Q345R）were carried out in three different kinds of explosive charge thicknesses,namely 15,25and 35mm.Interfaces of morphology and mechanical properties of three samples were observed and tested.It was found that micro and small wavy bonding is mainly formed for charge thickness of 15mm whose strength is the highest with minor deformation and few defects in the interface;small and middle wavy bonding are mainly formed for charge thickness of 25 mm whose strength is comparatively mediocre;big wavy bonding is mainly formed for charge thickness of 35 mm whose strength is the lowest.The cause of high bonding strength of the micro and small wavy interface was analyzed and verified on the basis of the results of Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer（EPMA）tests of three selected samples.