Friction stir forming of dissimilar grade aluminum alloys: Influence of tool rotational speed on the joint evolution, mechanical performance, and failure modes

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 1377-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinu P. Saju ◽  
R. Ganesh Narayanan
Author(s):  
Anganan K ◽  
Narendran RJ ◽  
Naveen Prabhu N ◽  
Rahul Varma R ◽  
Sivasubramaniyam R

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an innovative solid state joining technique and has been employed in industries for joining aluminum, magnesium, zinc and copper alloys. The FSW process parameters such as tool, rotational speed, welding speed, axial force, etc play major role in deciding the weld quality. A mathematical modeling was developed based on experiments to predict the tensile strength of dissimilar FSW aluminum alloys. The maximum tensile strength of 210 MPa can be obtained at the tool rotational speed of 1100 rpm, welding speed of 35mm/min and an axial load of 7 kN is the Optimum welding parameters.


The effect of process parameters such as tool rotational speed and tool traverse speed on mechanical properties of AA-6063 and ETP Cu lap joint is investigated. At present, Friction Stir Welding is being employed to join dissimilar metals. However, the difference in the physical properties of the base metals makes it difficult to join these metals. The present study investigates the effect of using a compatible intermediate layer on weld strength. Different joint defects and their effect on joint strength has been discussed. The experiments were conducted with tool rotational speed of 800, 1000 and 1200 rpm each and with tool traverse speeds of 10, 15 and 20 mm/min. The dissimilar metals are successfully lap welded with fair tensile strength. The effect of process parameters on weld strength and defect formation is discussed


Author(s):  
K. Anganan ◽  
R.J . Narendran ◽  
N Naveen Prabhu ◽  
R Rahul Varma ◽  
R Sivasubramaniyam

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an innovative solid state joining technique and has been employed in industries for joining aluminum, magnesium, zinc and copper alloys. The FSW process parameters such as tool, rotational speed, welding speed, axial force, etc play major role in deciding the weld quality. A mathematical modeling was developed based on experiments to predict the tensile strength of dissimilar FSW aluminum alloys. The maximum tensile strength of 210 MPa can be obtained at the tool rotational speed of 1100 rpm, welding speed of 35mm/min and an axial load of 7 kN is the Optimum welding parameters.


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