The heat treatment improving the mechanical and fatigue property of TA15 alloy joint by friction stir welding

2021 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 111399
Author(s):  
Xianglai Xu ◽  
Qingyong Liu ◽  
Jin Wang ◽  
Xueping Ren ◽  
Hongliang Hou
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Fatigue Property ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Ta15 Alloy

Microstructural and Mechanical Behaviour Evaluation of Mg-Al-Zn Alloy Friction Stir Welded Joint

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 8150-8159
Author(s):  
Kulwant Singh ◽  
Gurbhinder Singh ◽  
Harmeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Tensile Fracture ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
The Impact

The weight reduction concept is most effective to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from vehicles, which also improves fuel efficiency. Amongst lightweight materials, magnesium alloys are attractive to the automotive sector as a structural material. Welding feasibility of magnesium alloys acts as an influential role in its usage for lightweight prospects. Friction stir welding (FSW) is an appropriate technique as compared to other welding techniques to join magnesium alloys. Field of friction stir welding is emerging in the current scenario. The friction stir welding technique has been selected to weld AZ91 magnesium alloys in the current research work. The microstructure and mechanical characteristics of the produced FSW butt joints have been investigated. Further, the influence of post welding heat treatment (at 260 °C for 1 h) on these properties has also been examined. Post welding heat treatment (PWHT) resulted in the improvement of the grain structure of weld zones which affected the mechanical performance of the joints. After heat treatment, the tensile strength and elongation of the joint increased by 12.6 % and 31.9 % respectively. It is proven that after PWHT, the microhardness of the stir zone reduced and a comparatively smoothened microhardness profile of the FSW joint obtained. No considerable variation in the location of the tensile fracture was witnessed after PWHT. The results show that the impact toughness of the weld joints further decreases after post welding heat treatment.

The Effect of Stirring Tool Surface Condition on Wear Characteristics in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 880 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Normariah Che Maideen ◽  
Salina Budin ◽  
Koay Mei Hyie ◽  
Nor Azirah Mohd Fohimi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Wear Characteristics ◽  
Rotating Speed ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Ticn Coating ◽  
Tool Surface

Stirring tool is one of the important factor that contribute to the successful of Friction Stir Welding (FSW). Role of tool, is to heat the welding zone and stir the material along the process. Many studies have been conducted by other researchers to improve the performance of stirring tool. Similar to this work, it is aimed to investigate and analyze the effect of stirring tool surface condition on wear characteristics in friction stir welding process. Four tools have been fabricated with pre-determined surface condition. Tool 1: H13 without heat treatment and without coating. Tool 2: H13 with heat treatment only. Tool 3: H13 with TiCN coating only and Tool 4: H13 with heat treatment and with TiCN coating. Friction stir welding was performed to test and verify the performance of fabricated tools. Process parameter used are 1270 RPM for rotating speed while 218 mm/min for welding speed. From the result, Tool 4 performed better in terms of physical wear as well as wear rate.

scholarly journals Friction Stir Welding Parameters: Impact of Abnormal Grain Growth during Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Mechanical Properties of Al–Mg–Si Welded Joints

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1607
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Baghdadi ◽  
Zainuddin Sajuri ◽  
Mohd Zaidi Omar ◽  
Armin Rajabi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Precipitation Hardening ◽  
Al Alloys ◽  
Abnormal Grain Growth ◽  
Post Weld Heat Treatment ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Friction Stir

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an alternative method to join aluminum (Al) alloys in a solid-state condition. However, the coarsening or dissolution of precipitation hardening phases in the welding zone causes strength reduction or softening behavior in the welded area of age-hardened Al alloys. Therefore, this research aimed to improve the mechanical properties of an FSW Al–Mg–Si alloy via post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) and the possibility of controlling the abnormal grain growth (AGG) using different welding parameters. FSW was performed with different rotational and travel speeds, and T6 heat treatment was carried out on the FSW samples as the PWHT. The results showed a decrease in the strength of the FSW samples compared with that of the base material (BM) due to the dissolution of precipitation hardening particles in the heat-affected zone. However, the emergence of AGG in the microstructure after the T6-PWHT was identified as the potential event in the microstructure of the PWHT samples. It is found that the AGG of the microstructure in similar joints of Al6061(T6) was governed by the welding parameters. The results proved that PWHT was able to increase the tensile properties of the welded samples to values comparable to that of Al6061(T6)-BM. The increased mechanical properties of the FSW joints were attributed to a proper PWHT that resulted in a homogeneous distribution of the precipitation hardening phases in the welding zones.

Influence of Heat Treatment on Properties of 2219AA-T6 FSW Joints

2014 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan Hong Luo ◽  
Wei Ping Peng ◽  
Ting Chen ◽  
Fei Bo Dong
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Joint Strength ◽  
Alloy Plate ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Transverse Tensile ◽  
Aluminum Alloy Plate ◽  
Transverse Tensile Strength ◽  
Short Time

The joint of 2219-T6 aluminum alloy plate was obtained by friction stir welding, and the microstructures and mechanical properties of the joint were investigated. The causes of the weakened joint strength in friction stir welding were analyzed and summarized correspondingly. The tensile properties show that the transverse tensile strength of the joint can reach about 70% of the base metal. Through the heat treatment of recrystallization with high temperature and at short time, the joint can restore the ductility and eliminate the softening, which will improve the performance in mechanical intensity of the joint.

scholarly journals Sequential Effects of Deep Rolling and Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Surface Integrity of AA7075-T651 Aluminum Alloy Friction Stir Welding

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 3510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adirek Baisukhan ◽  
Wasawat Nakkiew
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Surface Integrity ◽  
Post Weld Heat Treatment ◽  
Deep Rolling ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Weld Heat

The aim of this research is to investigate the sequence of processes for improving the welded surface integrity of AA7075-T651 aluminum alloy joined by friction stir welding (FSW). The improvement processes that will be investigated herein include mechanical surface improvement with deep rolling (DR) and post-weld heat treatment (PWHT). Therefore, this study investigated welded surface integrity, which comprises residual stress, microhardness, surface roughness, microstructure, and fatigue life (screening). The experiment consists of three sets of combinations. In the first set, only FSW was applied; in the second set, FSW was applied, followed by DR, and then PWHT processes (FSW-DR-PWHT); and in the last set, FSW was applied, followed by PWHT, and then DR processes (FSW-PWHT-DR). Fatigue testing was carried out by undertaking a four-point bending test using a bending stress of approximately 300 MPa with a test frequency of 2.5 Hz at room temperature and stress ratio R = 0. The study found that residual stress plays an important role in the fatigue life. Finally, the fatigue test showed that FSW workpieces subject to the PWHT process followed by the DR process (FSW-PWHT-DR) had the highest fatigue life, with an increase of 239% when compared with unprocessed FSW workpieces.

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