JP2008000802A - Method for improving fatigue strength of lap welded metal joint - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for improving the fatigue strength of a lap welded metal joint by which the fatigue strength of the lap welded metal joint can be stably improved irrespective of the material of a metal plate and the type of objective members. <P>SOLUTION: Firstly, a center portion 10a of a weld metal 2 of a lap joint where two metal plates 1a, 1b has been lap-welded is subjected to ultrasonic shock treatment. Thereafter, an immediately above area 10b of a boundary 4 between a space 3 formed in a lapped portion (the lap welded joint part) of the metal plate 1a and the metal plate 1b and the weld metal 2 is subjected to the ultrasonic shock treatment with the width of t-2t mm, where t is the thickness of the metal plate to be treated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to fatigue of lap weld joints and lap fillet weld joints (hereinafter also referred to as lap weld joints) of structural members welded with metal plates made of iron, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, or alloys thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap weld joint used in automobiles, home appliances, heavy electrical equipment, building structures, ships, bridges, construction machines, various plants, penstocks, and the like.

  In lap welded joints in which two or more metal plates are welded together, the gap between the metal plates that do not melt becomes a sharp notch with respect to the weld metal, and a fatigue crack occurs from the tip, resulting in a decrease in fatigue strength. There is a point. For this reason, a method for improving the fatigue resistance of the lap weld joint is desired.

  In recent years, with respect to such a fatigue problem, an ultrasonic impact treatment for the purpose of improving the fatigue strength of a welded portion or the like has been developed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 8). This ultrasonic impact treatment is the application of ultrasonic vibrations of several tens of kHz generated by an ultrasonic generator against an object through a tool such as a pin to improve the surface shape and relieve residual stress by plastic deformation. A process for performing rearrangement or the like.

  For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a method and apparatus for improving fatigue strength by applying ultrasonic impact treatment to a welded part and a machined hole. Patent Document 3 discloses a method for improving fatigue strength by performing ultrasonic impact treatment on a welded portion or plastic working portion and then performing quality assurance inspection of the treated portion.

  Furthermore, Patent Document 4 discloses a rotating body that is improved in fatigue strength by defining the width of an indentation formed by ultrasonic impact treatment on the metal plate surface or front and back surfaces of the root portion of the lap fillet weld joint. Is disclosed. Furthermore, Patent Documents 5 and 6 disclose a processing method for improving fatigue strength by applying ultrasonic impact treatment to both the nugget formation part and / or the nugget formation part from both sides or one side of the spot welded joint. Has been. Furthermore, in the method for improving the fatigue strength of a lap weld joint described in Patent Documents 7 and 8, conditions for hitting the vicinity of the weld toe of the lap weld joint with an ultrasonic vibration terminal, specifically, an ultrasonic wave It defines the diameter and striking position of the vibration terminal.

US Pat. No. 6,171,415 US Pat. No. 6,338,765 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-113418 JP 2004-169063 A JP 2004-122144 A JP 2004-122152 A JP 2004-131744 A JP 2004-130313 A

  However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems. Among the above-described conventional techniques, Patent Document 1 discloses an application technique of ultrasonic impact treatment to a welded part for the purpose of repairing a welded structure, but details of the treated part regarding application to the welded part are disclosed. There is no description, and there is no description about the lap weld joint. Further, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the order of ultrasonic impact processing and the processing width of each part of the welded part are not defined, and the welded part is processed so as to follow the welding torch from behind. For these reasons, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint cannot be improved.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a device in which a needle-like tool is attached to the head of a transducer that converts ultrasonic energy into vibration, and a processing method for a drill hole by the device. Similarly to the above, there is no description of the lap weld joint, and the ultrasonic impact treatment order and treatment width of each part of the welded part are not specified. For this reason, the technique described in Patent Document 2 has a problem that the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint cannot be improved.

  In Patent Document 3, mainly for arc welded joints, metal toes, HAZ parts and welded parts are processed to deform the shape so that stress concentration does not easily occur and compressive residual stress is introduced. Although the ultrasonic shock treatment method is disclosed, the technique described in Patent Document 3 is not a method that defines the ultrasonic shock treatment sequence and the treatment width of each part of the welded portion. There is a problem that it cannot be improved.

  Patent Document 4 discloses a rotating body in which the width of an indentation formed by ultrasonic impact treatment is 1 to 5 mm on the metal plate surface or front and back surfaces of the root part of the lap fillet weld joint. There is no description about the order of ultrasonic shock treatment of each part. In addition, Patent Document 4 describes that, as an example, the width of the ultrasonic impact treatment portion was made narrower than the plate thickness with respect to a lap fillet joint made of steel having a thickness of 3.2 mm or 4.0 mm. Therefore, there is a problem that the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint cannot be improved.

  Patent Documents 5 and 6 describe a method of performing an ultrasonic impact treatment on both or one side of the nugget formation portion and the nugget from one or both sides of the spot welded portion. The technique described in Patent Document 5 specifies 0.03 mm or more and 15% or less of the plate thickness, and the technique described in Patent Document 6 specifies 0.03 mm or more and 30% or less of the plate thickness. However, there is no description regarding the order of ultrasonic shock treatment and the treatment width of each part of the weld. Further, paragraphs 0038 of patent document 5 and paragraph 0067 of patent document 6 only have a description that the desired diameter is 2.0 to 8.0 mm and the tip curvature radius is 10 to 100 mm with respect to the width of the tip tool. There is no description about the width of the target ultrasonic impact treatment portion. Further, regarding the examples, Patent Document 5 discloses a steel material having a thickness of 1.6 mm, and Patent Document 6 describes a reduction in the thickness of the ultrasonic shock treatment portion of a spot welded joint of a steel material having a thickness of 1.2 mm. Although described, there is no description about the width of the ultrasonic impact treatment portion as described above. For this reason, the technologies described in Patent Documents 5 and 6 have a problem that the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint is not sufficiently improved.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 7, the center position x1 of the ultrasonic vibration terminal is defined within a range of −t1 ≦ x1 ≦ t1 with the weld toe of the lap weld joint having a thickness t1 as the origin, and ultrasonic waves Although the diameter of the vibration terminal is defined as 2 to 8 mm, this Patent Document 7 does not describe the ultrasonic impact processing sequence of each part of the welded part and the processing width corresponding to the indentation of the processed part. There is a problem that the fatigue strength of the treated portion is not sufficiently improved.

