镁合金AZ80A搅拌摩擦焊焊核区组织金属学演变

采用取像显微分析技术分析了变形镁合金AZ80A搅拌摩擦焊焊核区塑性条带间的金属学演变过程.结果表明:搅拌摩擦焊搭接头焊核区晶粒尺寸、极图、反极图以及晶粒的取向差均呈周期性的变化,组织结构呈条带分布,基体内部经历了周期性的动态再结晶过程.     

AZ31镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头断裂机制

对AZ31镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头进行力学性能实验.拉伸、疲劳实验结果显示,AZ31镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头抗拉强度可以达到母材强度的92.9%,断裂位置在前进面的机械热影响区,认为是前进面机械热影响区不均匀的层状组织和应力集中作用的结果.扫描电镜显示:断口有明显的撕裂纹和纤维状组织.     

镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接组织特征研究

通过对镁合金AZ31进行搅拌摩擦焊获得了成型良好的焊缝,采用金相显微镜对焊缝组织进行了分析,并采用透射电镜和X射线能谱仪对晶粒形貌和晶界析出的第二相进行了观测分析。结果表明,镁合金搅拌摩擦焊可以获得组织致密的焊缝,焊缝区域根据组织特点可以分为焊核区、热机影响区和热影响区;焊核区"洋葱环"之间呈现层片状结构,晶界强化相数量减少且尺寸变小;热机影响区在前进侧和焊核区有明显的分界,晶粒呈细长条状,后退侧和焊核区分界相对不明显,晶粒变形较小;热影响区在前进侧较窄,组织与母材组织相比变化较小,而后退侧热影响区较宽,晶粒尺寸有所增长,这与搅拌摩擦过程中金属切削迁移的堆积过程有关。     

铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头微观组织和力学性能分析

目的 研究7020铝合金搅拌摩擦焊(FSW)的结构和机械性能。方法 采用搅拌摩擦焊对铝板进行对接焊试验,具体形式为单面焊双面成型。采用拉伸机和显微维氏硬度仪对试样进行力学性能测试;利用蔡司金相、光谱仪、扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪研究母材和焊接接头的微观组织。结果 在硬度上,母材>热影响区>焊核区,热影响区平均硬度约为94HV,母材平均硬度为99HV,焊核区平均硬度最低为78HV,焊核区出现“S”缺陷,在一定程度上弱化了焊核区性能;7020铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头的抗拉强度为235 MPa,屈服强度为158 MPa,屈强比为0.67,伸长率为7%,焊接系数可以达到73.8%;母材的抗拉强度为325 MPa,屈服强度为278 MPa,屈强比为0.86,伸长率为25%;焊接接头中心显微组织主要由胞状树枝晶体组成,显微结晶依次呈现为平面晶、胞状晶、树枝状晶、等轴晶;铝合金母材和焊接接头的金属相组成均为α?Al+Mg2Si;焊接接头断口呈现比较明显的韧性断裂特征。结论 铝合金搅拌摩擦焊可以获得性能比较优良的焊接接头,为其他铝合金材料的FSW焊接提供技术参考。     

AZ31镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头微弧氧化表面防护研究

在硅酸盐溶液中于AZ31镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头表面制备一层均匀的微弧氧化膜。分析微弧氧化膜的截面组织、相组成和显微硬度分布,并采用浸泡和电化学方法评估微弧氧化表面处理对焊接接头腐蚀行为的影响。结果表明:接头搅拌区的显微硬度高于镁合金母相区,热影响区硬度低于母相区,但接头不同区域对应的微弧氧化膜硬度都相同,比镁合金基体提高约7倍。在3.5%NaCl溶液中浸泡后,焊接样品热影响区腐蚀严重,而微弧氧化膜表面形貌没有明显变化。未表面处理的接头热影响区电位低于搅拌区和母相区,其腐蚀电流密度也较大,但不同区域微弧氧化膜的腐蚀电流密度都相近,并明显低于未氧化处理的焊接样品。微弧氧化表面处理能显著改善镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头抗腐蚀性能。     

铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头隧道型缺陷研究

焊接热输入不足导致铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头中常出现隧道型缺陷，本文通过产热分析发现：选择与被焊材料摩擦系数斗较大的材料作为搅拌头制造材料；在圆柱体搅拌头的指头上制造螺纹提高焊接产热；提高旋转速度或者降低焊接速度来提高焊接线能量；减小搅拌指头半径r1是改善和消除隧道型缺陷的4种有效途径。     

摩擦焊接头热影响区晶粒特征的研究

采用摩擦焊后水淬和空冷的方法研究了２０ＣｒＭｏ＋３５ＣｒＭｏ摩擦焊接头热影响区晶粒状态及其影响因素。研究结果表明，摩擦焊接头近缝区处于动态再结晶状态。分析了其晶粒尺寸与Ｚｅｎｅｒ－Ｈｏｌｌｏｍｏｎ因子的关系，指出强工艺规范可使晶粒细化，使焊缝韧性提高。     

压铸态AZ91D镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接头微观组织研究

采用搅拌摩擦焊工艺对4mm厚的压铸态AZ91D镁合金进行对接工艺实验,搅拌头旋转速率1500r/min,焊接速率120mm/min;使用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对焊接接头微观组织进行了研究。结果表明:焊缝外观成形美观,但内部存在贯穿型隧道状孔洞缺陷;焊核区为典型的变形-再结晶组织,为细小、均匀的等轴晶;机械-热影响区为变形-部分再结晶组织,热影响区组织形貌与母材相近但伴有轻微的长大现象;焊核区与机械-热影响区的过渡具有以下特征:在前进侧呈现"突变"特征,在后退侧呈现"渐变"特征。     

搅拌摩擦焊接头组织及力学性能的研究进展

介绍了搅拌摩擦焊接原理、焊缝的组织与性能及其力学性能的研究进展.搅拌摩擦焊原理简单、焊缝组织好、性能优异,因而具有广阔的工业应用前景和发展潜力.许多与之相关的理论研究成为该领域研究的热点.     

2024铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头塑性变形行为研究

为了研究搅拌摩擦焊卷焊管坯的力学性能及接头塑性变形行为,以5 mm厚的2024退火态铝合金搅拌摩擦焊板坯为对象,采用网格法测试接头塑性变形分布,用EBSD测量接头各区域晶粒尺寸及位相,并结合SEM观察接头第二相的分布,研究了接头力学性能、应变分布与微观组织之间的关系.研究表明:搅拌摩擦接头强度与母材等强,延伸率下降44%;接头前进侧距离焊缝中心8～17 mm的母材较早出现了应变的集中,局部应变可达23%,而焊核区和接头返回侧母材发生的变形较小,平均应变分别为3%和11%,各区域应变的不均匀主要是由于接头各区晶粒尺寸及位相的差异造成的,导致接头整体延伸率的下降.     

Dissimilar titanium/aluminum friction stir welding lap joints by experiments and numerical simulation

Dissimilar lap joints were produced by friction stir welding (FSW) out of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy and AA2024 aluminum alloy sheets. The joints, welded with varying tool rotation and feed rate, were studied by analyzing the maximum shear strength, Vickers microhardness and optical observations. A dedicated numerical model, able to take into account the presence of the two different alloys, was used to highlight the effects of the process parameters on temperature distribution, strain distribution, and material flow. The combined analysis of experimental measurements and numerical predictions allowed explaining the effects of tool rotation and feed rate on the material flow. It was found that tool rotation had a larger impact on the joint effectiveness with respect to feed rate. A competition between material mixing and heat input occurs with increasing tool rotation, resulting in higher joint strength when lower values of tool rotation are used.     

