scholarly journals Influence of Friction Stir Processing Parameters on Mg ZE 41-SiC Surface Composite

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 6058-6061

In this study, the influence of friction stir processing process parameters (FSP), such as tool rotational speed, tool traverse speed, and the tool tilt angle on the mechanical properties of Sic reinforced surface magnesium rare earth ZE41 alloy composite was studied. The process was carried at tool rotational speeds of 710, 900, 1120, 1600, 1400 and 1800 rpm, tool traverse speeds of 16, 25, 40 and 63 mm/min and tool tilt angle of degree 1. Nano-particles of SiC (40 microns) were used as reinforcements to produce a composite surface. The grain refinement of the processed specimens was analyzed using scanning electron microscope. It is observed from the results that FSP process parameters influenced the surface composite area, SiC particles distribution and micro hardness of the composite. The outcomes indicated that the higher micro hardness was obtained at rotational speed of 1100 RPM, traverse speed 40mm/min and tilt angle 10 .

2017 ◽  
pp. 1293-1305
Author(s):  
G. Venkateswarlu ◽  
M.J. Davidson ◽  
G.R.N. Tagore ◽  
P. Sammaiah

Friction stir processing (FSP) has been developed on the principles of friction stir welding (FSW) as an effective and efficien new method for grain refinement and microstructural modification, providing intense plastic deformation as well as higher strain rates than other conventional severe plastic deformation methods. FSP produces an equiaxed homogeneous microstructure consisting of fine grains, resulting in the enhancement of the properties of the material at room temperature. The objective of the present paper is to examine the influence of friction stir processing (FSP) parameters namely tool rotational speed (RS), tool traverse speed (TS) and tool tilt angle (TA) on the microstructures of friction stir processed AZ31B-O magnesium alloy. This investigation has focused on the microstructural changes occurred in the dynamically recrystallised nugget zone/ stir zone and the thermo mechanically affected zone during FSP. The results presented in this work indicate that all the three FSP process parameters have a significant effect on the resulting microstructure and also found that the rotational speed has greatly influenced the homogenization of the material. The grain refinement is higher at intermediate rotational speed (1150 rpm), traverse speed (32 mm / min and tilt angle (10). It is established that FSP can be a good grain refinement method for improving the properties of the material.


Author(s):  
G. Venkateswarlu ◽  
M.J. Davidson ◽  
G.R.N. Tagore ◽  
P. Sammaiah

Friction stir processing (FSP) has been developed on the principles of friction stir welding (FSW) as an effective and efficien new method for grain refinement and microstructural modification, providing intense plastic deformation as well as higher strain rates than other conventional severe plastic deformation methods. FSP produces an equiaxed homogeneous microstructure consisting of fine grains, resulting in the enhancement of the properties of the material at room temperature. The objective of the present paper is to examine the influence of friction stir processing (FSP) parameters namely tool rotational speed (RS), tool traverse speed (TS) and tool tilt angle (TA) on the microstructures of friction stir processed AZ31B-O magnesium alloy. This investigation has focused on the microstructural changes occurred in the dynamically recrystallised nugget zone/ stir zone and the thermo mechanically affected zone during FSP. The results presented in this work indicate that all the three FSP process parameters have a significant effect on the resulting microstructure and also found that the rotational speed has greatly influenced the homogenization of the material. The grain refinement is higher at intermediate rotational speed (1150 rpm), traverse speed (32 mm / min and tilt angle (10). It is established that FSP can be a good grain refinement method for improving the properties of the material.


Author(s):  
Sudhir Kumar ◽  
Kapil Kumar ◽  
Manish Maurya ◽  
Vishal

Abstract Friction stir processing was used to prepare aluminium metal matrix composite reinforced with B4C particles. The micro-hardness of the composite was improved by selecting the process parameters. Friction stir processing parameters, namely tool rotational speed, tool tilt angle and different pin profiles, were explored by using Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array and analysis of variance. Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were employed for microstructural analysis. X-ray diffraction was used to evaluate the residual stress. Experimental results illustrated that increased rotational speed, reduced tilt angle and square pin profile of the tool gave more uniform dispersal of B4C content with maximum micro-hardness. Small amounts of compressive residual stress developed at the stirred and thermo-mechanically affected zones confirmed the adequate improvement in micro-hardness. Micro-hardness of fabricated Al 6063/B4C composite surfaces was enhanced by 30% as compared to Al 6063 alloy.


2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 234-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Thangarasu ◽  
N. Murugan ◽  
I. Dinaharan ◽  
S.J. Vijay

Friction stir processing (FSP) is as a novel modifying technique to synthesize surface composites. An attempt has been made to synthesis AA6082/TiC surface composite using FSP and to analyze the effect of tool rotational speed on microstructure and microhardness of the same. The tool rotational speed was varied from 800 rpm to 1600 rpm in steps of 400 rpm. The traverse speed, axial force, groove width and tool pin profile were kept constant. Scanning electron microscopy was employed to study the microstructure of the fabricated surface composites. The results indicated that the tool rotational speed significantly influenced the area of the surface composite and distribution of TiC particles. Higher rotational speed provided homogenous distribution of TiC particles while lower rotational speed caused poor distribution of TiC particles in the surface composite. The effect of the tool rotational speed on microhardness is also reported in this paper.


