scholarly journals Interfacial Microstructure and Formation of Direct Laser Welded CFRP/Ti-6Al-4V Joint

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1398
Author(s):  
Pengyuan Zou ◽  
Hua Zhang ◽  
Min Lei ◽  
Donghai Cheng ◽  
Shuo Huang ◽  
...  

Joining fiber reinforced polyether ether ketone resin matrix composite (PEEK-CFRP) with Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy to form a composite structure is a promising manufacturing process. Huge difference of material properties is the biggies challenge to join them. Continuous laser welding process is conducted in this experiment to join the two materials. In this study, joints under different welding speeds were obtained. Mechanical properties and microstructures were observed, and the interfacial structures were tested. The results showed that fixed joint could be obtained. As the welding speed decreased, the tensile shear first increased and then decreased. The shear force reached a maximum value of 36.8 N/mm at the speed of 10 mm/s. The quality of joint could be observably affected by welding speed. The formation of bubbles, cracks, and anchor effect at the interface were the main factors affecting the mechanical property of joint. Thus, adhesion failure was the main failure form for CFRP fracture. Ti, Al and some other elements had been diffused across the interface, resulting in the formation of intermediate transition layer. The result of EDS, X-ray and XPS test indicated that CTi0.42V1.58 phase could be formed, and Ti at the interface could react with the oxygen and carbon of CFRP to form TiO2, TiO and TiC, forming a stable joint structure.

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1494
Author(s):  
Ran Li ◽  
Manshu Dong ◽  
Hongming Gao

Bead size and shape are important considerations for industry design and quality detection. It is hard to deduce an appropriate mathematical model for predicting the bead geometry in a continually changing welding process due to the complex interrelationship between different welding parameters and the actual bead. In this paper, an artificial neural network model for predicting the bead geometry with changing welding speed was developed. The experiment was performed by a welding robot in gas metal arc welding process. The welding speed was stochastically changed during the welding process. By transient response tests, it was indicated that the changing welding speed had a spatial influence on bead geometry, which ranged from 10 mm backward to 22 mm forward with certain welding parameters. For this study, the input parameters of model were the spatial welding speed sequence, and the output parameters were bead width and reinforcement. The bead geometry was recognized by polynomial fitting of the profile coordinates, as measured by a structured laser light sensor. The results showed that the model with the structure of 33-6-2 had achieved high accuracy in both the training dataset and test dataset, which were 99% and 96%, respectively.


Author(s):  
Nannan Chen ◽  
Hongliang Wang ◽  
Jingjing Li ◽  
Vic Liu ◽  
James Schroth

Abstract Dissimilar materials of copper (Cu) to aluminum (Al) with nickel-phosphorus (Ni-P) coatings were joined using resistance spot welding. The Ni-P coatings were electroless plated on the Al surfaces to eliminate the formation of brittle Cu-Al intermetallic compounds (IMCs) at the faying interface between Cu and Al. Three welding schedules with various heat input were employed to produce different interfacial microstructure. The evolution of interfaces in terms of phase constitution, elemental distribution and defects (gaps and voids) was characterized and the formation mechanisms were elucidated. During the welding process, the bonding between Cu and Ni-P forms through solid-state diffusion, while the faster diffusion rate of Cu relative to Ni and P atoms promotes the generation of sub-micron voids. As the heat input increases, gaps at the Cu/Ni-P interface diminish accompanied by increase of sub-micron voids. A moderate schedule helps to remove the gaps and inhibits the void formation. An Al3Ni layer and nanovoids were found around the interface of Ni-P/Al. The increased heat input decreases the grain size of Al3Ni at the interface by eutectic remelting and increases the nanovoids by enhanced nanoscale Kirkendall effect.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Manigandan Krishnan ◽  
Senthilkumar Subramaniam

The force generation, joint mechanical and metallurgical properties of friction stir corner welded non-heat treatable AA 5086 aluminum alloy are investigated in this paper. The friction stir welding process is carried out with the plate thicknesses of 6 mm and 4 mm. The welding speed, tool rotational speed and tool plunge depth were considered as the process parameters to conduct the welding experiments. The machine spindle motor current consumption and tool down force generation during friction stir welding were analyzed. The microstructures of various joint regions were observed. The tensile samples revealed the tensile strength of 197 MPa with tool rotational and welding speeds of 1,000 rev/min and 150 mm/min respectively, which is 78 % of parent material tensile strength. A maximum micro hardness of 98 HV was observed at thermomechanically joint affected zone, which was welded with tool rotation of 1,000 rev/min and welding speed of 190 mm/min.


