Chronicling the Development of a High Strength 5xxx-Based Superplastic Aluminium Alloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 208-213
Author(s):  
Simon Peter Miller-Jupp
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Type Alloy ◽  
Strength Alloy ◽  
Almost All

In recent years there has been a largely unspoken demand for a high strength, non-heat treatable aluminium alloy for superplastic forming applications. This is particularly true for the automotive industry since the high strength, superplastic aluminium alloys, such as AA7475, are both too time consuming (in forming and heat treatment) and too expensive. Compound this with the expense of corrosion protection and almost all aluminium alloys except for AA5083 fall by the wayside for the automobile industry.However, the need for a higher strength alloy has remained. To achieve this Hydro has systematically investigated the basis behind the superplastic forming of AA5083. On this basis a new high strength 5xxx alloy was extrapolated. The resulting alloy was then characterised and benchmarked against the existing SPF alloy, AA5083. The new alloy, an AA5456-type alloy demonstrated a higher strength than AA5083 while improving the formability and rate of forming. This paper will discuss some of the lessons learned during the development of this alloy.

Residual Stresses Resulting from the Forming of High Strength Aluminium Alloys

1959 ◽  
Vol 63 (578) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
G. A. Hawkes
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Residual Strain ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Hot Forming ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Back Reflection ◽  
Surface Residual Stresses

Summary:An X-ray back reflection technique has been used to measure the surface residual stresses resulting from the cold and hot forming of certain high strength aluminium alloys. The alloys examined were to specifications DTD 683, DTD 687 and B.S.S. L65, and the residual stresses have been related to the residual strain in bending of these alloys. The results show that, apart from the degree of straining, the residual stresses are affected by the heat treatment (cold or hot quench) and the amount (if any) of controlled stretching that the alloy has had between solution treatment and precipitation.

Analysis of Strain Hardening Behaviour of Cast Aluminium Alloy 354 Subjected to Artificial Ageing at Various Temperatures

2013 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
pp. 231-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditya Eswar ◽  
Arnav Gupta ◽  
G. Dinesh Babu ◽  
M. Nageswara Rao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Mechanical Behaviour ◽  
Artificial Ageing ◽  
Cast Aluminium ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Lower Strain ◽  
Wide Scale

Automotive industry makes wide scale use of cast aluminium alloy 354 in the production of crucial components, such as compressor wheels for turbochargers. The compressor wheels undergo T61 heat treatment, involving artificial ageing at 188°C. This study focuses on the possible improvement of the mechanical behaviour of the components by subjecting them to modified heat treatments involving usage of lower artificial ageing temperatures (160, 171 and 177°C). A comparative analysis of tensile properties and strain hardening behaviour has been carried out with different artificial ageing temperatures. Results showed that the heat treatment routinely employed by the industry (aged at 188°C) leads to overageing, thereby resulting in relatively inferior mechanical properties and lower strain hardening rates as compared to the samples heat treated at lower artificial ageing temperatures. It is concluded that lowering of the artificial ageing temperature can lead to a superior state of components with respect to mechanical behaviour.

Tensile Behaviour of 6082 Aluminium Alloy Sheet under Different Conditions of Heat Treatment, Temperature and Strain Rate

2009 ◽  
Vol 423 ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Torca ◽  
A. Aginagalde ◽  
J.A. Esnaola ◽  
L. Galdos ◽  
Zigor Azpilgain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Treatment Temperature ◽  
Tensile Behaviour

Aluminium alloys are more and more important for the automotive industry due to their high strength to weight ratio and their elevated ductility; they are used for many different parts in automobiles as exterior panels, structural parts, brake housings and others. However, their formability at room temperature is limited. This inconvenient can be improved by increasing the forming temperature of the part. That lack of formability has lead to this research project dealing with the tensile behaviour of aluminium alloys sheets, at different conditions of temperature and strain rate. The analyzed material has been 6082 aluminium alloy, under two different heat treatment conditions (O and T6). Material testing has been carried out in a temperature range between room temperature and 250°C, and a strain rate range between 0.001s-1 and 0.1s-1. Testing samples have been obtained from laminated sheet of 1.5mm thickness. This article shows that the alloy under T6 condition has a reduced formability, even in warm conditions. In order to get higher deformation values an annealed condition is proposed to form the material. The effect of T6 heat treatment and O annealing treatment in the uniaxial warm formability is discussed and a microstructural analysis is also presented in order to understand the differences on the alloy behaviour.

scholarly journals Brazed Joint Interface Bonding Strength of AR500 Steel and AA7075 Aluminium Alloy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Najib Muhamed ◽  
Mohd Zaidi Omar ◽  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
Zainuddin Sajuri ◽  
Wan Fathul Hakim Wan Zamri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Filler Metal ◽  
Intermetallic Phase ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fusion Welding ◽  
Joint Interface ◽  
Dissimilar Metals ◽  
Brazed Joints ◽  
Interface Bonding Strength

Joining of aluminium alloys to steels has been extensively studied, especially in the automotive sector. However, aluminium alloys are known to be difficult to join with steels when methods involving fusion welding are used because of hot cracking problem. Hence, a high strength joint between these dissimilar metals would be of benefit especially in reducing the weight of products. In this work the torch brazing method was applied to join AR500 steel with AA7075 aluminium alloy using Al-Si-Zn base filler metal at various flame times. The effect of the brazing work on the intermetallic phase formation and the mechanical strength of the joints were investigated. In this work, the maximum shear load obtained was 6460 N and the presence of the intermetallic phases had reduced the shear strength of the brazed joints. However, the torch brazing process using Al-Si-Zn filler metal had successfully facilitated the joining of these dissimilar metals.