2015 ◽  
Vol 813-814 ◽  
pp. 446-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Palani ◽  
C. Elanchezhian

The friction stir welding process is the newly developed material joining process used to join the different materials which are very difficult to join in the conventional fusion welding process. In this investigation using the specially designed straight cam profiled tool, the multiple responses of Ultimate tensile strength, Ultimate yield strength and Percentage of elongation with the process parameters of rotational speed, tool tilt angle and feed rate are optimized. The five level, three factor rotatable central composite design is selected to optimize the responses of friction stir welded AA 8011 aluminium alloys. The highest gray relational grade with the highest relative efficiency is found using the gray relational analysis coupled with the data envelopment analysis to predict the optimum parameters. It exposes that at the rotational speed of 680 rpm, the tool tilt angle of 98 degrees and the feed rate of 24 mm/min the good weld quality can be attained.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Mohamed Abd Elnabi ◽  
Tarek Abd Elsadek Osman ◽  
Alaa Eldeen El Mokadem ◽  
Abou Bakr Elshalakany 

The objectives of this work are to optimize the process parameters on the mechanical properties (ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and ductility) of dissimilar joints between AA5454 and AA7075 produced by friction stir welding and to determine which of them is significant by using Taguchi L16 optimization method. Seven parameters at two levels were selected in this study. The selected parameters are tool rotational speed, traverse speed, pin profile (based on taper angle), D/d ratio, tool tilt angle, plunge depth, and base metal location. Then, mathematical models are built as function of significant parameters/ interactions using Response Surface Methodology. The results of this work showed that the rotational speed, traverse speed, D/d ratio and plunge depth are significant parameters in determining UTS (Mean, Signal to noise ratio (S/N)) at different confidence levels, but pin profile, location of base metal and tool tilt angle are insignificant parameters at any confidence levels. The traverse speed has the highest contribution to the process for UTS about 18.577 % and 16.943 % for S/N ratio and mean, respectively. The accuracy of the models according to the UTS is 97.678 % and 99.56 %for mean and S/N ratio, respectively. The maximum joint efficiency, compared to the strength of the AA5454, is 85.3%.


Author(s):  
Shubham Verma ◽  
Joy Prakash Misra ◽  
Meenu Gupta

The present study deals with the application of sequential procedure (i.e. steepest ascent) to obtain the optimum values of process parameters for conducting friction stir welding (FSW) experiments. A vertical milling machine is modified by fabricating fixture and tool ( H13 material) for performing FSW operation to join AA7039 plates. The steepest ascent technique is employed to design the experiments at different rotational speed, welding speed, and tilt angle. The ultimate tensile strength is considered as a performance characteristic for deciding the optimal levels. The mechanical and metallurgical characteristics of the joints are studied by executing tensile and microhardness tests. It is concluded from the graphical analysis of the steepest ascent technique that the optimal maximum and minimum values are 1812–1325 r/min for rotational speed, 43–26 mm/min for welding speed, and 2°–1.3° for tilt angle, respectively. Besides, optical microscope and scanning electron microscope are utilized for microstructural and fractographic analyses for a better understanding of the process.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-300
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar ◽  
Ashish Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Rakesh Kumar Singh

Friction stir processing is an avant-garde technique of producing new surface composite or changing the different properties of a material through intense, solid-state localized material plastic deformation. This change in properties depends upon the deformation formed by inserting a non-consumable revolving tool into the workpiece and travels laterally through the workpiece. This research work highlights the effect of process parameters on mechanical properties of fabricated surface composites by friction stir processing. By using various reinforcing materials like Ti, SiC, B4C, Al2O3 with waste elements like waste eggshells, rice husks, coconut shell and coir will be used to fabricate the green composites which are environmentally friendly and reduces the problem of decomposition. The parameter for this experiment is considered as the reinforcing materials, tool rotation speed and tool tilt angle. The SiC/Al2O3/Ti along with eggshell are selected asreinforcement materials. The main effect of the reinforcement is to improve mechanical properties, like hardness, impact strength and strength. The results revealed that the process parameters significantly affect the mechanical properties of friction stir processed surface composites.


Author(s):  
Sumit Jain ◽  
R.S. Mishra

In this research, a defect-free dissimilar weld joint of AA7075-T6 and AA6061-T6 reinforced with Al2O3 nanoparticles was fabricated via friction stir welding (FSW). The influence of tool rotational speed (700, 900 and 1100 rpm), traverse speed (40, 50 and 60 mm/min) with varying volume fractions of Al2O3 nanoparticles (4%, 7% and 10%) on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties were investigated. The augmentation of various mechanical properties is based on the homogeneity of particle dispersion and grains refinement in the SZ of the FSWed joint. The findings revealed that the remarkable reduction in grain size in the SZ was observed owing to the incorporation of Al2O3 nanoparticles produces the pinning effect, which prevents the growth of grain boundaries by dynamic recrystallization (DRX). The increasing volume fraction of Al2O3 nanoparticles enhanced the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, % elongation and micro-hardness. Agglomeration of particles was observed in the SZ of the FSWed joints produced at lower tool rotational speed of 700 rpm and higher traverse speed of 60 mm/min due to unusual material flow. Homogenous particle dispersion and enhanced material mixing ensue at higher rotational speed of 1100 rpm and lower traverse speed of 40 mm/min exhibit higher tensile strength and micro-hardness.


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