  The technique described in Patent Document 8 is intended for lap fillet joints, and uses an ultrasonic vibration terminal having a diameter of 2 to 8 mm. The center position of the technique is from 1/4 to 1/1 of the fillet leg length from the weld toe. In the range of the distance of 2, the front side and / or the back side of the front end of the gap is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment by positioning the center of the ultrasonic vibration terminal within the range of the plate thickness distance. This processing method has a problem that the fatigue strength of the ultrasonic impact treatment portion is not sufficiently improved because the toe portion at the start and end of welding which is important in the lap fillet joint is not subjected to the ultrasonic impact treatment.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a metal lap weld joint that can stably improve the fatigue strength of a lap weld joint regardless of the material of the metal plate and the type of the target member. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for improving the fatigue strength of steel.

  The fatigue strength improving method for a metal lap weld joint according to the present invention is a fatigue strength improving method for ultrasonic impact treatment from at least one side of a weld portion of a lap weld joint made of a plurality of metal plates, After the portion is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment, the region including the region directly above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal formed in the lap weld joint portion is t to 2 tmm with respect to the thickness tmm of the metal plate to be processed. The ultrasonic impact treatment is performed at a width of 5 mm.

  In this fatigue strength improving method, when ultrasonic treatment is performed on a region including a region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the treated portion is located within a range of tmm from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. May be processed.

  Another method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap welded joint according to the present invention is a method for improving the fatigue strength by ultrasonically treating the welded portion of a lap fillet welded joint made of a plurality of metal plates, After subjecting the weld toe portion on the side opposite to the mating portion to ultrasonic impact treatment, the metal plate on the side for processing the region including the region immediately above the boundary between the gap formed in the lap fillet weld joint and the weld metal The thickness tmm is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment with a width of t to 2 tmm, and the toe portion at the start and end of welding is further subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment.

  Another method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap welded joint according to the present invention is a method for improving the fatigue strength by ultrasonically treating the welded portion of a lap fillet welded joint made of a plurality of metal plates, After subjecting the weld toe on the opposite side to the mating part to ultrasonic impact treatment, subject the weld toe toe to ultrasonic shock treatment, and further, the gap formed in the lap fillet weld joint and the weld metal The region including the region directly above the boundary is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment with a width of t to 2 tmm with respect to the thickness tmm of the metal plate to be processed.

  Another method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap weld joint according to the present invention is a fatigue strength improving method for ultrasonic impact treatment of a welded portion of a lap fillet weld joint made of a plurality of metal plates, wherein the joint is welded. After subjecting the toe portion at the start and end to ultrasonic impact treatment, subjecting the weld toe portion opposite to the overlapped portion of this joint to ultrasonic impact treatment, and further, the gap formed in the lap fillet weld joint portion and The region including the region immediately above the boundary with the weld metal is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment with a width of t to 2 tmm with respect to the thickness tmm of the metal plate to be processed.

  In these methods for improving the fatigue strength of metal lap weld joints, the tip radius in at least one cross section including the central axis is 1.0 to 2.0 mm when the toe portion at the beginning and end of welding is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Tip tools can also be used.

  According to the present invention, the residual stress at the boundary portion between the gap and the weld metal formed in the lap weld joint or lap fillet weld joint, which is the starting point of fatigue crack generation, can be made a compressive residual stress. The fatigue strength of the lap weld joint can be stably improved regardless of the material of the metal plate and the type of the target member, and its industrial significance is great.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1A is a plan view showing a state when the fatigue strength improving method of the present invention is applied to a spot welded lap weld joint, and FIG. 1B is a line AA shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing by. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing a method for improving the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint of the present invention.

  This inventor examined the ultrasonic impact process as a method of improving the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint which carried out the spot welding of the metal plates. FIG. 4A is a plan view showing a fatigue crack occurrence position of a spot welded lap weld joint, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB shown in FIG. The inventor first investigated in detail the fatigue fracture behavior when a shear load repeatedly acts on a lap weld joint. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, in the case of a spot welded lap weld joint, the lap weld joint part, that is, the gap 3 formed in the overlap part of the metal plate 1a and the metal plate 1b. It has been found that a fatigue crack 5 occurs from the boundary 4 between the weld metal 2 and the weld metal 2, and the fatigue crack 5 propagates across the metal plate 1 a or the weld metal 2, leading to the failure of the lap weld joint. A boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 is very sharp and is a region where stress concentration is high, and a fatigue crack 5 is easily generated. Moreover, since the tensile residual stress is generated in the weld metal 2 in contact with the gap 3 due to thermal contraction, the boundary 4 with the weld metal 2 in the gap 3 is also in the state of the tensile residual stress, which reduces the fatigue strength. It turned out to be a big factor.

  On the other hand, ultrasonic impact treatment has the effect of imparting plastic deformation to the surface of a metal plate treated with a tip tool, smoothing the shape of the surface, and improving fatigue strength by compressing residual stress on the surface. However, since the fatigue crack of the lap weld joint is generated in a gap formed in the lap weld joint, it is difficult to directly process the boundary between the gap and the weld metal by the tip tool.

