Issue
DYMAT 2009
Volume 1, 2009
DYMAT 2009 - 9th International Conference on the Mechanical and Physical Behaviour of Materials under Dynamic Loading
Page(s) 491 - 496
Section Experimental Techniques
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/dymat/2009070
Published online 15 September 2009
DYMAT 2009 (2009) 491-496
DOI: 10.1051/dymat/2009070

Influence of pulsed electric current treatment on strength of reinforcing steel and its welds under impact loading

L. Kruszka1, G. Stepanov2, V. Zubov2 and A. Babutski2

1  Military University of Technology, 2, Gen. Sylwester Kaliski Str., 00–908 Warsaw, Poland
2  G. Pisarenko Institute for Problems of Strength, 2, Timiryazevska Str., 01014, Kiev, Ukraine


Published online: 15 September 2009

Abstract
Results of static and impact tension tests of as-received reinforcing steel specimens, specimens with weld joints in their test portion, as well as specimens after high-density pulse current pretreatment are presented. As test results demonstrate, an increased strain rate enhances strength, and pulse current treatment greatly influences the strength and plasticity of a defect-containing weld metal under static and impact tension.



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