2013 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Fei Sun ◽  
Dun Ming Liao ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Chang Chun Dong

In this paper, a coupled numerical model of three-dimensional transient temperature field and degree of cure field for resin matrix composite curing process was developed. Using this model the hot-press curing process of the plate-shaped composite parts were simulated with considering the impact of tools and auxiliary materials. Thus, the temperature and degree of cure fields distribution in the entire process cycle were obtained. Numerical results show that the curing of the composite has a certain sequence. At the beginning, the composite is first curing at the boundary and gradually to the center. At the end stage, because of the higher curing rate, the center released a large amount of heat which makes the boundary curing simultaneously with center. In addition, there is a significant exothermic peak during the curing process. And the peak temperature is higher when it was closer to the center. This research effectively provides reference for optimizing the heating process parameters to improve product quality.


2015 ◽  
Vol 466 ◽  
pp. 100-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Li ◽  
Yizhuo Gu ◽  
Zhongjia Yang ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Shaokai Wang ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 04005
Author(s):  
Min Hu

This paper studies WELDOX960 high strength steel, analysis of the welding ability of WELDOX960 high strength steel. Analyze the weld ability of WELDOX960 high-strength steel materials, and study the influence of process parameters such as welding current, welding voltage, and welding speed on penetration depth and weld width in the automated welding process. Through this test, the welding process is optimized to ensure the weld quality. The results show that WELDOX960 high-strength steel adopts multi-layer and multi-pass welding to form better welds.


2010 ◽  
Vol 34-35 ◽  
pp. 1516-1520
Author(s):  
Hong Ye ◽  
Han Li Yang ◽  
Zhong Lin Yan

Electron beam welding process of AZ61 with 10mm thickness magnesium alloys was investigated. The influence of processing parameters including focusing current, welding beam current and welding speed was researched. The results show that an ideal weld bead can be formed by choosing processing parameters properly. Focusing current is main parameter that determines cross section shape. The beam current and welding speed are main parameters that determine the weld width and dimensions. The test results for typical welds indicate that the microhardness of the weld zone is better than that of the base meta1. A fine-grained weld region has been observed and no obvious heat-affected zone is found. The fusion zone mainly consists of small α-Mg phase and β-Mg17A112. The small grains and β phases in the joint are believed to play an important role in the increase of the strength of weld for AZ61 magnesium alloys.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1659
Author(s):  
Sasan Sattarpanah Karganroudi ◽  
Mahmoud Moradi ◽  
Milad Aghaee Attar ◽  
Seyed Alireza Rasouli ◽  
Majid Ghoreishi ◽  
...  

This study involves the validating of thermal analysis during TIG Arc welding of 1.4418 steel using finite element analyses (FEA) with experimental approaches. 3D heat transfer simulation of 1.4418 stainless steel TIG arc welding is implemented using ABAQUS software (6.14, ABAQUS Inc., Johnston, RI, USA), based on non-uniform Goldak’s Gaussian heat flux distribution, using additional DFLUX subroutine written in the FORTRAN (Formula Translation). The influences of the arc current and welding speed on the heat flux density, weld bead geometry, and temperature distribution at the transverse direction are analyzed by response surface methodology (RSM). Validating numerical simulation with experimental dimensions of weld bead geometry consists of width and depth of penetration with an average of 10% deviation has been performed. Results reveal that the suggested numerical model would be appropriate for the TIG arc welding process. According to the results, as the welding speed increases, the residence time of arc shortens correspondingly, bead width and depth of penetration decrease subsequently, whilst simultaneously, the current has the reverse effect. Finally, multi-objective optimization of the process is applied by Derringer’s desirability technique to achieve the proper weld. The optimum condition is obtained with 2.7 mm/s scanning speed and 120 A current to achieve full penetration weld with minimum fusion zone (FZ) and heat-affected zone (HAZ) width.


2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Pavol Švec ◽  
Viliam Hrnčiar ◽  
Alexander Schrek

AbstractThe effects of beam power and welding speed on microstructure, microhardnes and tensile strength of HCT600X laser welded steel sheets were evaluated. The welding parameters influenced both the width and the microstructure of the fusion zone and heat affected zone. The welding process has no effect on tensile strength of joints which achieved the strength of base metal and all joints fractured in the base metal.


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