Reviewers' comments:


Reviewer #1: The paper is good with a lot of work behind.
Some welding experiments would be useful to contrast the simulation.



Reviewer #2: This paper proposed a new way to improve the mechanical properties of the base metal and CG heat-affect zone。。。. This is in fact an interesting work with new findings and broad applications, which should merit the publication in the杂志名。。。。 The reviewer recommends the publication upon some minor points to be addressed:
1.     Page 10. Fig. 3(c) is not clear, the figure mark "(c)" should not cover the data. The other letters in this figure are also not clear, which should be replaced and re-organized.
2.     There should be a space between the number and unit in the whole manuscript. For example, at page 12, "228.8MPa" should be "228.8 MPa". I suggest the author correct this writing format and make sure all numbers and units consistent  throughout the whole manuscript. Page 13, in Fig. 6, "engineering stress" and "engineering stain" should be "Engineering Stress" and "Engineering Strain" respectively. And the scale should be clear.
3.     It would be better to quantify and summarize the distribution of。。。 in the processed steel.
4.     Page 17, there should be a space between "Fig.9."and "Growth" in line 3.
5.     The English is overall OK, but still needs some polishing, for instance, the abstract is kind of lengthy with too much technical details..
6.     Since the major advantage is improved mechanical properties, but to me there is only one result (Figure 6) talked about the quantitative number of mechanical improvement. It would be better to present more systematic mechanical testing data in figure or table, with error bar or range of values.


Additional comments (Subject Editor):

Title: I think it is unnecessarily long.  It should not read like a mini paper. Keep in mind that the abstract always accompanies the title. A title must be as accurate, informative and as comprehensive as possible, yet as short as possible in order to attract the reader's attention, but without wasting words (hence journal's space and reader's time). Please shorten it to about 10 words max.

I suggest adding the word "welding" to the list of keywords.

Style of References:
The authors should follow the reference protocol dictated by 杂志名. References should not be in lists or appended at the end of sentences. Each one of the cited sources must be discussed individually and explicitly to demonstrate their significance to your study.  We ask that you use the authors' surnames as the subject of a verb, and then state in one or two sentences what they claim, what evidence they provide to support their claim, and how you evaluate their work.
You must change your paper to meet this requirement for every reference you cite.

Section headings tend to be too long and repetitive. Please shorten them to no more than 5 words each.  Avoid unnecessary repetitions ( E.g. "mechanical properties of..." right under "mechanical properties"
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