Determination of the static, dynamic and cyclic properties of the heat affected zone for different steel grades

The material properties of the heat affected zone (HAZ) in welds can significantly differ from the material properties of the base material (BM) due to recrystallization effects during heating and cooling. In this work, the microstructure of the heat affected zones of the low- and high strength steels S355J2, S690QL and S960QL was physically simulated by a Gleeble simulator. The temperature profiles for heating and cooling were taken from...