A new method for measurement the residual stresses in friction stir welding

2021 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
M.J. Jweeg ◽  
Z.Kh. Hamdan ◽  
A.H. Majeed ◽  
K.K. Resan ◽  
M. Al-Waily

Purpose: The residual stresses in different welding methods are fundemental problems to consider. Friction stir welding is one of a solid state joining process, it is economical in that it permits joining together different materials, the specimens in this method (FSW) have excellent properties of mechanical as proven by tensile, flextural and fatigue tests, also it is environmentally friendly process minimizes consumption of energy and generate no gasses or smoke. In friction stir welding , there are two kinds of generated residual stresses: tensile stress and compressive stress. So, this study measuring the residual stresses by using a new method for measuring residual stresses depends on tensile testing and stress concentration factor, this method is a simple, fast and low cost, also it is not need special device. Design/methodology/approach: In previous studies, several techniques were used to predict the value of residual stress and its location, such as destructive, semi-destructive, and non-destructive methods. In this study, a simple, new, and inexpensive way was used based on the tensile test and stress concentration of the friction stir welding (FSW). Findings: By comparing the results obtained with the previous studies using the X-ray method, with the current research, it was found that the results are good in detecting the location and value of the residual stress of friction stir welding. The value of discrepancy of the residual stress in the results between those obtained by the previous method and the current method was about 3 MPa. Research limitations/implications: There are many rotational and linear feeding speeds used in this type of welding. This research used two plates from 6061 AA with 3mm thickness, 100 mm width, and 200 mm length. The rotational speed used in friction stir welding was 1400 rpm, and the feeding speed was 40 mm/min. Practical implications: The residual stress obtained with the new method is 6.2 MPa, and this result approximates other known methods such as the X-ray method in previus studies. Originality/value: Using a new simple method for measuring residual stresses of friction stir welding depends on stress concentration factor and tensile testing. This method is fast and low cost , also it is not need specialized device, compared to other methods such as x-ray or hole drilling methods.

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (A2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Sahu ◽  
A Paul ◽  
S Ganguly

In this article, a 3D finite element based thermo-mechanical model for friction stir welding (FSW) of a marine-grade aluminium alloy 5083 is proposed. The model demonstrates the thermal evaluation and the distribution of residual stresses and strains under the variation of process variables. The temperature profile of the weld joint during the FSW process and the mechanical properties of the joints are also experimentally evaluated. The necessary calibration of the model for the correct implementation of the thermal loading, mechanical loading, and boundary conditions was performed using the experimental results. The model simulation and experimental results are analyses in view of the process-property correlation study. The residual stress was evaluated along, and across the weld, centreline referred as longitudinal and transverse residual stresses, respectively. The magnitude of longitudinal residual stress is noted 60-80% higher than that of the transverse direction. The longitudinal residual stress generated a tensile oval shaped stress region around the tool shoulder confined to a maximum distance of about 25mm from the axis of the tool along the weld line. It encompasses the weld-nugget to thermo-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ), while the parent metal region is mostly experiences the compressive residual stresses. However, the transverse residual stress region appears like wing shaped region spread out in both the advancing and retreating side of the weld and occupying approximately double the area as compared to the longitudinal residual stresses. Overall, the study revealed a corelation between the FSW process variables such as welding speed and the tool rotational speed with the residual stress and the mechanical properties of the joint.


2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 515-520
Author(s):  
Tarou Tokuda ◽  
Rong Gang Wang ◽  
Mitsuo Kido ◽  
Gonojo Katayama

