根部螺纹搅拌针对搭接接头钩状缺陷和性能的影响

选用3 mm厚的7075–T6铝合金为研究对象,研究了根部带有螺纹的搅拌针对搅拌摩擦焊搭接接头钩状缺陷及拉剪载荷的影响. 结果表明,搅拌针上的螺纹可明显改变焊接过程中的材料流动;塑性材料在搭接面上部集中,挤压搭接界面,焊后搭接接头的钩状缺陷向下弯曲;搭接面处焊核区的宽度较搅拌针的直径明显增大. 因搅拌针端部无螺纹,焊接速度较大时接头底部会由于材料无法及时填充而产生孔洞缺陷. 随着搅拌头焊接速度的升高,搭接接头的拉剪载荷先上升后下降,最高载荷在焊接速度为40 mm/min时取得,为23.333 kN.     

铜/钢异种金属搅拌摩擦焊搭接工艺

采用SKD61模具钢搅拌头对2 mm厚铜/钢异种金属进行搅拌摩擦焊搭接,分析了搭接接头微观组织和力学性能. 结果表明,当搅拌针与钢母材直接接触时,随焊接过程的进行搅拌针不断磨损甚至发生断裂. 焊核区前进侧出现流线区域,在搭接界面结合处形成机械冶金结合. 显微硬度测试显示,铜侧焊核区硬度最高,在搭接界面处硬度分布呈中间高两边低的趋势,接头厚度方向搭接界面处硬度最高. 形成良好结合的搭接接头在拉剪试验中断裂于铜侧热影响区,拉伸断口存在大量韧窝,呈典型韧性断裂模式.     

微小下压量下2024/7075异种铝合金FSLW接头的显微组织及力学性能研究

微研究了小下压量下2024/7075异种铝合金搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头的横截面形貌及力学性能。结果表明,使用小下压量可以有效减小钩状缺陷的高度,提高有效板厚值。拉剪试验时,裂纹由钩状缺陷尖端沿着焊核区扩展至另一端搭接界面处,导致接头断裂;接头拉剪强度达到76.78 MPa。     

不扎透上板对2024-T4铝合金搅拌摩擦搭接焊力学性能的影响

钩状缺陷是影响搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头性能的重要因素. 为了尽可能的避免钩状缺陷的产生,利用不扎透上板的方式对2024-T4铝合金进行焊接,重点分析不同转速下的接头横截面形貌及力学性能. 结果表明,利用不扎透上板的方式所得搭接界面保持连续且主要呈水平方向分布. 由于搅拌针长度较小,焊核区底部的宽度远大于搅拌针尖端直径,使有效连接宽度增加,导致搭接接头在承受拉剪载荷时呈拉伸断裂模式. 与转速为500 r/min相比,600 r/min下接头的有效连接宽度与剪切拉伸强度均有小幅度地增加,最大剪切拉伸强度为143 MPa.     

2219-T87铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头组织与力学性能

采用搅拌摩擦焊方法对8mm厚2219-T87铝合金进行了焊接.对接头的宏观形貌、微观组织、显微硬度及断口形貌进行了分析.结果表明,焊核区为细小的等轴晶粒,晶粒尺寸远小于母材;热机影响区发生了弯曲变形;热影响区组织出现了明显粗化.前进边热机影响区和焊核区形成明显分界线,后退边相对模糊.搅拌摩擦焊对接头各区域沉淀相分布形态有重要影响.接头室温拉伸强度可以达到母材的70%以上.沿焊缝横截面的显微硬度的分布显示,硬度最低点位于后退侧热影响区区域,断裂位置位于后退侧热影响区处,接头的断裂形式为韧性断裂.     