scholarly journals Correlations and Scalability of Mechanical Properties on the Micro, Meso and Macro Scale of Precipitation-Hardenable Aluminium Alloy EN AW-6082

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 608
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Toenjes ◽  
Heike Sonnenberg ◽  
Axel von Hehl
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Solution Annealing ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Testing Cost ◽  
Physical Correlations

The mechanical properties of heat-treatable aluminium alloys are improved and adjusted by three different heat treatment steps, which include solution annealing, quenching, and aging. Due to metal-physical correlations, variations in heat treatment temperatures and times lead to different microstructural conditions with differences in the size and number of phases and their volume fraction in the microstructure. In this work, the investigations of the correlation between microhardness measurements on micro samples and the conventional mechanical properties (hardness, yield strength and tensile strength) of macro samples and the comparability of the different heat treatment states of micro and macro samples made of a hardenable aluminium alloy EN AW-6082 will be discussed. Using the correlations between the mechanical properties of micro samples and macro samples, the size of the samples and, thus, the testing cost and effort can be reduced.

Investigation of the joinability of the high-strength aluminum alloy AA7075 in shear-clinching processes

2021 ◽  
pp. 146442072110679
Author(s):  
S Wiesenmayer ◽  
M Merklein
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
High Strength Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Strength Alloy ◽  
Heating Up

Shear-clinching has proven to be a suitable technology for joining of high-strength materials. However, the mechanical properties of the upper joining partner are limited due to the high strains, which occur during the process. Therefore, shear-clinching of the high-strength aluminum alloy AA7075 in the T6 temper is not possible. Yet, the mechanical properties of hardenable alloys of the 7000 series can be influenced by a heat treatment. Thus, within the scope of this work, the joinability of the high-strength alloy AA7075 in shear-clinching processes in dependance of its temper is investigated. The as fabricated state F, the artificially aged T6 temper, a paint baked state and the naturally aged T4 temper are compared to the fully solution annealed W temper as well as to a retrogression heat-treated state. For retrogression heat treatment, a laser is used as heat source, heating up the alloy for a short term in order to only partially dissolve precipitations. The resulting mechanical properties are determined with uniaxial tensile tests. Moreover, the influence of the mechanical properties of AA7075 on the shear-clinching process, the joint formation and the resulting joint strength is analyzed.

Technological features of autoclave molding of parts of complex configuration from В95оч alloy sheets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Technological Process ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Sheet Material ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Spring Back ◽  
Corrosion Properties ◽  
Strength Alloy ◽  
Mechanical And Corrosion Properties ◽  
Wing Skin

The development is shown with the use of modeling the technological process of autoclave molding, combined with the aging process, for the manufacture of upper wing skins from sheets of "В95оч" high-strength alloy taking into account the spring back of the workpiece. The results of studies of indicators of mechanical and corrosion properties of the resulting product are presented. Keywords: autoclave molding, heat treatment, springback, upper wing skin, sheet material, "В95оч". [email protected]

Certain Weldability Problems of 6082-T6 Aluminium Alloy and the Mechanical Properties of the Welded Joints

2017 ◽  
Vol 885 ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Dóra Pósalaky ◽  
János Lukács ◽  
Imre Török
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Gas Metal Arc Welding ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Metal Arc Welding ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
Weight Structures

The usage of modern high strength aluminium alloys are getting more remarkable in several industry sectors mostly the fabrication of light weight structures, such as vehicles, railway transport systems, aerostructures and building constructions. The weldability problems of these alloys are more complex than the steels with similar strength. Therefore weldability problems must be analyzed very accurately, by the help of the modern physical simulation. By knowing the difficulties of the weldability of high strength aluminium alloys the proper parameters of the welding technology can be defined. This article represents the investigation of a certain weldability problem of 6082T6 aluminium alloy with the aim of physical simulation and welding experiments with gas metal arc welding and pulsed current technology.

scholarly journals Brazed Joint Interface Bonding Strength of AR500 Steel and AA7075 Aluminium Alloy

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Muhamed ◽  
Mohd Omar ◽  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
Zainuddin Sajuri ◽  
Wan Wan Zamri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Filler Metal ◽  
Intermetallic Phase ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fusion Welding ◽  
Joint Interface ◽  
Dissimilar Metals ◽  
Brazed Joints ◽  
Interface Bonding Strength

The joining of aluminium alloys to steels has been extensively studied, especially in the automotive sector. However, aluminium alloys are known to be difficult to join with steels when methods involving fusion welding are used because of the hot cracking problem. Hence, a high-strength joint between these dissimilar metals would be of benefit especially in reducing the weight of products. In this work, the torch-brazing method was applied to join AR500 steel with AA7075 aluminium alloy using Al–Si–Zn base filler metal at various flame times. The effects of the brazing work on the intermetallic phase formation and the mechanical strength of the joints were investigated. In this work, the maximum shear load obtained was 6460 N and the presence of the intermetallic phases had reduced the shear strength of the brazed joints. However, the torch-brazing process using Al–Si–Zn filler metal had successfully facilitated the joining of these dissimilar metals.

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