This study deals with the indentation method of measuring residual stress in structural ceramics. First we investigate the appropriate pretreatment for measuring fracture toughness (basis value, KC) while avoiding any influence from residual stress, which is important when estimating residual stress using the indentation method. Based on the fracture toughness value, the residual stresses in Al2O3, Si3N4 and ZrO2 ceramics are estimated using the indentation method. Phase transformation is a problem when estimating residual stress using the indentation method with ZrO2 ceramics. Residual stresses in Al2O3 and Si3N4 can be largely eliminated by annealing the specimen after hand grinding. Consequently, it is thought that this treatment method is effective for determining the basis value KC. The estimated residual stress values in Al2O3 and Si3N4 obtained by the indentation method at 98 N corresponded closely to the values obtained wih X-rays. The residual stress value obtained by the indentation method for ZrO2 was close to the value obtained through the X-ray method, when the indentation load was 294 N. When estimating the residual stress in ZrO2 using the indentation method, the influence of the phase transformation caused by the indentation is added onto the original residual stress, when the indentation is small. The influence becomes smaller when the indentation load is large. If the applied indentation load is between 294 N and 490 N, the indentation method is effective for estimating the residual stresses in Al2O3, Si3N4 and ZrO2 ceramics.


1993 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Nishimura

New equations for calculating residual stress distribution are derived from the theory of elasticity for tubes. The initial distribution of the stresses including the shearing stress is computed from longitudinal distributions of residual stresses measured by the X-ray methods at the surface after removal of successive concentric layers of material. For example, the residual stresses of a steel tube quenched in water were measured by the X-ray diffraction method. The new method was also applied to a short tube with hypothetical residual stress distribution. An alternative finite element analysis was made for a verification. The residual stresses computed by finite element modeling agreed well with the hypothetical residual stresses measured. This shows that good results can be expected from the new method. The equations can also be used for bars by simple modification.


Author(s):  
Solaleh Salimi ◽  
Pouya Bahemmat ◽  
Mohammad Haghpanahi

Predicting residual stresses arising from the thermal and mechanical loading history during engineering processes including welding would be a viable tool to reach the optimum process parameters. In the present article, an elasto-thermo-visco-plastic model has been employed to estimate the residual stress caused by the underwater friction stir welding, which are resulted by large thermo-mechanical deformations on one hand and rapid cooling arising from the enormous non-uniform boiling heat convention of water on the other hand. Finally, the numerical results are compared with experimental data acquired by the ultrasonic method to evaluate the accuracy of the simulation process. Regarding the low temperature during underwater friction stir welding, the employed constitutive equations result in acceptable residual stress fields, while for in-air case, the amount of error increases significantly due to experience of high temperatures and intensification in hardening precipitation phenomena.


Author(s):  
R. W. McCune ◽  
A. Murphy ◽  
M. Price ◽  
J. Butterfield

The ability to accurately predict residual stresses and resultant distortions is a key product from process assembly simulations. Assembly processes necessarily consider large structural components potentially making simulations computationally expensive. The objective herein is to develop greater understanding of the influence of friction stir welding process idealization on the prediction of residual stress and distortion and thus determine the minimum required modeling fidelity for future airframe assembly simulations. The combined computational and experimental results highlight the importance of accurately representing the welding forging force and process speed. In addition, the results emphasize that increased CPU simulation times are associated with representing the tool torque, while there is potentially only local increase in prediction fidelity.


1989 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.C. Chen ◽  
Yoshiki Oshida

AbstractMulti-layer thin film which has structure of Cu/Cr/K/Cr/Cu prepared by sputtering process was analyzed for interfacial stresses for as-deposited conditions. This structure was also annealed at 150°C, 250°C, and 350°C for around 15 min. in a vacuum and cooled slowly down for stress analyses.Equations derived by Osgood [1] for residual stress estimations for homogeneous material system using layer removal technique (stress relief) is now applied for inhomogeneous system (multilayer structure). The results are compared with the data obtained from x-ray diffraction technique by using sin2Ψ-2θ method, for Cu layer.From the present analyses, the data obatined using layer removal seem to be qualitatively consistent with but not quantitatively in agreement with x-ray method. Data obtained using the layer removal method have some overlaps with those obtained from x-ray technique. However, in details, data from the curvature method present different scattering band from the x-ray method. It is suggested that the layer removal method is more practical to be used to estimate the average residual stress of the multi-layer system not only because the layer removal method estimates the bulk behavior but also when the metal film is thin (e.g., 200A for Cr layer), x-ray technique becomes impractical. By annealing the sputtered structure up to 250°C, the residual stresses, in particularly Cu layer, decreased on both sides in x- and y-directions.From the main results drawn from the present studies, the layer removal sequence for the curvature method shows significant affects on the obtained results of residual stresses. Minimizing influences caused by layer removal sequences as well as removing duration and temperature provides the most accurate results on residual stress measurements.