  Therefore, the inventor examined in detail the relationship between the ultrasonic impact treatment and the residual stress distribution. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the distribution of residual stress in the thickness direction when the metal plate is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, when the metal plate is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment, the residual stress in the plate thickness direction is a maximum value 12 of the compressive residual stress in a portion slightly inside from the surface 11 of the metal plate 1. And the distance 14 from the surface 11 of the metal plate 1 to the portion showing the maximum value 12 is found to be extremely influenced by the residual stress distribution before the ultrasonic shock treatment and the width w of the ultrasonic shock treatment portion. It was.

  Further, the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 and the portion in the vicinity of the fusion boundary have a wide distribution of tensile residual stress due to solidification shrinkage during welding. In this state, the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 When ultrasonic impact treatment is performed on the region immediately above, compressive residual stress can be applied in the vicinity of the boundary 4. However, since the region is extremely limited, it has been found that the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint cannot be sufficiently improved. Furthermore, since fatigue cracks generated from the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 often propagate in the weld metal 2, the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint is determined by making the residual stress of the weld metal 2 a compressive stress. It was also found that it is necessary for further improvement.

  From the knowledge described above, in the fatigue strength improving method of a lap weld joint according to the present invention, first, as shown in FIG. 2, in the case of a lap weld joint by a central portion of a welded portion, for example, spot welding and laser welding, welding is performed. Ultrasonic impact treatment is performed on the central portion 10a of the metal 2, and compressive residual stress is generated in this portion. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the ultrasonic impact treatment is performed on the region 10 b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 formed in the lap weld joint. As a result, the compressive residual stress can be distributed over a wide range from the vicinity of the boundary 4 to the central portion of the weld metal 2, so that the fatigue strength is greatly improved. In the method for improving the fatigue strength of a lap weld joint according to the present invention, when the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 is treated, the ultrasonic impact treatment part is in contact with the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. Means including the part directly above the position.

  Here, the compressive residual stress generated by the ultrasonic shock treatment of the central portion 10a of the weld metal 2 is affected when the ultrasonic shock treatment is performed on the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. Therefore, the absolute value slightly decreases. However, as described above, since the fatigue crack occurs from the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2, the compressive residual stress at the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 is applied to the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint. Is the largest when the maximum is, and the decrease in the compressive residual stress at the central portion 10a of the weld metal 2 has almost no effect. Therefore, in order to further improve the fatigue strength, first, the central portion 10a of the weld metal 2 is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment, and thereafter, the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. It is effective. On the other hand, when the inventor performs ultrasonic shock treatment on the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 and then ultrasonic shock treatment on the central portion 10a of the weld metal 2, the effect of improving fatigue strength is slight. I knew that it would be a good thing.

  Further, in the fatigue strength improving method for a lap weld joint according to the present invention, when the thickness of the metal plates 1a and 1b is tmm, the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. The processing width w (mm) at the time is set within the range represented by the following mathematical formula (1). The inventor examined the position of the width w of the ultrasonic shock treatment and the position of the maximum value 12 of the compressive residual stress as other factors affecting the residual stress distribution at the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. It has been found that the larger the width w, the farther the position where the compressive residual stress shows the maximum value 12 is from the surface. And based on this knowledge, when the processing width w is controlled so that the position where the compressive residual stress shows the maximum value 12 becomes the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2, the processing width w is large at the boundary 4 and its vicinity. It was discovered that compressive residual stress can be applied, and the fatigue strength of lap weld joints can be dramatically improved.

  Here, when the width w of the ultrasonic impact treatment is less than tmm, the position where the compressive residual stress shows the maximum value 12 is closer to the surface 11 than the gap 3, and the compressive residual at the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. Stress is greatly reduced. As a result, a significant improvement in fatigue strength cannot be expected. On the other hand, when the width w of the ultrasonic impact treatment exceeds 2 tmm, not only the position where the compressive residual stress reaches the maximum value 12 becomes deeper than the gap 3, but also the residual stress is distributed over the entire region in the thickness direction of the lap joint. For this reason, the absolute value of the compressive residual stress is reduced, and a significant improvement in fatigue strength cannot be expected. In addition, the ultrasonic impact treatment method of the present invention having a treatment width satisfying the above mathematical formula (1) can improve fatigue strength by treating from one side of the lap fillet joint, but by treating from both sides, The compressive residual stress at the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 can be made more reliable, and the fatigue strength can be improved more than when treated from one side.

  The “process width” in the method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap weld joint according to the present invention refers to the width processed by one tip tool when ultrasonic shock treatment is continuously performed along a certain direction, that is, Means the width of the indentation caused by plastic deformation, and differs from the overall width when a plurality of accessory tools are attached, and the processing length along the processing direction of one accessory tool. This is also different from the “movement range of the center position of the tip tool with the welding toe as the origin” defined in Patent Documents 7 and 8 described above.

  Moreover, the fatigue strength improvement method of the lap weld joint of the present invention is not limited to a joint obtained by lap welding two metal plates having the same thickness. For example, in the case of a joint in which two metal plates with different plate thicknesses are welded together, the thickness of the metal plate on the back side does not significantly affect the distribution of residual stress and the improvement of fatigue strength. The thickness of the metal plate on the side subjected to the impact treatment is tmm, and the ultrasonic impact treatment is performed with the treatment width w satisfying the above expression (1). Thereby, the fatigue strength of a welded joint can be remarkably improved. Similarly, in the case of a joint in which three or more metal plates are overlap-welded, by setting the processing width w satisfying the above expression (1) from the thickness of the metal on the side subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment, The fatigue strength of the welded joint can be improved.

  Furthermore, in the method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap weld joint according to the present invention, the center of the ultrasonic shock-treated portion is within tmm of the weld metal 2 side immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. It is preferably located in the range. 6 and 7 are views showing the relationship between the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 and the ultrasonic shock treatment portion. The inventor has studied in detail the center position of the tip tool 7 when the ultrasonic impact treatment is performed on the region 10 b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, a range within tmm on the side of the weld metal 2 rather than 17 immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 in the two metal plates 1a and 1b having a plate thickness of tmm. It has been found that if the center of the ultrasonic impact treatment portion, that is, the central axis of the tip tool 8 is positioned, it is more effective in improving the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint.