半螺纹搅拌针对2024铝合金搅拌摩擦搭接焊力学性能影响

作为影响搅拌摩擦焊（FSW）过程中塑性材料上下流动的重要因素,搅拌针螺纹形貌同样对搅拌摩擦搭接焊（FSLW）的材料流动和力学性能有着重要影响.为研究半螺纹搅拌针对FSLW接头显微组织和力学性能的影响,文中将全螺纹搅拌针和半螺纹搅拌针用于包铝2024铝合金FSLW试验,并对不同搅拌针作用下的FSLW接头的横截面形貌、剪切拉伸载荷、断裂位置等方面进行分析对比.结果表明,半螺纹搅拌针会使钩状缺陷向下弯曲,从而使FSLW接头具有较大的有效板材厚度以及搭接宽度.断裂模式同为剪切断裂,但半螺纹搅拌针作用下的FSLW接头拥有更大的拉断载荷.     

焊接速度对5754铝合金FSW接头微观组织和力学性能的影响

对3 mm厚的5754铝合金板材进行搅拌摩擦焊接，研究了搅拌头在转速800 r/min条件下，不同焊接速度(100 ~ 400 mm/min)对搅拌摩擦焊接头微观组织和力学性能的影响. 结果表明，5754铝合金FSW接头横截面形貌呈“盆”形. 随着焊接速度增加，5754铝合金FSW接头的焊核区和轴肩区的面积逐渐减小，而搅拌针区面积先增加后减小. 当焊接速度为300 mm/min时，搅拌针区面积达到最大值6.66 mm2，轴肩区和搅拌针区面积比例为0.97，5754铝合金FSW接头的强度系数达到97.5%，这主要是因为轴肩区和搅拌针区面积相近，增大了焊核区和热影响区界面面积，从而提高了FSW接头强度，拉伸断裂在焊核区以外(热影响区或基材区)，断口为韧性断口. 当焊接速度为400 mm/min时，5754铝合金FSW接头的强度系数为58.8%，拉伸试样均断裂在焊核区，断口为脆性断口.     

7N01铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头组织与性能分析

通过7N01铝合金板材上下板等厚全平面三层搭接搅拌摩擦焊焊接，试验不同长度的搅拌头对接头的影响. 结果表明,搅拌头的形状与长度直接影响力学性能的稳定性，结构为“锥形”右旋螺旋槽、搅拌头长度为16 mm时焊接接头的力学性能性对比较稳定而且较优. 通过对接头断面形貌及硬度进行分析，得出焊核和热力影响区的分界线在前进侧和后退侧明显不同，焊核区是受到热循环和机械作用影响最严重的区域，组织变化程度最大，是合金元素过度饱和区域，晶粒得以细化，材料力学性能得到进一步提高，形成“峰值”硬度.     

搅拌摩擦焊接Al-Li合金接头的微观组织及力学性能

采用锥形带螺纹搅拌头搅拌摩擦焊接5mm厚的Al—Li合金轧制板材，并对接头组织、力学性能及断裂特性进行了研究．结果表明，焊核区组织发生动态再结晶，形成细小的等轴晶晶粒，在等轴晶的晶界处析出大量的偏析相．热影响区组织发生回复和粗化反应，形成粗大的棒状回复晶粒；热机影响区组织发生弯曲变形，但整体上仍保留带状组织形貌，前进侧热机影响区组织变形程度高于后退侧，该区同时还发生回复反应，且后退侧热机影响区内的回复晶粒数量多于前进侧．拉伸实验结果表明，焊接速度v=40mm／min时，接头强度达到最大值，为345MPa；v=60mm／min时，接头延伸率达到最大值，为9．6％．硬度测试结果表明，搅拌摩擦焊接头发生软化，前进侧的软化区宽度大于后退侧．断口形貌分析表明，接头断裂模式为韧-脆混合型断裂．     

异种铝合金搅拌摩擦焊搭接接头的显微组织与硬度研究

采用搅拌摩擦焊对异种铝合金6061-T6(上板)和A356-T6(下板)进行搭接焊,用体式和光学显微镜观察搭接接头的组织形貌,并测试其显微硬度.结果表明:在适当的工艺参数条件下,可以获得表面成形良好、内部无明显缺陷的搭接接头.在焊核区,两板间存在明显的界面,且位置较原位置整体上移,前进侧界面处呈锯齿状,界面由两种铝合金组织交替镶嵌而成,而后退侧界面则呈曲线状.两板均呈现典型的搅拌摩擦焊接头组织:焊核区由细小的等轴晶组成,而热影响区组织与母材相似,晶粒有细微粗化,热机影响区晶粒被拉长、弯曲,有明显的塑性流动.两板焊缝区显微硬度比各自母材均有不同程度的降低,且上板6061-T6降低幅度较大,焊后最大硬度约为母材的65%.     

