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| Author(s): |
Juliana Maria Costa Nuñez Pantoja
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba |
| Defense date: | 2011-02-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Marcelo Ferraz Mesquita;
Luiz Geraldo Vaz;
Caio Hermann;
Mauro Antonio de Arruda Nóbilo;
Rafael Leonardo Xediek Consani
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| Advisor: | Marcelo Ferraz Mesquita |
| Abstract | |
The aim of this study was to evaluate the fatigue strength of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and pure titanium (cp TI) structures, submitted to laser (L) and TIG (TIG) welding procedures, varying the design of the joints, and correlate these results with joints radiographic analyses data. For the first test, 70 dumbbell rods with central diameters of 3.5 mm were obtained by lost-wax casting procedure in cp Ti, and others 70 were machined in Ti-6Al-4V alloy, for the second test. The specimens were sectioned in 2 equal parts, perpendicular to the rods long axis. The parts to be weld were cleaned and aligned according to joint designs: "I" design, varying welding distances (0.0 mm (I00) or 0.6 mm (I06)), or "X" (X) design. The variables joint design and type of welding were crossed creating 6 groups, that associated to the control group (intact), totaled 7 groups (n=10): G1- Intact; G2- L/I00; G3- L/I06; G4- L/X; G5- TIG/I00; G6- TIG/I06; G7- TIG/X, to each test. Laser-welding was executed using 360V/8ms (X) and 390V/9ms (I00 e I06) with focus and frequency regulated at zero. The TIG welding were executed using 2:2 (X) and 3:2 (I00 and I06) as welding parameters. The joints were finished, polished and submitted to radiographic examination (90 kV, 15 mA, 0.6 second and 12 mm of distance), for pores verification within the joints. Later, the rods were submitted to mechanical cyclic tests, and the number of cycles until fracture was recorded. The fracture surface was examined with a scanning electron microscope. Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn test (?=0.05) indicated that for both welding procedures, the worst way to perform the joint occurs with I00, and the best, with X (p<0.05), for both metals. To L, I06 was as resistant as X. When both type of welding are compared, to both materials, the Mann-Whitney test (?=0.05) indicates difference to I00 and I06, being the laser-weld joint the better one. When groups were compared with their respective control groups, it was noticed for Ti-6Al-4V that none of the joint groups was as resistant as the intact; on the contrary to cp Ti the "X" design groups, welded by TIG or L were as resistant as control, even as I06 laser-welded. The Spearman correlation coefficient (?=0.05) indicated a negative correlation between number of cycles and presence of porosity in radiographies of both materials. It could be concluded that the "X" design can be employed to weld 3.5 mm in diameter structures by laser or TIG welding procedure. When laser welding procedure is used, the "I" design with a space of 0.6 mm between parts can also be employed. (AU) | |