  This is because the weld metal 2 of the lap weld joint is harder than the heat-affected zone and the base material (metal plates 1a and 1b), so that the central axis of the tip tool 8 is directly above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2. 17 or when it is closer to the base material (metal plate 1a) than the top 17 as shown in FIG. 6, the deformation of the heat affected zone becomes larger than the weld metal 2, and welding near the boundary 4 with the gap 3 is performed. This is because the deformation of the metal 2 may be relatively small, and the absolute value of the compressive residual stress of the weld metal 2 does not increase so much. Further, when the position of the central axis of the ultrasonic impact treatment portion is from the position 17 immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 to the weld metal 2 side and further to the center side of the weld metal 2 than tmm, The plastic deformation of the weld metal 2 in the vicinity of the boundary 4 is reduced, and the compressive residual stress may be reduced. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, when the position of the central axis of the tip tool 8 is set to a range within tmm on the weld metal 2 side rather than just above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2, The deformation of the weld metal 2 can be promoted, a sufficient absolute value of compressive residual stress can be generated, and as a result, a great fatigue strength improvement effect can be brought about.

  Next, a method for improving the fatigue strength of a lap fillet welded joint will be described as a method for improving the fatigue strength of another lap welded joint according to the present invention. FIG. 8A is a plan view showing a state in which the fatigue strength improving method of the present invention is applied to a lap fillet welded joint, and FIG. 8B is taken along line CC shown in FIG. 8A. It is sectional drawing. In the case of a lap fillet welded joint, a lap fillet welded joint, that is, a boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 formed in the overlapped portion of two metal plates, and a weld stop on the opposite side of the overlapped portion. Three points of the end portion 10c and the toe portion 10d at the welding start / end are the starting points of fatigue cracks. Therefore, the present inventor examined the relationship between the processing order of these positions, the distribution of compressive residual stress, and the fatigue strength. As shown in FIGS. When the impact processing is performed, at least the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 is processed after the toe portion 10c on the side opposite to the overlapped portion, the boundary between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 4. It has been found that the balance of compressive residual stress in the weld toe portion 10c and the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a can be brought into an optimum state, and is effective in further improving the fatigue strength of the joint.

  9 to 11 are perspective views showing a first method for improving the fatigue strength of the lap fillet welded joint in the order of the steps. In order to improve the fatigue strength of the lap fillet welded joint, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, first, as shown in FIG. In addition, the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 formed in the overlapped fillet welded joint, that is, the overlapped portion of the two metal plates 1a and 1b, is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. As shown in FIG. 11, ultrasonic impact treatment is performed on the toe 10 d of the welding start / end 2 a of the metal plates 1 a and 1 b.

  12-14 is a perspective view which shows the 2nd method of improving the fatigue strength of a lap fillet welded joint in the order of the process. As shown in FIG. 12, the weld toe portion 10c opposite to the overlapped portion is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment, and then the toes of the welding start and end points 2a in the two metal plates 1a and 1b as shown in FIG. The portion 10d is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment, and further, as shown in FIG. 14, an overlap fillet welded joint portion, that is, a boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 formed in the overlap portion of the metal plates 1a and 1b. The directly above area 10b may be subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment.

  15-17 is a perspective view which shows the 3rd method of improving the fatigue strength of a lap fillet welded joint in the order of the process. As shown in FIG. 15, after applying the ultrasonic shock treatment to the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a, as shown in FIG. 16, the ultrasonic welding treatment is applied to the weld toe portion 10c opposite to the overlapped portion, Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 17, ultrasonic impact treatment is performed on a region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 formed in the overlapped fillet weld joint, that is, the overlap portion of the metal plates 1a and 1b. You can also

  All of the three methods described above are effective in further improving the fatigue strength of the lap fillet welded joint. By applying these methods, compressive residual stress is applied to the weld toe part 10c of the lap fillet joint and the toe part 10d of the welding start / end 2a, and the toe shape is smoothly improved. . In addition to these effects, the effect of applying the greatest compressive residual stress to the boundary 4 between the gap 3 and the weld metal 2 can suppress the occurrence of fatigue cracks in the welded joint and greatly improve the fatigue strength. It becomes.

  FIG. 18 shows a method of continuously performing ultrasonic treatment on the toe portion 10d at the welding start and end of the lap fillet welded joint and ultrasonic shock treatment on the weld toe portion 10c on the side opposite to the overlap portion. It is a perspective view shown. As shown in FIG. 18, in this method of improving the fatigue strength of a lap weld joint, ultrasonic impact treatment is applied to the weld toe 10c on the side opposite to the overlapped portion, and the weld start end 2a is applied to the toe 10d. The ultrasonic impact treatment may be performed continuously using the same tip tool 8.

  Further, the present inventor has examined the shape of the tip tool when the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. 19-21 is a figure which shows the shape of the tip tool used when performing the ultrasonic impact process of the toe part 10d of the welding start end 2a in the other fatigue strength improvement methods of this invention. As a result of the study, as shown in FIG. 19, the present inventor uses a tip tool 7 a having a tip radius r of 1.0 to 2.0 mm in at least one cross section including the central axis x, so that a welded joint is obtained. It was found that the effect of improving the fatigue strength can be further enhanced. If a tip tool having a tip radius r larger than 2.0 mm is used, the tip tool comes into contact with the metal plates 1a and 1b when the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end point 2a is processed. In some cases, the treatment near the triple point where the weld metal 2 intersects with the weld metal 2 cannot be performed. On the other hand, with a tip tool having a tip radius r smaller than 1.0 mm, processing near the triple point where the metal plates 1a, 1b and the weld metal 2 intersect with the metal plates 1a, 1b is possible. Since the toe radius does not increase so much, the stress concentration may remain high and fatigue strength may not be improved so much. For this reason, it is preferable to use the tip tool 7 having a tip radius r in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 mm in at least one cross section including the central axis x. Further, the shape thereof is not particularly limited, and a tip tool 7b having an axially symmetric shape as shown in FIG. 20 may be used, or a tip tool 7c having a flat shape as shown in FIG. 21 is used. You can also

