Hardness Prediction of AA 2024-T3 FSW Weld

2021 ◽  
Vol 1016 ◽  
pp. 1857-1862
Author(s):  
Sébastien Galisson ◽  
Denis Carron ◽  
Philippe Le Masson ◽  
Georgios Stamoulis ◽  
Eric Feulvarch ◽  
...  

The hardness of AA 2024 is mainly dependent of the precipitation state in the material. This one will vary through the process of friction stir welding (FSW) which generates heat and deformations. The most important effect will be the thermal excursion which greatly affects the nature and the distribution of precipitates and so the mechanical properties of the material. Three Myhr & Grong-type submodels have been used in this study in order to simulate the variation of hardness in AA 2024-T3 FSW welds. These models allowed to simulate the hardening by growth of S-precipitates and the softening by coarsening and dissolution of GPB zones / co-clusters or S-precipitates. Finally, the natural ageing was taken into account following the Robson model. The complete model has been calibrated with isothermal data found in the literature and still has to be optimised. Nevertheless, preliminary results show the coherence of the model when performed on isothermal data. The model has been also applied to predict FSW hardness profiles that are compared to those found in the literature.

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1938
Author(s):  
Haifeng Yang ◽  
Hongyun Zhao ◽  
Xinxin Xu ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
Huihui Zhao ◽  
...  

In this study, 2A14-T4 Al-alloy T-joints were prepared via stationary shoulder friction stir welding (SSFSW) technology where the stirring pin’s rotation speed was set as different values. In combination with the numerical simulation results, the macro-forming, microstructure, and mechanical properties of the joints under different welding conditions were analyzed. The results show that the thermal cycle curves in the SSFSW process are featured by a steep climb and slow decreasing variation trends. As the stirring pin’s rotation speed increased, the grooves on the weld surface became more obvious. The base and rib plates exhibit W- or N-shaped hardness distribution patterns. The hardness of the weld nugget zone (WNZ) was high but was lower than that of the base material. The second weld’s annealing effect contributed to the precipitation and coarsening of the precipitated phase in the first weld nugget zone (WNZ1). The hardness of the heat affect zone (HAZ) in the vicinity of the thermo-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ) dropped to the minimum. As the stirring pin's rotation speed increased, the tensile strengths of the base and rib plates first increased and then dropped. The base and rib plates exhibited ductile and brittle/ductile fracture patterns, respectively.


2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 1059-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Takahara ◽  
Masato Tsujikawa ◽  
Sung Wook Chung ◽  
Y. Okawa ◽  
Kenji Higashi

The influence of tool control in non-linear friction stir welding (FSW) on mechanical properties of joints was investigated. FSW is widely applied to linear joints. It is impossible for five axis FSW machines, however, to keep all the FSW parameters in optimum conditions at non-linear welding. Non-linear FSW joints should be made by compromise with the order of priority for FSW parameters. The tensile test results of butt joints with rectangular change in welding direction on plate plane (L-shaped butt joints) with various welding parameter change. It was found that turn to the retreating side is encouraged when welding direction change. And the method of zero inclination tool angle is effective at non-linear and plane welding.


Metals ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajad Fouladi ◽  
Amir Ghasemi ◽  
Mahmoud Abbasi ◽  
Morteza Abedini ◽  
Amir Khorasani ◽  
...  

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