scholarly journals Optimization of Friction Stir Welding Parameters to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar AA2024 and AA6061 Aluminium Alloys

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 937-944
Author(s):  
Ch. Ratnam et al., Ch. Ratnam et al., ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Friction Stir

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded AA1050-H14 and AA5083-H111 Joint: Sampling Aspect

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velaphi Msomi ◽  
Nontle Mbana
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Parameters Optimization ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Dissimilar Alloys ◽  
Welding Technique

Welding of dissimilar aluminium alloys has been a challenge for a long period until the discovery of the solid-state welding technique called friction stir welding (FSW). The discovery of this technique encouraged different research interests revolving around the optimization of this technique. This involves the welding parameters optimization and this optimization is categorized into two classes, i.e., similar alloys and dissimilar alloys. This paper reports about the mechanical properties of the friction stir welded dissimilar AA1050-H14 and AA5083-H111 joint. The main focus is to compare the mechanical properties of specimens extracted from different locations of the welds, i.e., the beginning, middle, and the end of the weld. The specimen extracted at the beginning of the weld showed low tensile properties compared to specimens extracted from different locations of the weld. There was no certain trend noted through the bending results. All three specimens showed dimpled fracture, which is the characterization of the ductile fracture.

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded AA1050-H14 and AA5083-H111 Joint: Sampling Aspect

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velaphi Msomi ◽  
Nontle Mbana
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Parameters Optimization ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Dissimilar Alloys ◽  
Welding Technique

Welding of dissimilar aluminium alloys has been a challenge for a long period until the discovery of the solid state welding technique called friction stir welding (FSW). The discovery of this technique encouraged different research interests revolving around the optimization of this technique. This involves the welding parameters optimization and this optimization is categorized into two classes i.e. similar alloys and dissimilar alloys. This paper reports about the mechanical properties of the friction stir welded dissimilar AA1050-H14 and AA5083-H111 joint. The main focus is to compare the mechanical properties of specimens extracted from different locations of the welds i.e. the beginning, middle and the end of the weld. The specimen extracted at the beginning of the weld showed low tensile properties compared to specimens extracted from different locations of the weld. There was no certain trend noted through the bending results. All three specimens showed dimpled fracture which is the characterization of the ductile fracture.

Optimization of friction stir welding parameters of dissimilar aluminium alloys 6061 and 5083 by using response surface methodology

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110058
Author(s):  
Sanjeev Verma ◽  
Vinod Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Feed Rate ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Tool Pin

Aluminium and its alloys are lightweight, corrosion-resistant, affordable and high-strength material and find wide applications in shipbuilding, automotive, constructions, aerospace and other industrial sectors. In applications like aerospace, marine and automotive industries, there is a need to join components made of different aluminium alloys, viz. AA6061 and AA5083. In this study friction stir welding (FSW) is used to join dissimilar plates made of AA6061-T6 and AA5083-O. The effect of varying tool pin profile, tool rotation speed, tool feed rate and tilt angle of the tool has been investigated on the tensile strength and percentage elongation of the welded joints. Box-Behkan design, with four input parameters and three levels of each parameter has been employed to decide the set of experimental runs. The regression models have been developed to investigate the influence of welding variables on the tensile strength and elongation of the welded joint. It is revealed that with the increase in welding parameters like tool rpm, tool feed rate and tilt angle of the tool, both the mechanical properties increase, reach a maximum level, followed by a decrease with further increase in the value of parameters. Amongst different types of tool pin profiles used, the FSW tool having straight cylindrical (SC) pin profile is found to yield the maximum strength and elongation of the welded joint for different combinations of welding parameters. Multiple response optimization indicates that the maximum UTS (135.83 MPa) and TE (4.35%) are obtained for the welded joint fabricated using FSW tool having SC pin profile, tilted at 1.11° and operating at tool speed and feed rate of 1568 rpm and 39.53 mm/min., respectively.

The Use of Bobbin Tools for Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium Alloys

2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 1179-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Threadgill ◽  
M.M.Z. Ahmed ◽  
Jonathan P. Martin ◽  
Jonathan G. Perrett ◽  
Bradley P. Wynne
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Machine Design ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Triangular Zone

The use of a double sided friction stir welding tool (known as a bobbin tool) has the advantage of giving a processed zone in the workpiece which is more or less rectangular in cross section, as opposed the triangular zone which is more typically found when conventional friction stir welding tool designs are used. In addition, the net axial force on the workpiece is almost zero, which has significant beneficial implications in machine design and cost. However, the response of these tools in generating fine microstructures in the nugget area has not been established. The paper presents detailed metallographic analyses of microstructures produced in 25mm AA6082-T6 aluminium wrought alloy, and examines grain size, texture and mechanical properties as a function of processing parameters and tool design, and offers comparison with data from welds made with conventional tools.

scholarly journals Friction Stir Processing Of TIG And Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar Alloy Joints: A Review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sipokazi Mabuwa ◽  
Velaphi Msomi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Friction Stir Processing ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Tig Welding ◽  
Automotive Electronics ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Dissimilar Alloys

The use of aluminium alloys continues to grow in many applications to mention a few aerospace, automotive, electronics, electricity, construction and food packaging. With so much demand there is a new interest in welding of dissimilar aluminium alloys. Some of the welding techniques used to join dissimilar aluminium alloys include friction stir welding and TIG welding. The welding of dissimilar alloys affects the mechanical properties negatively due to porosity and cracking during the welding. This then suggests that there should be a process which can be used to improve the dissimilar alloys mechanical properties post its production. Friction stir processing was found to be one of the mechanical techniques that could be used to improve the mechanical properties of the material. This paper reports on the literature on the friction stir welding, TIG welding and friction stir processing techniques published so far, with the aim to identify the gap in the use of friction stir process as a post processing technique of the weld joints.

Friction Stir Welding of Elements Made of Cast Aluminium Alloys

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 385-392
Author(s):  
B. Rams ◽  
A. Pietras ◽  
K. Mroczka
Keyword(s):  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Seam Weld ◽  
Cast Aluminium ◽  
Weld Structure ◽  
Welding Stability

Abstract The article presents application of FSW method for joining elements made of cast aluminium alloys which are hardly weldable with other known welding techniques. Research’s results of plasticizing process of aluminium and moulding of seam weld during different FSW process’ conditions were also presented. Influence of welding parameters, shape and dimensions of tool on weld structure, welding stability and quality was examined. Application of FSW method was exemplified on welding of hemispheres for valves made of cast aluminium alloy EN AC-43200.

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