  Furthermore, in the method for improving the fatigue strength of the lap fillet welded joint of the present invention, the shape of the tip tool when processing the portion other than the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a is not particularly defined, It is a convex shape consisting of a curved surface or a flat surface, and the height of the tip convex portion is preferably small, and the tip convex portion has a height of 1 mm or less. The shape of the tool tip may be a hemispherical tip formed with a single radius of curvature or a spherical shell having a plurality of radiuses of curvature. In the present invention, the absolute value of the width of the tip tool is not specified, but if the width and cross-sectional area of the tip tool are large, a device with a large output is required to give sufficient plastic deformation to the metal plate. Necessary and may interfere with operability and portability. On the other hand, if the width of the tip tool is small, the width and cross-sectional area giving plastic deformation are also small, and the radius of curvature of the surface is small, so that the stress concentration does not decrease so much and a sufficient fatigue strength improvement effect may not be obtained. is there. Therefore, from these practical viewpoints, the width of the tip tool is preferably 1 to 10 mm.

  Furthermore, the material of the tip tool is not particularly specified, and any material having a hardness sufficient to give plastic working to the metal plate may be used. For example, tool steel and ceramics may be used.

  In addition, the range of the processing width w when the ultrasonic shock treatment is performed on the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4 between the gap 3 of the lap fillet weld joint and the weld metal 2 is the range of the gap 3 of the lap weld joint and the weld metal 2 described above. This is the same as the range of the processing width w when processing the region 10b immediately above the boundary 4.

  FIG. 22 (a) is a plan view showing a state when the fatigue strength improving method of the present invention is applied to a lap weld joint welded by a method other than spot welding, and (b) is an EE shown in (a). It is sectional drawing by a line. The method for improving the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint of the present invention is not particularly limited to the welding method of the lap weld joint, and other than the spot welding shown in FIG. 1, various resistance welding such as projection welding, or FIG. The treatment method of the present invention can be applied to various types of beam welding such as laser welding and electron beam welding as shown in a) and (b), arc welding, diffusion welding, friction welding and friction stir welding. It can be applied to improve fatigue strength. Also, in resistance welding such as spot welding, when so-called scattering occurs, it is known that the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint is reduced, but even when scattering occurs, the method of the present invention is used to increase the fatigue strength. Fatigue strength can be obtained.

  Further, the form of the lap fillet welded joint is not particularly limited, and other than the lap fillet joint by arc welding as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the weld joint with a backing metal can be used. It can also be applied to.

  Furthermore, the method for improving the fatigue strength of a lap weld joint according to the present invention is limited to the case where a load is applied in the direction 6 in which tensile shear stress is generated on the lap weld joint as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). It is effective in improving the fatigue strength of the welded joint even when a load is applied in a direction perpendicular to the metal plates 1a and 1b, that is, in a direction in which the weld is peeled off, and when these loads are mixed. is there.

  Furthermore, the metal plate to which the present invention is applied is not particularly limited, and a joint obtained by lap welding a metal plate made of iron and its alloy, aluminum and its alloy, titanium and its alloy, magnesium and its alloy or the like. If so, the shape of the member including the welded portion may be a plate shape, a tubular shape, a shape member, or a complicated shape member, and in any case, the method of the present invention can be applied.

  In the method for improving the fatigue strength of the lap weld joint of the present invention, the ultrasonic wave applied at the time of ultrasonic impact treatment is 20 to 32 kHz, the pin amplitude is 25 to 35 μm, and the amount of plastic deformation (deformation depth) is 20. It is preferable to be set to ˜30 μm.

  Hereinafter, the effects of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples of the present invention and comparative examples that are out of the scope of the present invention. First, Example 1 of the present invention will be described. In this example, a steel sheet having a thickness t of 1.2 mm or 1.6 mm and a tensile strength of 290 MPa class or 780 MPa class shown in Table 1 below is used, and superposed with a combination of the same steel type and the same thickness. Spot welded to produce a lap weld joint. The welding conditions at that time were a pressurizing force of 2.94 kN and a current of 7.0 kA in the case of a 1.2 mm thick 290 MPa class steel plate, and a pressing force of 4.94 kN in the case of a 1.2 mm thick 780 MPa class steel plate. 83 kN, the current was 6.3 kA, and the electrode tip diameter, welding time, and holding time were 5.5 mm, 280 ms, and 100 ms, respectively. In the case of a 1.6 mm thick 290 MPa grade steel plate, the applied pressure is 3.92 kN and the current is 8.2 kA, and in the case of a 1.6 mm thick 780 MPa grade steel plate, the applied pressure is 6.44 kN and the current is 7 The electrode tip diameter, welding time, and holding time were 6.5 mm, 360 ms, and 140 ms, respectively.

  Next, each of the welded joints manufactured by the method described above was subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment according to the method of the present invention, and then the fatigue strength was evaluated. Further, for comparison, a test piece subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment with a treatment order and a treatment width outside the scope of the present invention and a test piece not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment were produced, and the same as the test piece of the example. The fatigue strength was evaluated by this method. At that time, the ultrasonic impact treatment uses a tip tool having a width of 2 to 6 mm, a tip shape of a sphere, and a height of a convex portion of 0.1 to 0.8 mm. went. Based on the spot welding fatigue test method prescribed in JIS standard Z3138, a fatigue test in which the test piece subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment was loaded in the shear direction was performed. The fatigue test condition was a swing load control fatigue test with a stress ratio (= minimum load / maximum load) of 0.05, and was performed in the atmosphere at room temperature. Then, the evaluation results of the respective test pieces were compared, assuming that the life in which the control of the load is difficult was the rupture life and the load range in which the rupture life was 2 million times was the fatigue strength. The processing conditions for each test piece and the obtained fatigue test results are also shown in Table 1 above. In addition, the underline in the said Table 1 shows that it is outside the scope of the present invention. The processing part and order shown in Table 1 are “A” when the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal is processed after the center of the weld is processed, and the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal. The case where the center of the welded portion was processed after the treatment of “B” was treated as “B”, and the case where only the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal was treated was designated as “C”. Further, the processing position shown in Table 1 is the position of the center of the tip tool when the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal is processed.

