Effect of welding parameters on mechanical and microstructural properties of AA6082 joints produced by friction stir welding

2008 ◽  
Vol 200 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 364-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cavaliere ◽  
A. Squillace ◽  
F. Panella
2006 ◽  
Vol 519-521 ◽  
pp. 1163-1168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Cavaliere ◽  
Antonio Squillace

The effect of processing parameters on mechanical and microstructural properties of dissimilar AA6082-AA2024 joints produced by Friction Stir Welding was analysed in the present study. Different samples were produced by employing a fixed rotating speeds of 1600 RPM and by using the advancing speeds of the tool of 80 and 115 mm/min. All the welds were produced in direction perpendicular to the rolling one for both the alloys and by changing, for all the processing conditions, the alloy positioned on the advancing side of the tool. The mechanical properties of the joints were evaluated by room temperature tensile tests. Fatigue tests on the welds were carried out by using a resonant electro-mechanical testing machine under constant loading control up to 250 Hz sine wave loading. The fatigue tests were conducted in the axial total stress-amplitude control mode with R=smin/smax=0.1. The microstructural evolution of the material was analysed by optical observations of the welds cross sections and SEM observations of the fracture surfaces.


2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 250-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabitha Jannet ◽  
P. Koshy Mathews

The effect of processing parameters on the mechanical and microstructural properties of dissimilar AA6061 t6–AA5083 0 joints produced by friction stir welding was studied. Different samples were produced by varying the advancing speeds of the tool as 20 and 40 mm/min and by varying the alloy positioned on the advancing side of the tool. In the various trials the rotating speed is varied from 600 to 900 RPM. All the welds were produced perpendicular to the rolling direction for both the alloys. Micro hardness (HV) and tensile tests performed at room temperature were used to evaluate the mechanical properties of the joints. Various tests were performed on the joints previously subjected to ageing. In order to analyze the micro structural evolution of the material, the welds’ zones were observed optically.


2016 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 228-231
Author(s):  
Ho Sung Lee ◽  
Ye Rim Lee ◽  
Kyung Ju Min

Aluminum-Lithium alloys have been found to exhibit superior mechanical properties as compared to the conventional aerospace aluminum alloys in terms of high strength, high modulus, low density, good corrosion resistance and fracture toughness at cryogenic temperatures. Even though they do not form low-melting eutectics during fusion welding, there are still problems like porosity, solidification cracking, and loss of lithium. This is why solid state friction stir welding is important in this alloy. It is known that using Al-Cu-Li alloy and friction stir welding to super lightweight external tank for space shuttle, significant weight reduction has been achieved. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of friction stir tool rotation speed on mechanical and microstructural properties of Al-Cu-Li alloy. The plates were joined with friction stir welding process using different tool rotation speeds (300-800 rpm) and welding speeds (120-420 mm/min), which are the two prime welding parameters in this process.


2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-478
Author(s):  
I. Küçükrendeci

Abstract In the study, the mechanical and microstructural properties of friction stir welded EN AW-6060 Aluminum Alloy plates were investigated. The friction stir welding (FSW) was conducted at tool rotational speeds of 900, 1250, and 1500 rpm and at welding speeds of 100, 150 and 180 mm/min. The effect of the tool rotational and welding speeds such properties was studied. The mechanical properties of the joints were evaluated by means of micro-hardness (HV) and tensile tests at room temperature. The tensile properties of the friction stir welded tensile specimens depend significantly on both the tool rotational and welding speeds. The microstructural evolution of the weld zone was analysed by optical observations of the weld zones


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