Modeling of friction stir welding process for tools design

A three-dimensional friction stir welding (FSW) process model has been developed based on fluid mechanics. The material transport in the welding process has been regarded as a laminar, viscous, and non-Newtonian liquid that flows past a rotating pin. A criterion to divide the weld zone has been given on the basis of cooperation of velocity field and viscosity field. That is, the η₀-easy-flow zone that existed near the tool pin corresponded to the weld nugget zone; the area between the η₀-easy-flow zone and η₁-viscosity band is corresponded to the thermal-mechanical affected zone (TMAZ). The model gives some useful information to improve the understanding of material flow in FSW through the simulation result of velocity distribution. In order to appraise the friction stir pin design, three kinds of pin geometry, one is column pin, the second is taper pin, and the last one is screw threaded taper pin, were used in the model. The pin geometry seriously affected the simulation result of velocity distribution in the η₀-easy-flow zone. The velocity distribution in the η₀-easy-flow zone can be considered as the criterion of optimizing friction stir tool design. This study will benefit to direct the friction stir tool design.     

Tool geometry,rotation and travel speeds effects on the properties of dissimilar magnesium/aluminum friction stir welded lap joints

Lap joint friction stir welding (FSW) between dissimilar AZ31B and Al 6061 alloys sheets was conducted using various welding parameters including tool geometry, rotation and travel speeds. Tapered threaded pin and tapered pin tools were applied to fabricate FSW joints, using different rotation and travel speeds. Metallurgical investigations including X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD), optical microscopy images (OM), scanning electron microscopy equipped with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM–EDS) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) were used to characterize joints microstructures made with different welding parameters. Intermetallic phases were detected in the weld zone (WZ). Various microstructures were observed in the stir zone which can be attributed to using different travel and rotation speeds. Mechanical evaluation including lap shear fracture load test and microhardness measurements indicated that by simultaneously increasing the tool rotation and travel speeds, the joint tensile strength and ductility reached a maximum value. Microhardness studies and extracted results from stress–strain curves indicated that mechanical properties were affected by FSW process. Furthermore, phase analyses by XRD indicated the presence of intermetallic compounds in the weld zone. Finally, in the Al/Mg dissimilar weld, fractography studies showed that intermetallic compounds formation in the weld zone had an influence on the failure mode.     

Fracture analysis of dissimilar Al‐Al friction stir welded joints under tensile/shear loading

In this research, fracture of dissimilar friction stir welded (FSWed) joint made of Al 7075‐T6 and Al 6061‐T6 aluminum alloys is investigated in the cracked semi‐circular bend (CSCB) specimen under mixed mode I/II loading. Due to the elastic‐plastic behavior of the welded material and the existence of significant plastic deformations around the crack tip at the propagation instance, fracture prediction of the FSWed specimens needs some failure criteria in the context of the elastic‐plastic fracture mechanics which are very complicated and time‐consuming. For this purpose, the Equivalent Material Concept (EMC) is used herein by which the tensile behavior of the welded material is equated with that of a virtual brittle material. By combining EMC with the 2 brittle fracture criteria, namely the maximum tangential stress (MTS) and mean stress (MS) criteria, the load‐carrying capacity (LCC) of the FSWed CSCB specimens is predicted. Comparison of the experimental results and theoretical predictions from the 2 criteria showed that both criteria could accurately predict the LCC of the cracked specimens. Moreover, as the contribution of mode II loading increases, the size of the plastic region around the crack tip at failure increases, leading to increasing the LCC.     

Fatigue properties of friction stir welded particulate reinforced aluminium matrix composites

Few papers have discussed the friction stir welding (FSW) of particulate reinforced aluminium matrix composites and most of them focused on the set-up of the welding process parameters and their effect on microstructure, hardness and tensile behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate the fatigue resistance of FSW joints on an as-cast particulate reinforced aluminium based composite (AA6061/22 vol.%/Al₂O_3p). The welding process was performed using different process parameters, also investigating their effect on joint microstructure. The mechanical properties of the FSW composites were compared with those of the base material and the results were correlated to the microstructural modifications induced by the FSW process on the aluminium alloy matrix and the ceramic reinforcement. FSW reduced the size of both particle reinforcement and aluminium grains, and also led to a significant increase in interparticle matrix microhardness, for all process parameters. The FSW specimens belonging to a different set of parameters, tested without any post-weld heat treatment, exhibited a very high joint efficiency (ranging from 90% to 99%) with respect to the ultimate tensile strength of the base material. The stress controlled fatigue test showed a high spread both for the base and FSW composites. Statistical analysis disclosed that all FSW specimens belonging to different process parameters showed apparently slightly worse fatigue behaviour than that of the base composite. Statistical processing applied to the different welding parameters revealed that all the welded specimens belonged to the same population. Therefore it can be concluded that the parameters used produced joints with similar microstructure and comparable fatigue behaviour. The slight difference in the fatigue behaviour of the FSW specimens whose process parameters differed form those of the unwelded composite was explained by the different microstructural homogeneity in the transition from the base to the FSW zone.     

镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接工艺参数优化

为了优化镁合金搅拌摩擦焊接工艺参数,对5 mm厚镁合金AZ31B板材的搅拌摩擦焊接技术进行了试验研究,利用SN比实验设计,对镁合金AZ31B搅拌摩擦焊接工艺参数进行了方差分析,优化了搅拌头的材料、结构,最终确定搅拌头的材料为W6Mo5Cr4V2,结构为凹面圆台形.轴肩尺寸为12 mm.探针的根部直径为5.5 mm,端部直径为2.5 mm,长度为4.7 mm.获得镁合金AZ31B搅拌摩擦焊的工艺参数显著性顺序为旋转速度、横向速度和压力;确定了镁合金AZ31B搅拌摩擦焊的最优工艺参数为1500 r/min、47.5 mm/min、3kN.     

固溶后时效成形对7075铝合金FSW构件性能的影响

为评价搅拌摩擦焊(FSW)构件的可时效成形性,对7075铝合金FSW构件固溶处理后进行时效成形工艺,试验研究了固溶处理影响下FSW构件时效成形后构件性能的变化规律.试验结果表明,固溶处理后时效成形工艺有助于提高FSW构件的抗拉强度、延伸率和电导率.固溶处理后180℃时效成形时,FSW试样抗拉强度峰值显著提高,达到449.4 MPa,是仅时效成形工件抗拉强度的139.5%,为原始焊接试样抗拉强度的1.4倍,此时焊件延伸率达到峰值4.2%,固溶处理对试样延伸率有一定的提升作用.微观结构观察结果表明,固溶处理的引入对FSW构件时效成形过程焊缝区特征组织产生显著影响,有助于消除焊缝的不均匀组织特征的影响,从而有利于成形试样的性能均匀化和提高.     

Fatigue behaviour of Al2024-T3 friction stir welded lap joints

The aim of this work is the characterization of the fatigue behaviour of AA2024-T3 friction stir welded overlap joints produced at German Aerospace Center (DLR) of Cologne (D). In these joints, two crack-like unwelded zones are present at overlap ends. The stress intensity factor at the crack tip and the fatigue crack path have been studied using the FE code Franc2d and the lifetime has been estimated by integrating the material propagation law with the software AFgrow, in which the stress intensity factor calculated with Franc2d was introduced. The numerical results predict lifetimes shorter than the experiments. This fact is attributed to an initial propagation in shear mode for a short distance, which was indeed observed with an optical microscope and it is predicted by mixed mode “failure mechanism map”.     

Effect of position and force tool control in friction stir welding of dissimilar aluminum-steel lap joints for automotive applications

Widespread use of aluminum alloys for the fabrication of car body parts is conditional to the use of appropriate welding methods, especially if dissimilar welding must be performed with automotive steel grades. Friction stir welding (FSW) is considered to be a reasonable solution to obtain sound aluminum-steel joints. In this context, this work studies the effects of tool position and force control in dissimilar friction stir welding of AA6061 aluminum alloy on DC05 low carbon steel in lap joint configuration, also assessing proper welding parameter settings. Naked eye and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have been used to detect macroscopic and microscopic defects in joints, as well as to determine the type of intermixture between aluminum and steel. The joint strength of sound joints has been assessed by shear tension test. Results point out that tool force control allows for obtaining joints with better quality and strength in a wider range of process parameters. A process window has been determined for tool force conditions to have joints with adequate strength for automotive purposes.The full text can be downloaded at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs40436-019-00290-1.pdf