  As shown in Table 1 above, no. 1-No. 5 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 290 MPa grade steel plate of 1.2 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 1-No. The joint of No. 5 uses the same metal plate, and the comparative part No. 5 in which the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 21 and no. No. 22 and the comparative example No. in which the width of the treated portion is outside the scope of the present invention. 23 and no. Compared to 24 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by about 30%. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared with the joint of 37, the fatigue strength was improved by nearly 50%. These Example Nos. 1-No. Among the joints of No. 5, Example No. In the joint of No. 3, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool is within 1.2 mm (plate thickness t = 1.2 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. Therefore, particularly high fatigue strength was exhibited.

  No. 6-No. 10 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 780 MPa grade steel plate of 1.2 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 6-No. The joint of No. 10 uses the same metal plate, and the comparative part No. 10 in which the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 25 and no. No. 26, and comparative example No. in which the width of the treated portion is outside the scope of the present invention. 27 and no. Compared to 28 joints, an effect of improving fatigue strength by about 30% was recognized. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared with 38 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by nearly 50%. These Example Nos. 6-No. Among the ten joints, Example No. In the joint of No. 8, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool is within 1.2 mm (plate thickness t = 1.2 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. Therefore, particularly high fatigue strength was exhibited.

  No. 11-No. 15 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 290 MPa grade steel plate of 1.6 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 11-No. The joint of No. 15 uses the same metal plate, and the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 29 and No. Comparative Example No. 30 in which the width of the joint of 30 and the width of the treated portion is outside the scope of the present invention 31 and no. Compared to 32 joints, an effect of improving fatigue strength by about 30% was recognized. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared to 39 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by nearly 40%. These Example Nos. 11-No. Of the 15 joints, Example No. In the joint of No. 13, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool is within 1.6 mm (plate thickness t = 1.6 mm) from the position directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. Therefore, particularly high fatigue strength was exhibited.

  No. 16-No. 20 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 780 MPa grade steel plate of 1.6 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 16-No. The joint of No. 20 uses the same metal plate, and the comparative part No. in which the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 33 and no. Comparative Example No. 34 in which the width of the joint of No. 34 and the treated portion is outside the scope of the present invention. 35 and no. Compared to 36 joints, an effect of improving fatigue strength by about 40% was recognized. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared to 40 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by nearly 60%. These Example Nos. 16-No. Among the 20 joints, Example No. In the 18 joint, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool is within 1.6 mm (plate thickness t = 1.6 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. Therefore, particularly high fatigue strength was exhibited.

  From the above results, it was confirmed that the fatigue strength improving method of the present invention is effective for improving the fatigue strength of the lap spot welded joint.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Fig.23 (a) is a top view which shows the shape of the test piece of a present Example, FIG.23 (b) is sectional drawing by the FF line | wire shown to Fig.23 (a). In this example, using a hot-rolled steel sheet having the tensile strength level and thickness shown in Table 2 and Table 3 below, a test piece (laminated corner) including the weld 2 shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and (b). Meat welded joint) was manufactured. Each joint was subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment with a tip tool having the width shown in Table 2 and Table 3 below, and then subjected to a fatigue test. Carbon dioxide arc welding was used for welding each joint, and welding conditions were as follows: welding current was 190 to 210 A, voltage was 27 V, welding speed was 80 cm / min, and one pass was used for welding. Further, for comparison, a test piece subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment with a treatment order and a treatment width outside the scope of the present invention and a test piece not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment were produced, and the same as the test piece of the example. The fatigue strength was evaluated by this method. Furthermore, for the portions other than the toe portion 10d of the welding start and end point 2a, using a tip tool having a width of 5 to 10 mm, a tip shape of a sphere, and a height of a convex portion of 0.2 to 1.0 mm, In either case, ultrasonic shock treatment was performed in one pass.

  The fatigue test condition was a one-way load control fatigue test with a stress ratio (= minimum load / maximum load) of 0.1, and was performed in the atmosphere at room temperature. The life that makes it difficult to control the load is defined as the rupture life, and the value obtained by dividing the load range where the rupture life is 2 million times by the cross-sectional area of the steel sheet (= plate thickness x specimen width) is defined as fatigue strength. The evaluation results of the pieces were compared. The processing conditions for each test piece and the obtained fatigue test results are shown in Tables 2 and 3 above. In addition, the underline in the said Table 2 and Table 3 shows that it is outside the scope of the present invention. In addition, the processing parts and order shown in Table 2 and Table 3 are for processing a region including the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal after ultrasonic welding is applied to the weld toe portion on the side opposite to the overlapped portion. Then, after processing the toe portion at the welding start and end, "A1", after ultrasonically treating the welding toe portion on the opposite side of the overlapped portion, processing the toe portion at the welding start and end, After that, when processing the area immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, “A2”, after processing the toe part at the start and end of welding, ultrasonic shock treatment is applied to the weld toe part opposite to the overlapped part. Then, when processing the region including the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, “A3”, after processing the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the weld toe on the side opposite to the overlapped portion "B" for the case where the part was subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment and then the toe part at the beginning and end of welding was overlapped Parts and after a weld toe end opposite the ultrasonic impact treatment and the case where the process only immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal and "C". Furthermore, the processing positions shown in Tables 2 and 3 are the positions of the centers of the tip tools when the region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal is processed.

