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<p>Steels of the ARMOX class belong into a group of the fine-grained, increased strength steels, which are manufactured by the quenching and low-tempering procedure, with intensive thermo-mechanical treatment at high temperatures. Combination of the heat and mechanical treatments provides for the fine grains and exceptionally good properties of these steels, while the low-tempering enables relatively high hardness and good ballistic properties. This is why the welding of these steels can negatively affect the material properties in individual zones of the welded joint, what could lead to worsening of the material's ballistic properties, as well. The model plates were welded with the specially prescribed technology; the joints were the but-joint, corner joint and the joint with the shielding plate. In this paper are presented results obtained from the ballistic tests of the plates welded by the prescribed technology; tests consisted of shooting with three types of live ammunition at different types of the welded joints.</p>
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Steels of the ARMOX class belong into a group of the fine-grained, increased strength steels, which are manufactured by the quenching and low-tempering procedure, with intensive thermo-mechanical treatment at high temperatures. Combination of the heat and mechanical treatments provides for the fine grains and exceptionally good properties of these steels, while the low-tempering enables relatively high hardness and good ballistic properties. This is why the welding of these steels can negatively affect the material properties in individual zones of the welded joint, what could lead to worsening of the material's ballistic properties, as well. The model plates were welded with the specially prescribed technology; the joints were the but-joint, corner joint and the joint with the shielding plate. In this paper are presented results obtained from the ballistic tests of the plates welded by the prescribed technology; tests consisted of shooting with three types of live ammunition at different types of the welded joints.

Influence of the Welding Joint Type on Safety Properties of the Armor Steel Armox 500t

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Steels of the ARMOX class belong into a group of the fine-grained, increased strength steels, which are manufactured by the quenching and low-tempering...

Influence of the Welding Joint Type on Safety Properties of the Armor Steel Armox 500t

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 753 - 759

Received: Nov 10, 2018

Accepted: Dec 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0096

Keywords
ARMOX 500T, safety properties, ballistic properties, welding, heat affected zone

© 2019 Dušan Arsić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Influence of the Welding Joint Type on Safety Properties of the Armor Steel Armox 500t

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 753 - 759

Received: Nov 10, 2018

Accepted: Dec 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0096

KeywordsARMOX 500T, safety properties, ballistic properties, welding, heat affected zone

© 2019 Dušan Arsić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
ARMOX 500T, safety properties, ballistic properties, welding, heat affected zone