Title

Prediction of microstructures in laser welding of stainless steel AISI 304

Authors

Authors

W. Guo;A. Kar

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Laser Appl.

Keywords

laser welding; microstructure evolution; stainless steel 304; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSES; ALLOYS; INSTABILITY; GROWTH; MODEL; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

A mathematical model is proposed to investigate the evolution of microstructures due to rapid solidification in laser materials processing. The instability of solid-liquid interface is analyzed by considering the diffusion process and perturbation method. The results of this model show that the neutral stability curve is largely dependent on solidification rate and partition coefficient. The decay, periodic oscillation, and growth of the perturbations at the solid-liquid interface can be regarded as planar, cellular and dendritic microstructures, respectively. Laser spot welding experiments were conducted for stainless steel AISI 304 to verify the theoretical predictions. (C) 1999 Laser Institute of America. [S1042-346X(99)00102-3].

Journal Title

Journal of Laser Applications

Volume

11

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

185

Last Page

189

WOS Identifier

WOS:000081965000005

ISSN

1042-346X

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