Arc welding method for Zn plated steel sheet and arc welded joint

1. The method of arc-welding Zn-based plated steel sheets,

in which an inter-sheet gap in a range of 0.2 to 1.5 mm is provided, and

welding is performed by moving a welding means along an overlaid portion of the steel sheets to be welded and joined, the method comprising:

a first step of moving the welding means at a first welding speed from a welding start point, and applying a first welding heat input to perform welding,

a second step of, after the first step, moving the welding means at a second welding speed, and applying a second welding heat input to perform welding and

a third step of, after the second step, stopping the movement of the welding means, and performing welding for 0.1 to 2 seconds at a position where the welding means is stopped and

wherein the first step includes a welding section welded under conditions where the first welding speed is smaller than the second welding speed, and the first welding heat input is larger than the second welding heat input,

the third step includes performing welding at a welding current and a welding voltage lower than those used in the second step,

a starting end portion corresponding to a welding section after the first step is a region covering 10 to 40% of the entirety of a welding length, and a terminal end portion corresponding to a welding section after the third step is a region covering 10 to 20% of the entirety of the welding length,

the first step includes performing welding at the welding start point located inwardly from one end of the overlaid portion toward the one end, followed by performing welding from the one end toward an other end of the overlaid portion,

the welding toward the one end is performed at a welding speed smaller than the welding speed in the second step and with a welding heat input more than 1.2 times of the second welding heat input, and

the welding toward the other end is performed at the same welding speed as the second welding speed.

2. The method of arc-welding Zn-based plated steel sheets according to claim 1 , wherein a blowhole occupancy over the entirety of the welding length is less than 30%.

3. The method of arc-welding Zn-based plated steel sheets according to claim 1 , wherein the Zn-based plated steel sheets each have a hot-dipped layer consisting of, by mass %, Al: 4.0 to 22.0%, Mg: 0.05 to 10.0%, Ti: 0 to 0.10%, B: 0 to 0.05%, Si: 0 to 2.0%, Fe: 0 to 2.5%, and the remainder being Zn and unavoidable impurities.

4. The arc welding method according to claim 1 , wherein the Zn-based plated steel sheets each have a plating deposition amount per side of 20 to 250 g/m2, and a sheet thickness of 1.6 to 6.0 mm.