Analysis of Residual Stress on FSW AA 6061 Using Hole-Drilling with ESPI for HFMI Treated Condition

2017 ◽  
Vol 890 ◽  
pp. 344-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ackiel Mohamed ◽  
Yupiter H.P. Manurung ◽  
Markus Laakkonen

Tensile residual stress in friction stir welded (FSW) Aluminum alloy joints is well known to be detrimental to fatigue resistance properties of joints imperiled to dynamic loading. Hence, it is important to translate the prevailing tensile residual stress to a more favorable compressive residual stress to enhance the fatigue life cycle of the welded joints. In this study, the longitudinal and transverse residual stress for FSW AA 6061 joints is measured using the hole-drilling method with electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) for various conditions. This method combines the tried-and-true hole-drilling method with digital imaging and ESPI, eliminating the application of a strain gage through stress depth profile measurements by incremental drilling. The residual stress is measured for the FSW as-welded and high frequency mechanical impact/pneumatic impact treatment (HFMI/PIT)-treated conditions.

2013 ◽  
Vol 768-769 ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horst Brünnet ◽  
Dirk Bähre ◽  
Theo J. Rickert ◽  
Dominik Dapprich

The incremental hole-drilling method is a well-known mechanical measurement procedure for the analysis of residual stresses. The newly developed PRISM® technology by Stresstech Group measures stress relaxation optically using electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI). In case of autofrettaged components, the large amount of compressive residual stresses and the radius of the pressurized bores can be challenging for the measurement system. This research discusses the applicability of the measurement principle for autofrettaged cylinders made of steel AISI 4140. The residual stresses are measured after AF and after subsequent boring and reaming. The experimental residual stress depth profiles are compared to numerically acquired results from a finite element analysis (FEA) with the software code ABAQUS. Sample preparation will be considered as the parts have to be sectioned in half in order to access the measurement position. Following this, the influence of the boring and reaming operation on the final residual stress distribution as well as the accuracy of the presented measurement setup will be discussed. Finally, the usability of the FEA method in early design stages is discussed in order to predict the final residual stress distribution after AF and a following post-machining operation.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Ya ◽  
Fulong Dai ◽  
Jian Lu

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a newly developed welding technique that can join aluminum alloys of low fusion weldability. The conventional hole-drilling method does not consider the nonuniform in-plane stress around the drilled hole, it is no longer valid for the residual stress of FSW which has high stress gradient. However, assuming the relaxation of in-plane nonuniform residual stress to be uniform on a small increment of the boundary of the hole, the recently developed Moire´ interferometry incremental hole-drilling (MIIHD) method can be used. Residual stress of a thin plate of friction stir welded aluminum alloy was studied by MIIHD. The longitudinal residual stress distribution in the transversal direction and through the thickness was obtained and compared with results by strain gage method.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Jahed ◽  
Mohammad Reza Faritus ◽  
Zeinab Jahed

Relieved strains due to drilling hole in a ring sample cut from an autofrettage cylinder are measured. Measured strains are then transformed to residual stresses using calibration constants and mathematical relations of elasticity based on ASTM standard recommendations (American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM E 837-08, 2008, “Standard Test Method for Determining Residual Stresses by the Hole-Drilling Strain-Gage Method,” American Society for Testing and Materials). The hydraulic autofrettage is pressurizing a closed-end long cylinder beyond its elastic limits and subsequently removing the pressure. In contrast to three-dimensional stress state in the autofrettage tube, the stress measurement in hole drilling method is performed on a traction free surface formed from cutting the ring sample. The process of cutting the ring sample from a long autofrettaged tube is simulated using finite element method (FEM) and the redistribution of the residual stress due to the cut is discussed. Hence, transformation of the hole drilling measurements on the ring slice to the autofrettage residual stresses is revealed. The residual stresses are also predicted by variable material properties (VMP) method (Jahed, H., and Dubey, R. N., 1997, “An Axisymmetric Method of Elastic-Plastic Analysis Capable of Predicting Residual Stress Field,” Trans. ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 119, pp. 264–273) using real loading and unloading behavior of the test material. Prediction results for residual hoop stress agree very well with the measurements. However, radial stress predictions are less than measured values particularly in the middle of the ring. To remove the discrepancy in radial residual stresses, the measured residual hoop stress that shows a self-balanced distribution was taken as the basis for calculating residual radial stresses using field equations of elasticity. The obtained residual stresses were improved a lot and were in good agreement with the VMP solution.


2014 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 283-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Held ◽  
Simone Schuster ◽  
Jens Gibmeier

The incremental hole-drilling method is a widely used technique to determine residual stress depth profiles in technical components. Its application is limited in respect to the components geometry, for instance the components thickness. In this paper, a direct correction of the measured strain relaxations is proposed to consider the impact of deviant geometries, here the component thickness, on the residual stress evaluation that moreover, allows the application of commercially available evaluation software. The herein proposed approach is based on finite element simulation of the incremental hole drilling. The simulated strain relaxations for thin metal sheets are evaluated with an algorithm as used in commercially available evaluation software (i) for uncorrected data as well as (ii) for strain data corrected by the proposed correction procedure. It is shown that the correction approach leads to a significant improvement of the measurement accuracy. Further, by means of the approach residual stress depth profiles in thin metal sheets can be as usual determined using commercial evaluation software for the incremental hole-drilling method regardless of the algorithm used, i.e. differential or integral.


2014 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 445-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wulf Pfeiffer ◽  
Eduard Reisacher ◽  
Michael Windisch ◽  
Markus Kahnert

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a well-known technique which allows joining of metal parts without severe distortion. Because FSW involves less heat input relative to conventional welding, it may be assumed that cutting specimens from larger friction stir welded components results in a negligible redistribution of residual stresses. The aim of the investigations was to verify these assumptions for a welded aluminum plate and a circumferentially-welded aluminum cylinder. Strain gage measurements, X-ray diffraction and the incremental hole drilling method were used.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. de Campos

AbstractThe investigation of plastic deformation and residual stress by non-destructive methods is a subject of large relevance for the industry. In this article, the difference between plastic and elastic deformation is discussed, as well as their effects on magnetic measurements, as hysteresis curve and Magnetic Barkhausen Noise. The residual stress data can be obtained with magnetic measurements and also by the hole drilling method and x-ray diffraction measurements. The residual stress level obtained by these three different methods is different, because these three techniques evaluate the sample in different depths. Effects of crystallographic texture on residual stress are also discussed. The magnetoelastic term should be included in micromagnetic methods for residual stress evaluation. It is discussed how the micromagnetic energy Hamiltonian should be expressed in order to evaluate elastic deformation. Plastic deformation can be accounted in micromagnetic models as a term that increases the coercive field in soft magnetic materials as the steels are.


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