Experimental investigation on material flow and mechanical properties in friction stir welding of copper sheets

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 1961-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Pashazadeh ◽  
Jamal Teimournezhad ◽  
Abolfazl Masoumi
2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1309-1313
Author(s):  
Mohd Hasbullah Idris ◽  
Mohd Shamsul Husin

The present study is aimed to determine the effect of friction stir welding pin; square and diamond shape on mechanical properties of butt joint AA6061 weldment. Welding was carried out at different plunge depths of 0.0, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 mm together with rotation and transverse speeds of 500 rpm and 40 mm/min, respectively. Material flow, tensile strength and hardness of the weldment were evaluated. The results indicated that joint properties were significantly affected by tool design. It was found that material flow was higher for diamond pin tool compared to that of square pin resulting in considerable increased in tensile strength of the joint. In addition, the highest tensile strength was obtained on the samples welded with square shape pin at 0.4 mm plunge depth whilst the lowest was by diamond shape at the plunge depth of 0.0 mm. Regardless of pin shape and plunge depth; asymmetrical hardness distribution was observed for all weldments. The highest hardness was found to be close to the weld line produced by the diamond shaped pin at 0.0 mm plunge depth.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 6296
Author(s):  
Anton Naumov ◽  
Evgenii Rylkov ◽  
Pavel Polyakov ◽  
Fedor Isupov ◽  
Andrey Rudskoy ◽  
...  

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) was utilized to butt−join 2024–T4 aluminum alloy plates of 1.9 mm thickness, using tools with conical and tapered hexagonal probe profiles. The characteristic effects of FSW using tools with tapered hexagonal probe profiles include an increase in the heat input and a significant modification of material flow, which have a positive effect on the metallurgical characteristics and mechanical performance of the weld. The differences in mechanical properties were interpreted through macrostructural changes and mechanical properties of the welded joints, which were supported by numerical simulation results on temperature distribution and material flow. The material flow resulting from the tapered hexagonal probe was more complicated than that of the conical probe. If in the first case, the dynamic viscosity and strain rate are homogeneously distributed around the probe, but in the case of the tapered hexagonal probe tool, the zones with maximum values of strain rates and minimum values of dynamic viscosity are located along the six tapered edges of the probe.


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