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Zinc coated steels tend to produce spatter when welded in a lap joint configuration. A common solution is to create a gap at the joint interface enabling the zinc vapour to escape. Present results confirm that the fatigue strength of laser welded lap joints in zinc coated steel sheet is reduced as a result of the use of a joint gap.
Zinc coated steels tend to produce spatter when welded in a lap joint configuration. A common solution is to create a gap at the joint interface enabling the zinc vapour to escape. Present results confirm that the fatigue strength of laser welded lap joints in zinc coated steel sheet is reduced as a result of the use of a joint gap.
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Zinc coated steels tend to produce spatter when welded in a lap joint configuration. A common solution is to create a gap at the joint interface enabling the zinc vapour to escape. Present results confirm that the fatigue strength of laser welded lap joints in zinc coated steel sheet is reduced as a result of the use of a joint gap.
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The fatigue of laser welded lap joints in zinc coated
automotive sheet steel
TWI Technology Briefing 882-2007 By S Lockyer and G Verhaeghe Background In the automotive industry, the body-in-white structure is fabricated from zinc coated steel sheet conventionally joined by resistance spot welding, although laser welding is becoming more common. The advantages of laser welding over resistance spot welding are single-sided access, reduced flange widths, increased torsional stiffness, less thermal distortion, high speed automated processing and design flexibility. However, when welded in a lap joint configuration, zinc coated steels tend to produce spatter and can give rise to relatively high levels of porosity due to the vaporisation of the zinc. This usually occurs if the sheets are clamped tightly together and when the coating thickness on the sheets is in excess of 5m. A common solution is to create a gap at the joint interface enabling the zinc vapour to escape. At the same time, the joint gap can result in the formation of other weld imperfections and little information exists on the effect of those weld imperfections on the in-service performance of joints of this type. Objective Quantify the effect of influence and root concavity on the fatigue performance of laser welded lap joints in thin gauge zinc coated automotive sheet steel. Experimental approach Lap joints were produced using a Laser Ecosse AF8 8kW CO2 laser. The influence of weld imperfections on the fatigue performance was investigated by comparing good quality welds and welds containing underfill and root concavity. The welded joints were subjected to fatigue tests and the results compared to data from published literature. Discussion of results The fatigue strengths of laser welded lap welds in galvanized and galvannealed sheet steels investigated in this study were similar to those reported in the literature for similar steels. The present results confirm that the fatigue strength of laser welded lap joints in zinc coated steel sheet is reduced as a result of the use of a joint gap. This is attributable to both the increased secondary bending due to the presence of the gap and the introduction of weld imperfections, such as underfill and root concavity, which are a direct consequence of having the gap. It would appear from the present test results that of these weld profile imperfections, underfill had the most significant effect. Conclusions The following conclusions can be drawn from the results of this investigation on the fatigue strength of laser welded lap joints in two zinc coated sheet steels. 1. Good quality welds in both the galvanized and galvannealed sheet steels gave similar results in terms of fatigue strength. 2. The presence of Category C underfill had only a small effect on the fatigue strength in both sheet steels, whereas the presence of Category D underfill reduced the fatigue strength by approximately 15%. 3. The presence of both Category C underfill and root concavity resulted in a reduction in the fatigue strength similar to the presence of Category D underfill. 4. Fatigue data were below the published data for laser welds in uncoated sheet steel but similar to the published data for laser welds in galvanized sheet steel. Recommendations The results demonstrate that whilst the introduction of a gap during the laser welding of lap joints in zinc coated sheet steel removes porosity, it can lead to the formation of other defects that can reduce the fatigue strength. Therefore it is recommended that for fatigue sensitive applications, that the stringent Category B in BS EN ISO 13919-1:1996 is adopted.