Microstructure and mechanical properties of TC4 thin plate welding joint after welding with impacting rotation compression

Welding with impacting rotation compression was applied to control the TC4 thin plate buckling for the weld uneven heating. Influences of the welding on the weldment microstructure and joint properties were studied. Metallographic observation, Vickers hardness measurement and tensile tests of the joints were carried out. The result shows that based on the controlling of the buckling phenomena of TC4 thin plate weldment, the welding with impacting rotation compression decreases the hardness of the compressed part, the strain hardening does not occur, and the microstructures before and after impacting rotation compression are similar. Copyright © 2013, Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research. Published by Elsevier BV. All rights reserved.