Abstract
Tests were performed on mechanical property and microstructure of joints on cold-formed high frequency induction welded (HFIW) pipes. The welding surface energy (WSE) is proposed to evaluate the combined effect of technological parameters including the welding speed, input power and wall-thickness. The optimum production technology was obtained. The Widmanstätten microstructure and coarse grains were observed in the overheated zone. The width of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) is proportional to the WSE. With increase of the WSE, the reversed V-shape was formed by the mean bend angle. The optimum WSE decreases with decreasing the opening angle. Rather than the standard tensile test, the cold-bending test is suitable for evaluating effect of technology on quality of joints on cold-formed HFIW pipe.
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