  As shown in Table 2 and Table 3 above, 41-No. 49 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 440 MPa class steel plate of 2.3 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 41-No. The joint of No. 49 uses the same metal plate, and the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 77 and No. 78 and comparative example No. in which the width of the treated portion is outside the scope of the present invention. 79 and no. Compared to 80 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by about 20%. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared to the joint of 93, the fatigue strength was improved by nearly 70%. These Example Nos. 41-No. 49, in the processing of the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a, the embodiment No. 41, no. 42, no. 44, no. 47, no. In the joint No. 49, the tip radius r was outside the scope of the present invention. 43 and no. The fatigue strength was about 10% higher than that of the 45 joints. In addition, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool was within 2.3 mm (plate thickness t = 2.3 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. No. 46 and no. The joint of No. 48 showed particularly high fatigue strength, and in these two examples, the tip radius r was in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 mm. 46 joints showed the highest fatigue strength.

  No. 50-No. 58 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 780 MPa grade steel plate of 2.3 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 50-No. The joint of No. 58 uses the same metal plate, and the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 81 and no. Comparative Example No. 82, in which the joint and the width of the treated portion are outside the scope of the present invention. 83 and no. Compared to 84 joints, an effect of improving fatigue strength by 18% or more was recognized. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared to 94 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by 70% or more. These Example Nos. 50-No. Among the 58 joints, in the processing of the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a, the tip radius r of the tip tool is within the scope of the present invention. 50, no. 51, no. 53, no. 56 and no. The joint of No. 58 had a tip radius r outside the scope of the present invention. 52 and no. The fatigue strength was about 10% higher than that of 54 joints. In addition, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool was within 2.3 mm (plate thickness t = 2.3 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. No. 55 and no. The joint of No. 57 showed particularly high fatigue strength. Of these two examples, the tip radius r was in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 mm. 55 joints showed the highest fatigue strength.

  No. 59-No. 67 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 440 MPa class steel plate of 3.2 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 59-No. The joint of No. 67 uses the same metal plate, and the comparative part No. in which the processing part and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 85 and no. 86 and comparative example No. 86 in which the width of the treated portion is outside the scope of the present invention. 87 and no. Compared to 88 joints, a fatigue strength improvement effect of 20% or more was recognized. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared to 95 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by 90% or more. These Example Nos. 59-No. 67, the tip radius r of the tip tool was within the scope of the present invention during the treatment of the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end 2a. 59, no. 60, no. 62, no. 65, no. In the joint No. 67, the tip radius r was outside the range of the present invention. 61 and no. The fatigue strength was about 10% higher than that of 63 joints. In addition, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool was within 3.2 mm (plate thickness t = 3.2 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. No. 64 and no. The joint of No. 66 shows particularly high fatigue strength, and in these two examples, the tip radius r was in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 mm. The 64 joints showed the highest fatigue strength.

  No. 68-No. 76 is the weld joint of the Example which uses a 780 MPa grade steel plate of 3.2 mm thickness. These Example Nos. 68-No. The joint of No. 76 uses the same metal plate, and the comparative part No. in which the processing parts and the processing order are out of the scope of the present invention. 89 and No. The comparative example No. 90 in which the width of the joint of 90 and the processing part is outside the scope of the present invention. 91 and no. Compared to 92 joints, a 35% or higher fatigue strength improvement effect was observed. In addition, Comparative Example No. using the same metal plate and not subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Compared with 96 joints, the fatigue strength was improved by 100% or more. These Example Nos. 68-No. Among the joints of No. 76, in the processing of the toe portion 10d of the welding start / end point 2a, the tip radius r of the tip tool is within the scope of the present invention. 68, no. 69, no. 71, no. 74 and no. In the joint No. 76, the tip radius r was outside the scope of the present invention. 70 and no. The fatigue strength was about 10% higher than that of 72 joints. Further, in the ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the tip tool is within 3.2 mm (plate thickness t = 3.2 mm) from directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. . 73 and no. The joint of No. 75 shows particularly high fatigue strength, and in these two examples, the tip radius r was in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 mm. The joint of 73 showed the highest fatigue strength.

  As described above, it was confirmed that the fatigue strength improving method of the present invention is effective for improving fatigue strength even in a lap fillet arc welded joint.

