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Efforts made by researchers have led to the discovery of solutions which enable good enough operational results to consider welding as a viable repairing or joining method. Although these alloys have been available for quite some time, researchers have mainly focused on issues relating to microstructural phenomena tied to casting and similar processes, leaving much to explore in terms of their weldability. Thus, this work intends to investigate the effect of different heat-treatments on the weldability of a high strength ductile cast iron by assessing the mechanical properties of welded joints as well as structural modifications induced by thermal cycles imposed before and after welding. Successful weld joints were achieved showing a clear heat affected zone (HAZ) close to the joint area. This area is coincident with the fracture area of the welded samples when loaded on a tensile test bench, having obtained promising results regarding mechanical strength and strain. The hardness of the welded zone was also carefully investigated, showing clear changes throughout the joint.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/met7090382","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,20]],"date-time":"2017-09-20T10:57:41Z","timestamp":1505905061000},"page":"382","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Study of the Heat-Treatments Effect on High Strength Ductile Cast Iron Welded Joints"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Ronny","family":"Gouveia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ISEP\u2014School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8570-4362","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ISEP\u2014School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Olga","family":"Paiva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ISEP\u2014School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Andrade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ISEP\u2014School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Luiz","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ISEP\u2014School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Campus de Corn\u00e9lio Proc\u00f3pio, UTFPR\u2014Universidade Tecnol\u00f3gica Federal do Paran\u00e1, Corn\u00e9lio Proc\u00f3pio, PR 86300-000, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Paulo","family":"Moselli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Campus de Corn\u00e9lio Proc\u00f3pio, UTFPR\u2014Universidade Tecnol\u00f3gica Federal do Paran\u00e1, Corn\u00e9lio Proc\u00f3pio, PR 86300-000, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Konrad","family":"Papis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Georg Fischer Automotive A.G., 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Davis, J.R. 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