Investigation of forming limit curves and mechanical properties of 316 stainless steel/St37 steel tailor-welded blanks produced by tungsten inert gas and friction stir welding method

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 437-446
Author(s):  
V. Karami ◽  
B. Mollaei Dariani ◽  
R. Hashemi
Author(s):  
Morteza Ghaffarpour ◽  
Mohammad Kazemi ◽  
Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Sefat ◽  
Ahmad Aziz ◽  
Kamran Dehghani

In the present study, friction stir welding (FSW) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) techniques were used to join the dissimilar aluminum alloys of 5083-H12 and 6061-T6. The laboratory tests were designed using design of experiment (DOE) method. Variables for the FSW process were the rotational speed, traverse speed, shoulder diameter, and pin diameter. They changed in ranges of 700–2500 r/min, 25–400 mm/min, 10–14 mm, and 2–4 mm, respectively. In the case of TIG process, the variables were current intensity, traverse speed, and tilt angle. These parameters varied from 80 to 90 A, 200 to 400 mm/min, and 3° to 12°, respectively. The optimum amounts of parameters were obtained using response surface methodology (RSM). The RSM-based model was developed to predict ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the welds produced. In FSW, the difference between predicted and measured UTS was about 1.28% and in TIG it was 1.78%. The good agreement between experimental and predicted results indicates the high accuracy of the developed model. Mechanical properties and also the microstructure of the welds were compared after optimizing both welding processes using RSM. The results showed that the welds produced by FSW indicated a considerably higher quality and also improved mechanical properties compared to TIG. Properties of the joints obtained by FSW in single-sided joints were more desirable. In the double-sided welds obtained by FSW these differences were of an even higher significance.


Author(s):  
Behrouz Bagheri ◽  
Mahmoud Abbasi ◽  
Reza Hamzeloo

A tailor welded blank (TWB) includes two or more blanks joined together in order to make a single blank. Different welding methods are used to join blanks with different characteristics and form TWBs. In this study, a comparison is made among the effects of three different welding methods namely CO2 laser welding, friction stir welding (FSW), and friction stir vibration welding (FSVW) on mechanical and formability properties of developed TWBs. AA6061 alloy sheets with different thicknesses (1.2 and 0.8 mm) are joined to get TWBs. The forming limit diagram (FLD) and limiting dome height (LDH) are applied to assess the formability. The Taguchi method is applied to find the optimum values of welding parameters. It is concluded that TWBs made by FSVW have higher mechanical properties and formability compared to TWBs made by FSW and CO2 laser welding. The results also indicate that FLD for TWBs made by FSW is higher than FLD for TWBs made by CO2 laser welding and FLD0, for TWBs made by FSVW, increases as vibration frequency increases.


2011 ◽  
Vol 409 ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Imani ◽  
M.K. Besharati Givi ◽  
Michel Guillot

As a solid-state welding technology, friction stir welding (FSW) can join dissimilar materials with good mechanical properties. In this paper, friction stir welding between 304L stainless steel and commercially pure copper plates with thicknesses of 3 mm was performed. A number of FSW experiments were carried out to obtain the optimum mechanical properties by adjusting the rotational speed to 1000 rpm and welding speed in the range of 14-112 mm/min and with an adjustable offset of the pin location with respect to the butt line. Microstructural analyses have been done to check the weld quality. Cross-sectioning of the welds for metallographic analysis in planes perpendicular to the welding direction and parallel to the weld crown was also performed. The mechanical properties of the welds were determined using a combination of conventional microhardness and tensile testing. From this investigation it is found that the offset of the pin is an essential factor in producing defect free welds in friction stir welding of copper and steel.


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