(A) is a top view which shows the state at the time of applying the fatigue strength improvement method of this invention to the lap-welded joint which carried out the spot welding, (b) is sectional drawing by the AA line shown to (a). In the fatigue strength improvement method of this invention, it is a perspective view which shows the process of giving an ultrasonic impact process to the welding part center of the lap-welded joint spot-welded. In the fatigue strength improvement method of this invention, it is a perspective view which shows the process of performing an ultrasonic impact process to the area | region right above the boundary formed between the clearance gap formed in the overlap part of the spot-welded lap weld joint, and a weld metal. (A) is a top view which shows the fatigue crack generation | occurrence | production position of the lap weld joint which carried out the spot welding, (b) is sectional drawing by the BB line shown to (a). It is a figure which shows distribution of the residual stress in the plate | board thickness direction at the time of performing an ultrasonic impact process to a metal plate. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the boundary 4 of the clearance gap 3 and a weld metal, and an ultrasonic impact process part. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the boundary 4 of the clearance gap 3 and a weld metal, and an ultrasonic impact process part. (A) is a top view which shows the state at the time of applying the fatigue strength improvement method of this invention to a lap fillet welded joint, (b) is sectional drawing by CC line shown to (a). In the other fatigue strength improvement methods of this invention, it is a perspective view which shows the process of carrying out an ultrasonic impact process to the weld toe part on the opposite side to the overlap part of a lap fillet welded joint. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a step of performing an ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal after the ultrasonic impact treatment on the weld toe portion shown in FIG. 9 in another fatigue strength improving method of the present invention. . FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a process of ultrasonically treating the toe portion at the start and end of welding after performing ultrasonic impact treatment on the region immediately above the boundary with the weld metal shown in FIG. 10 in another fatigue strength improving method of the present invention. . In the other fatigue strength improvement methods of this invention, it is a perspective view which shows the process of carrying out an ultrasonic impact process to the weld toe part on the opposite side to the overlap part of a lap fillet welded joint. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a process of ultrasonically processing the toe portion at the welding start / end after ultrasonic shock treatment to the weld toe portion shown in FIG. 12 in another fatigue strength improving method of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a step of performing an ultrasonic shock treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal in the other fatigue strength improving method of the present invention after the ultrasonic treatment to the toe at the welding start / end shown in FIG. 13. is there. In the other fatigue strength improvement methods of this invention, it is a perspective view which shows the process of ultrasonically processing the toe part of the welding start end of a lap fillet welded joint. FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a step of performing an ultrasonic impact treatment on the weld toe portion on the side opposite to the overlapping portion after the ultrasonic treatment on the toe at the welding start / end shown in FIG. 15 in another fatigue strength improving method of the present invention. It is. FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a step of performing an ultrasonic impact treatment immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal after the ultrasonic impact treatment on the weld toe portion shown in FIG. 16 in another fatigue strength improving method of the present invention. . It is a perspective view which shows the method of performing continuously the ultrasonic treatment to the toe part of the welding start end of a lap fillet welded joint, and the ultrasonic impact process to the weld toe part on the opposite side to an overlap part. . In other fatigue strength improvement methods of this invention, it is sectional drawing which shows the shape of the front-end tool used when carrying out ultrasonic impact processing of the toe part 10d of the welding start end 2a. In the other fatigue strength improvement methods of this invention, it is a perspective view which shows the shape of the other tip tool used when carrying out ultrasonic impact treatment of the toe part 10d of the welding start end 2a. In another fatigue strength improvement method of this invention, it is a figure which shows the shape of the other tip tool used when carrying out ultrasonic impact treatment of the toe part 10d of the welding start end 2a, (a) is a top view, ( (b) is a side view, (c) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD shown in (b). (A) is a top view which shows the state at the time of applying the fatigue strength improvement method of this invention to the lap weld joint welded by methods other than spot welding, (b) is based on the EE line shown to (a). It is sectional drawing. (A) is a top view which shows the shape of the test piece of Example 2, (b) is sectional drawing by the FF line | wire shown to (a).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a, 1b Metal plate 2 Weld metal 2a Welding start end 3 Gap 4 Boundary 5 Fatigue crack 6 Load direction 7, 7a, 7b, 7c Tip tool 8 Tip tool diameter 10a Weld metal center part 10b Area immediately above border 4 10c Toe part on the opposite side to the overlapped part 10d Toe part at the beginning of welding 11 Metal plate surface 12 Maximum value of shrinkage residual stress 14 Distance from metal plate surface to portion showing maximum value of shrinkage residual stress 17 Boundary 4 20 Within the range of tmm from the position 17 immediately above the boundary 4 to the weld metal side.

Claims (6)

It is a fatigue strength improving method of ultrasonic impact treatment from at least one side of a welded portion of a lap weld joint composed of a plurality of metal plates,
After ultrasonic shock treatment is applied to the central portion of the welded portion, the region including the region directly above the boundary between the gap formed in the lap weld joint and the weld metal is defined with respect to the thickness tmm of the metal plate on the processing side. Then, a method for improving the fatigue strength of a metal lap weld joint, wherein ultrasonic shock treatment is performed with a width of t to 2 tmm.   When ultrasonically processing a region including a region immediately above the boundary between the gap and the weld metal, the center of the processing portion is processed so as to be located within a range of tmm from the position directly above the boundary to the weld metal side. The method for improving fatigue strength of a metal lap weld joint according to claim 1. A fatigue strength improving method for ultrasonic impact treatment of a welded portion of a lap fillet weld joint composed of a plurality of metal plates,
After ultrasonic shock treatment is performed on the weld toe portion opposite to the overlapped portion of the joint, a region including a region immediately above the boundary between the gap formed in the overlap fillet welded joint portion and the weld metal is processed. Fatigue of a metal lap weld joint characterized in that ultrasonic shock treatment is performed with a width of t to 2 tmm with respect to the thickness tmm of the side metal plate, and further, the toe portion at the start and end of welding is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. Strength improvement method. A fatigue strength improving method for ultrasonic impact treatment of a welded portion of a lap fillet weld joint composed of a plurality of metal plates,
A gap formed in the lap fillet weld joint after ultrasonic welding is applied to the weld toe on the opposite side to the overlapped part of the joint, followed by ultrasonic shock treatment on the toe part at the start and end of welding. Fatigue of a metal lap weld joint characterized by subjecting a region including a region immediately above the boundary between the weld metal and the weld metal to ultrasonic impact treatment at a width of t to 2 tmm with respect to the thickness tmm of the metal plate to be treated Strength improvement method. A fatigue strength improving method for ultrasonic impact treatment of a welded portion of a lap fillet weld joint composed of a plurality of metal plates,
After applying the ultrasonic shock treatment to the toe portion at the welding start and end of the joint, ultrasonic welding is applied to the weld toe portion on the opposite side of the overlapped portion of the joint, and further formed in the lap fillet welded joint portion. Metal lap welding characterized by subjecting a region including the region directly above the boundary between the formed gap and the weld metal to ultrasonic impact treatment with a width of t to 2 tmm with respect to the thickness tmm of the metal plate to be treated A method for improving the fatigue strength of joints.   The tip tool having a tip radius of 1.0 to 2.0 mm in at least one cross section including the central axis is used when the toe portion at the welding start / end is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment. The fatigue strength improving method for a metal lap weld joint according to any one of claims 1 to 5.