Effect of Post Weld Heat Treatment on Mechanical Properties Characteristic

of Friction Stir Welded High Strength Low Alloy Steel DMR249A

Indra Bayu Kurniawan1, Mustika Dwi Erlinda2
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

Abstract
HSLA steels become an indispensable class for different applications like construction of
large ships, oil and gas transmission lines, offshore oil drilling platforms, pressure vessels,
building construction, bridges, and storage tanks. One of the properties of (HSLA) stells is good
weldability. This paper use sample of DMR249A manufacturing by friction stir welding (FSW),
one kind of solid state welding. However the use of friction stir welding (FSW) may decreasing the
mechanical properties especially the impact toughness of the welded metal, which is dangerous for
its application. Due to turn out of micostructure become bainit and perlit in Heat Affected Zone
(HAZ). This paper reports the effect of post weld heat treatment, namely normalizing, annealing,
quenching followed by martempering to solve these problems. Then the result leads to tensile
properties, such as yield strength, tensile strength, elongation and impact thoughness are
evaluated and correlated with the microhardness and microstructural features. Scanning Electron
Microscope is used to characterized the fracture surface and impact testing conducted to analyze
the impact toughness after heat treatment. Finally, this research may obtain more uniform
microstructure to be marginally beneficial in improving mechanical properties of HSLA
DMR249A.
Keywords : Friction Stir Welding, High Strength Low Alloy Steel, Mechanical properties, Post
Weld Heat Treatment