Orenburg State University, Orenburg, Russia¹ ; JSC Drilling Equipment Plant, Orenburg, Russia²:

E. A. Kuzmina, Postgraduate Student¹, Head of the Technical Department², e-mail: kuzmina0902@yandex.ru

E. Yu. Priymak, Cand. Eng., Associate Prof., Dept. of Materials Science and Technology¹, Head of the Laboratory of Metal Science and Heat Treatment²
Ya. S. Syomka, Postgraduate Student¹, Design Engineer²

Orenburg State University, Orenburg, Russia:

A. S. Kirilenko, Cand. Eng., Senior Lecturer

This article presents the results of evaluating the effect of heating force, as one of the parameters of rotational friction welding, on the mechanical properties and mechanism of tensile failure of dissimilar welded joints of medium-carbon steels 30KhGSA and 40KhMFA. The results of studies of the microstructure and microhardness of welded joints are presented. The fracture mechanism of welded specimens during tensile testing was evaluated on the basis of strain distribution maps obtained by the digital image correlation method and the results of fractographic analysis. The features of the development of deformation and failure of welded joints obtained at different heating forces are shown. From the point of view of the equal strength of the structure with a welded joint the optimal values of this parameter of rotary friction welding for joining steels 30KhGSA and 40KhMFA are recommended.
The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 20-38-90032.
When conducting mechanical tensile tests and studying the distribution of deformation fields, equipment was used that is part of the Plastometriya collective centre of the IES named after E. S. Gorkunova of the Ural branch of the RAS

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