Microstructural Characterization and Temperature Analysis in Friction Stir Welding of A383/5052 Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys

2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masafumi Kokubo ◽  
Shinichi Kazui ◽  
Takao Kaneuchi ◽  
Yoshimasa Takayama ◽  
Hajime Kato ◽  
...  

Microstructural characterization and temperature analysis have been performed in friction stir welding (FSW) of A383 and 5052 dissimilar aluminum alloys. Marked difference in microstructure was observed between joints with different arrangements of materials. The temperature at four points on each side of the joint line was measured during FSW in various conditions. In addition, an analytical model assumed that the work generated by the rotation of the tool led to the work for stirring materials and heat generation of the material and the tool. The temperature of the retreating side (RS) for the joint of the advancing side (AS):A383/RS:5052 was about 50K higher than that of AS, while the temperatures of AS and RS for the joint of AS:5052/RS:A383 were almost the same. The experimental temperature could be calculated reasonably by using the model with assumption of the work for stirring the material.

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 511-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masafumi KOKUBO ◽  
Yoshimasa TAKAYAMA ◽  
Shinichi KAZUI ◽  
Takao KANEUCHI ◽  
Hajime KATO ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Xiangqian Liu ◽  
Yan Yu ◽  
Shengli Yang ◽  
Huijie Liu

In the conventional analytical model used for heat generation in friction stir welding (FSW), the heat generated at the pin/workpiece interface is assumed to distribute uniformly in the pin volume, and the heat flux is applied as volume heat. Besides, the tilt angle of the tool is assumed to be zero for simplicity. These assumptions bring about simulating deviation to some extent. To better understand the physical nature of heat generation, a modified analytical model, in which the nonuniform volumetric heat flux and the tilt angle of the tool were considered, was developed. Two analytical models are then implemented in the FEM software to analyze the temperature fields in the plunge and traverse stage during FSW of AA6005A-T6 aluminum hollow extrusions. The temperature distributions including the maximum temperature and heating rate between the two models are different. The thermal cycles in different zones further revealed that the peak temperature and temperature gradient are very different in the high-temperature region. Comparison shows that the modified analytical model is accurate enough for predicting the thermal cycles and peak temperatures, and the corresponding simulating precision is higher than that of the conventional analytical model.


Author(s):  
Morteza Ghaffarpour ◽  
Mohammad Kazemi ◽  
Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Sefat ◽  
Ahmad Aziz ◽  
Kamran Dehghani

In the present study, friction stir welding (FSW) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) techniques were used to join the dissimilar aluminum alloys of 5083-H12 and 6061-T6. The laboratory tests were designed using design of experiment (DOE) method. Variables for the FSW process were the rotational speed, traverse speed, shoulder diameter, and pin diameter. They changed in ranges of 700–2500 r/min, 25–400 mm/min, 10–14 mm, and 2–4 mm, respectively. In the case of TIG process, the variables were current intensity, traverse speed, and tilt angle. These parameters varied from 80 to 90 A, 200 to 400 mm/min, and 3° to 12°, respectively. The optimum amounts of parameters were obtained using response surface methodology (RSM). The RSM-based model was developed to predict ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the welds produced. In FSW, the difference between predicted and measured UTS was about 1.28% and in TIG it was 1.78%. The good agreement between experimental and predicted results indicates the high accuracy of the developed model. Mechanical properties and also the microstructure of the welds were compared after optimizing both welding processes using RSM. The results showed that the welds produced by FSW indicated a considerably higher quality and also improved mechanical properties compared to TIG. Properties of the joints obtained by FSW in single-sided joints were more desirable. In the double-sided welds obtained by FSW these differences were of an even higher significance.


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