2013 ◽  
Vol 554-557 ◽  
pp. 2237-2242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Miguel Ferreira Paulo ◽  
Pierpaolo Carlone ◽  
Robertt A.F. Valente ◽  
Filipe Teixeira-Dias ◽  
Gaetano S. Palazzo

Stiffened panels are usually the basic structural building blocks of airplanes, vessels and other structures with high requirements of strength-to-weight ratio. They typically consist of a plate with equally spaced longitudinal stiffeners on one side, often with intermediate transverse stiffeners. Large aeronautical and naval parts are primarily designed based on their longitudinal compressive strength. The structural stability of such thin-walled structures, when subjected to compressive loads, is highly dependent on the buckling strength of the structure as a whole and of each structural member. In the present work, a number of modelling and numerical calculations, based on the Finite Element Method (FEM), is carried out in order to predict the ultimate load level when stiffened panels are subjected to compressive solicitations. The simulation models account not only for the elasto-plastic nonlinear behaviour, but also for the residual stresses, material properties modifications and geometrical distortions that arise from Friction Stir Welding (FSW) operations. To construct the model considering residual stresses, their distribution in FSW butt joints are obtained by means of a numerical-experimental procedure, namely the contour method, which allows for the evaluation of the normal residual stress distribution on a specimen section. FSW samples have been sectioned orthogonally to the welding line by wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM). Displacements of the relaxed surfaces are then recorded using a Coordinate Measuring Machine and processed in a MATLAB environment. Finally, the residual stress distribution is evaluated by means of an elastic FE model of the cut sample, using the measured and digitalized out-of-plane displacements as input nodal boundary conditions. With these considerations, the main goal of the present work will then be related to the evaluation of the effect of FSW operations, in the ultimate load of stiffened panels with complex cross-section shapes, by means of realist numerical simulation models.


1966 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 273-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Ricklefs ◽  
W. P. Evans

AbstractResidual stresses were measured in hardened and tempered specimens after unidirectional plastic extension. X-ray and strain gage-layer removal methods were compared. Anomalous residual stresses were found in extended samples at hardnesses of Rc 32–35. The X-ray method indicated compressive residual stresses of nearly constant magnitude through ⅓ the thickness of flat samples, while the strain gagelayer removal method indicated that no macrostress existed. A constant anomalous residual stress was also seen by X-ray through ⅗ the thickness of a cylindrical specimen deformed uniformly in tension. Little or no anomalous stress was found in an extended specimen at Re 55 or in a specimen at Rc 44 after uniform bending.


1988 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Yoshida ◽  
Yukio Hanayama ◽  
Yoshitaka Morimoto ◽  
Yukio Hirose ◽  
Keisuke Tanaka

Machine parts made of ceramics are usually finished by grinding. Residual stresses as well as defects introduced by grinding will influence the fracture strength and the function of ceramics parts. Although several investigations used the X-ray diffraction method to measure the grinding residual stresses, their grinding conditions were rather limited.In the present study, sintered alumina ceramics of 99% purity were ground with a resinoid diamond wheel (#140 grain size number) under various grinding conditions. The effects of depth of cut and stock removal on the residual stress was measured with the X-ray method.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Semen Zaides ◽  
Artem Mashukov

The results of residual stress definition after a valve unit diamond smoothing of high-pressure fittings are shown. In the paper there is used Barkhausen noise method allowing the definition of the residual stress level at a great depth as compared with the X-ray method. There is presented a procedure for the definition of residual stresses according to a ratio of a magnetoelastic parameter – deformation. The advantage of the diamond smoothing as a method of FSD allowing the decrease of tensile residual stresses and the increase compression stresses on a contact surface of fittings units is shown.


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