EXPLOSIVE WELDING OF LOW-PLASTIC STEELS
Experiments on explosive welding of steel plates of different hardness and plasticity have been carried out. It is shown that hardness has little effect on the position of the wave-formation boundary on the V<sub>K</sub> - γ diagram. As the hardness of the plates to be welded increases, the boundaries of welding and wave formation get closer. The results obtained are applicable to materials, for which it is possible to obtain a strong and defect-free weld by explosive welding only when there are no waves in the welded joint.