Effect of post-weld heat treatment on joint properties of dissimilar friction stir welded 2024-T4 and 7075-T6 aluminum alloys

The effect of post-weld heat treatment on dissimilar friction stir welded AA7075 and AA2024 joints was studied. After welding in constant parameters, solution heat treatment and various aging treatments were given to the welded joints. Microstructural and phase characterizations were done using optical microscope, SEM, FE-SEM, XRD and EDS techniques. Finally, mechanical properties of post-weld heat treated joints were evaluated and compared with as-welded joints. Results show that both 2024-T6 and 7075-T6 post-weld heat treatment procedures considerably improve the mechanical strength of the welded joint, with higher strength obtained for the 7075-T6 procedure, in comparison with the as-welded joint. This is explained by the formation of fine precipitates during the aging process, despite the abnormal grain growth. Fracture occurs at the interface between thermo-mechanical affected zone (TMAZ) and heat affected zone (HAZ) on the retreating side (AA7075) of as-welded joint, while by applying post-weld heat treatment fracture location shifts towards the stir zone (SZ) of the welded joint. Also, for post-weld heat treated samples, fracture surface is predominantly inter-granular, while in as-weld joint, fracture surface is mostly trans-granular. This is explained by dissolution and coarsening of precipitates within grains in post-weld heat treated joints.     

Effect of refilling time on microstructure and mechanical properties of friction spot welded LY12 aluminum alloy

Friction spot welding (FSpW) was successfully used to produce joints of LY12 aluminum alloy. The effects of refilling time on microstructure and mechanical properties of FSpW joints were systematically studied. Results show that the cross-section of FSpW joint presents a basin-like morphology. A white bonding ligament exists in the center of the joint. The stir zone can be clarified into sleeve affected zone and pin affected zone based on different grain sizes. With increasing the refilling time from 2.0s to 3.5s, grains in the stir zone become coarser, microhardness of the joint decreases and tensile shear failure load of the joint firstly increases and then decreases. The maximum tensile shear failure load of 8 130 N is attained when the refilling time is 3.0s. Shear-plug fracture mode and shear fracture mode can be observed in the tensile shear tests. The maximum hardness of 169.7 HV is attained in the joint center when the refilling time is 2.0s.     

Asymmetric microstructure and fracture behaviour of friction stir welded joints of 2024 aluminium alloy under cyclical load

In this study, the effect of asymmetric microstructure on fracture behaviour of friction stir welded joints of 2024-O aluminium alloy under cyclical load was investigated via optical microscopes, electron backscattering diffraction, microhardness and infrared thermography, and digital imaging correlation (DIC). The results demonstrate that the thermo-mechanical affected zone (TMAZ) at retreating side possesses a relatively higher fraction of low-angle grain boundaries and coincidence site lattice boundaries in comparison to that at the advancing side (AS), which results in the strain localisation and fracture path along the region between nugget zone and TMAZ at the AS under cyclical load. The profile of microhardness presents the asymmetric characteristic as well. The temperature evolution of the joint obtained by infrared camera is in good agreement with strain distribution measured by DIC. The thermography proves to be generally sufficient to predict the fracture path before failure under cyclical load.     

Microstructures and mechanical properties of friction stir welded joints of Zr–Ti alloy

Zirconium–titanium alloy joints were successfully produced by friction stir welding. Unlike the (α+β) dual phase microstructure in base metal, only the β phase existed in the region in which temperature exceeded the β transient point for the as welded joint. Accordingly, the hardness in these regions exhibited integral decrement and uniform distribution features. The thermal simulation further showed that hardness variation was mainly determined by phase composition. Microstructure development in the nugget zone was mainly governed by continuous dynamic recrystallisation. Satisfactory ultimate tensile strength and elongation equal to the base metal were achieved in the as welded joint. Tensile fracture occurred at the heat affected zone near the retreating side of the joint. The fracture surface of the joint exhibited a mixing feature with quasi-cleavage facets and small dimples.     

