Abstract:
A blade has an attachment root and an airfoil, the airfoil having a proximal end and a distal end. The blade has a compositional variation along the airfoil.
Abstract:
A component composite includes a first component having a first contact surface and at least one second component having a second contact surface contacting the first contact surface, the first contact surface having a surface structure which has a microstructure which is superposed by a nanostructure, the contact of the second contact surface on the first contact surface taking place by at least partially melting the material of the second component, and the melting point of the material of the first component being higher than the melting point of the material of the second component.
Abstract:
A welded assembly includes a first sheet and a second sheet. The second sheet is disposed over a portion of the first sheet and defines an overlap portion between the first and second sheets. A weld fastening the second sheet to the first sheet in the overlap area connects the second sheet to the first sheet for distributing stress uniformly across a welded portion of the overlap area.
Abstract:
A weld metal according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition, contains carbide particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of greater than 0.5 μm in a number of 0.25 or less per micrometer of grain boundary length, and has an A-value as specified by Formula (1) of 0.12 or more, Formula (1) expressed as follows: A-value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/([Cr]/52+[Mo]/96) (1) where [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] are contents (percent by mass) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo, respectively, in the weld metal.
Abstract:
The invention is directed at a method for welding a composite material and to welded structures thus prepared. The method includes a step of contacting a substrate material with a composite material, wherein the composite material includes a pair of spaced apart steel sheets and a core layer between the sheets; the volume of the core layer is about 25 volume % or more, based on the total volume of the composite material; the core layer includes a plurality of steel fibers arranged in one or more masses of fibers that extend the thickness of the core layer so that the core layer is in electrical communication with the steel sheets; and the steel fibers have a cross sectional area perpendicular to the length of the fibers from about 1×10−5 mm2 to about 2.5×10−2 mm2.
Abstract:
A suspension component for a vehicle includes a cast iron body, a high strength steel tube and an adapter ring. The adapter ring includes a protrusion engaged with a face of the cast iron body. The protrusion is heated to a plasticized state as a capacitor is discharged through the protrusion and the face. The adapter ring is welded to the body upon cooling of the adapter ring. The high strength steel tube is fixed to the adapter ring.
Abstract:
The invention is directed at a method for welding a composite material and to welded structures thus prepared. The method includes a step of contacting a substrate material with a composite material, wherein the composite material includes a pair of spaced apart steel sheets and a core layer between the sheets; the volume of the core layer is about 25 volume % or more, based on the total volume of the composite material; the core layer includes a plurality of steel fibers arranged in one or more masses of fibers that extend the thickness of the core layer so that the core layer is in electrical communication with the steel sheets; and the steel fibers have a cross sectional area perpendicular to the length of the fibers from about 1×10−5 mm2 to about 2.5×10−2 mm2.
Abstract:
A component composite includes a first component having a first contact surface and at least one second component having a second contact surface contacting the first contact surface, the first contact surface having a surface structure which has a microstructure which is superposed by a nanostructure, the contact of the second contact surface on the first contact surface taking place by at least partially melting the material of the second component, and the melting point of the material of the first component being higher than the melting point of the material of the second component.
Abstract:
Provided are: a laser-bonded structure wherein deterioration of strength or rigidity of a third plate is suppressed, said third plate being disposed by being spaced apart from at least two metal plates; and a laser bonding method. The laser-bonded structure is provided with: at least two metal plates, which have two or more overlapping portions where the metal plates are disposed in a state wherein the metal plates are overlapping each other, and which are bonded by means of laser welding sections; and a third plate that is disposed by being spaced apart from the overlapping portions. The third plate has formed therein penetrating sections of a number smaller than the number of the laser welding sections, said penetrating sections penetrating the third plate, and having laser light radiated to the overlapping portions.
Abstract:
The invention provides a hot stamped structural component (20) for an automotive vehicle, such as a B-pillar, including a first part (22) formed of a high strength steel material joined to a second part (24) formed of a high ductility steel material. The structural component (20) also includes a locally tempered transition zone (26) along the joint (28) to reduce the potential for failure along the joint (28). The transition zone (26) has strength and ductility levels between the strength and ductility levels of the remaining portions of the first and second parts (22, 24). The tempering step can be incorporated into a laser trimming cell or assembly cell, and thus the transition zone (26) can be created without adding an additional process step or increasing cycle time.