Effects of pin diameter on microstructures and mechanical properties of friction stir spot welded AZ31B magnesium alloy joints

Abstract

The effects of pin diameter on the microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir spot welded AZ31B magnesium alloy joints were investigated using microstructural observations, tensile tests and microhardness tests. The results showed that with an increase in the pin diameter, the height and width of the curved interface in the friction stir spot welded AZ31B magnesium alloy joints increased because of the strong effect of stirring and high temperature obtained when large sized pins were adopted. An increase in the pin diameter led to the coarsening of α-Mg grains in the stir zone, thermomechanical affected zone and heat affected zone because of heat generation, resulting in the decrease in microhardness of stir zone, thermomechanical affected zone and heat affected zone. The tensile shear force of the friction stir spot welded AZ31B magnesium alloy joints increased with the increase in pin diameter because the height and width of the curved interface dominated the failure of the specimens.     

轴肩尺寸对异种铝合金材料搅拌摩擦焊接头显微组织的影响规律

对5083铝/6082铝异种材料搅拌摩擦焊（friction stir welding,FSW）进行研究,重点分析轴肩直径对横截面形貌、显微组织与显微硬度的影响规律.结果表明,FSW接头焊核区由致密细小的等轴晶组成;增加轴肩直径可增加焊核区沿垂直焊缝方向的宽度以及增大焊核区、热影响区与热力影响区的晶粒尺寸.与后退侧的6082铝合金不同,前进侧5083铝合金的热力影响区发生了动态再结晶.显微硬度呈W形分布,最小值出现在热影响区.显微硬度的测试结果与焊核区的横截面形貌结果吻合.     

7075铝合金FSW接头腐蚀疲劳性能及断裂特征

以7075-T6铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头为研究对象，对其显微组织结构、3.5% NaCl(质量分数)溶液腐蚀疲劳寿命和腐蚀疲劳断裂特征进行了研究，分析了7075铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头的腐蚀疲劳性能及断裂过程.结果表明，7075-T6铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头腐蚀疲劳S-N曲线方程为lgN=5.845-0.014S，随着应力幅增大，腐蚀疲劳寿命大幅度降低；腐蚀疲劳裂纹起源于接头的热影响区，逐渐扩展最终断裂于接头的焊核区.腐蚀疲劳断口存在多个裂纹源，且受到应力集中作用的影响，裂纹源萌生于腐蚀坑处.高应力作用加剧了试样边角部分的腐蚀损伤，导致边角比平面位置腐蚀程度更严重.裂纹扩展区出现了明显的晶间断裂和疲劳辉纹；在腐蚀介质和交变载荷的共同作用下，裂纹扩展区腐蚀程度最重，晶界处产生了阳极溶解现象并产生了“冰糖块状”和“蚁巢状”的形貌特征；瞬断区产生了大量解理台阶和二次裂纹，为脆性断裂，在第二相粒子分布区域存在孔洞形貌特征.     

Deformation analysis of a friction stir-welded thin sheet aluminum alloy joint

The deformation characteristics of a friction stir welded thin sheet aluminum alloy joint were analyzed via numerical simulations.The simulated results were compared with the experimental results obtained for the deformation of actual welded joints.The results revealed that the deformation of the joint was described by an asymmetric distribution with a large deformation region occurring mainly in the advancing side.This asymmetric deformation was mainly caused by the direct mechanical force applied by the welding tool to the workpiece.Furthermore,the deformation characteristics of the fixed points on both sides of the weld revealed that the deformation of the retreating side fluctuated significantly during the welding process.That is,the retreating side exhibited less welding stability than the advancing side.The stress distribution of the welded joint showed that a high stress region was formed at the end of the weld.In addition,the final stress distribution of the welded joint resulted mainly from the shear stress in the x-y direction.