搅拌针端部挤压区内塑性金属的流动行为

以0.02 mm厚的铜箔作为标示材料、1 mm和2 mm厚的2024铝合金薄板作为基材,采用不同的叠加方式组成叠层并进行搅拌摩擦焊接(Friction stir welding, FSW)试验,分析搅拌针端部挤压区塑性金属的流动行为及其对焊缝成形的影响。结果表明,在FSW焊接过程中,焊缝上部被塑化的金属不断地沿着搅拌针螺纹旋向往搅拌针端部迁移、长大,形成挤压区。此挤压区由位于搅拌针两侧的扩展区和位于搅拌针端面下方的变形区组成。其中,变形区的金属一部分来自从焊缝上部迁移而来的塑性金属;另一部分来自搅拌针端面下方母材经旋转摩擦作用而发生塑性变形的金属。挤压区塑性金属的流动方式分为轴向挤压迁移、水平摩擦迁移和绕流迁移三种。对厚板进行FSW焊接时,挤压区的塑性金属倾向以绕流迁移方式为主,导致焊缝内部形成疏松区或孔洞型缺陷。     

铝合金超声辅助搅拌摩擦焊接接头组织性能研究

目的探究超声振动对铝合金搅拌摩擦焊的作用效果。方法分别采用普通搅拌摩擦焊和超声辅助搅拌摩擦焊方法,对7075铝合金进行焊接试验,并对焊接接头的微观组织、力学性能、断口形貌进行分析。结果普通搅拌摩擦焊焊缝中生成了隧道型缺陷,施加超声振动后,缺陷消失,形成了无缺陷的良好接头,且与普通搅拌摩擦焊相比,超声辅助搅拌摩擦焊焊缝热影响区晶粒长大程度较小,焊核晶粒细化。接头强度明显提高,达到铝合金母材强度的71.5%,接头断裂模式为韧窝和准解理的混合断裂形式。结论超声振动促进了塑性金属的流动,能有效抑制孔洞、隧道型缺陷等的形成,同时超声振动能在提升金属塑性的同时,降低焊缝的热输入。     

铝合金搅拌摩擦焊焊缝形成的物理机制

研究了一种铝合金焊缝成形的物理机制及焊接工艺参数对焊核尺寸的影响.结果表明:搅拌摩擦焊焊缝是由焊核、在前进边后方沿板材厚度方向流动的金属、由搅拌针两侧向其后方流动的金属组成,四个方向的金属流会在焊缝横截面上出现一交汇区,若金属流动不足,易在此区出现焊接缺陷.焊核的形成及其大小取决于搅拌针表面的螺纹和焊接工艺参数,若单位长度焊缝中有较多的金属在螺纹的驱动下向下流动,则会在焊缝下部出现较大的焊核.过高的搅拌头旋转速度或过低的焊接速度,使搅拌针周围金属易于朝焊缝上部流动,焊核尺寸减小.     

铝合金厚板搅拌摩擦焊焊缝金属流动行为研究进展

搅拌摩擦焊接过程中,焊缝成形与金属流动行为密切相关,而金属流动又取决于焊接工艺参数、搅拌头形貌、材料本身性能及温度场分布等影响因素。与铝合金薄板搅拌摩擦焊不同,厚板焊接时焊缝上部、下部温差太大,导致焊缝材料流动形态发生较大变化。基于焊缝成形理论,从焊缝金属流动分析方法、影响因素出发,分析厚板搅拌摩擦焊焊缝金属流动形态及特征,探讨焊缝中疏松、未焊透、包铝伸入、弱连接等缺陷的形成原因,揭示厚板搅拌摩擦焊焊缝成形机理。研究结果为铝合金厚板搅拌摩擦焊焊接技术在航空、航天等高科技领域的广泛应用提供科学依据和理论基础。     

焊接参数对搅拌摩擦焊接质量的影响

采用基于固体力学的有限元方法建立了搅拌摩擦焊接过程的三维数值模型,研究了在焊接参数不同的情况下搅拌摩擦焊接过程中力学特征的变化．数值模拟结果和试验结果都表明,等效塑性应变能近似地反映焊接构件焊缝区域材料显微结构的演化,较高的搅拌头转速和较低的焊速有利于提高焊缝的质量．焊接构件特定的等效塑性应变等值线可以较好的对应不同焊接区域的边界．随着搅拌头转速的提高,等效塑性应变随之增大,但搅拌探针与焊接构件交界面上的接触压力随之减小．等效塑性应变随着搅拌头平移速度的增大而减小．     

6082-T6回填式搅拌摩擦点焊热-流耦合分析

为了解释了回填式搅拌摩擦点焊的连接机理,本文根据6082-T6铝合金回填式搅拌摩擦点焊焊接过程的特点,建立了简化的热源模型,利用有限元分析软件ANSYS模拟出焊接过程中的温度场,进而耦合得到其应力场.结果表明:随着焊接过程的进行,铝合金6082-T6最高温度分布在袖筒1/2处,焊点处粘塑性金属的最大流动速度出现在铝合金上表面袖筒内侧区域;通过分析模拟过程中流体流动的流线与试验测量所得接头形貌照片,得到流场的分布规律.     

A356Al/TiB2颗粒增强铝基复合材料的搅拌摩擦焊

采用纯机械化的固相连接技术--搅拌摩擦焊成功地焊接了应用原位反应合成法制造的铸态A356Al/6.5%TiB2(体积分数)颗粒增强铝基复合材料,与铝合金相比,铝基复合材料搅拌摩擦焊的焊缝质量对焊接参数更为敏感.该连接方法在较低温度下实现铝基复合材料的焊接,避免了基体铝合金与增强相之间的化学反应,同时在搅拌头机械搅拌、挤压和摩擦热的共同作用下,焊缝区基体材料的晶粒和增强相被破碎并形成再结晶晶核,细化了组织结构,增强相分布也更加弥散.焊缝区的硬度值波动范围很小,抗拉强度比母材增加约20%.研究表明,搅拌摩擦焊用于连接颗粒增强铝基复合材料具有明显的优势.     

基于搅拌摩擦焊驱动模式分析压铸态AZ91D镁合金接头隧道状缺陷形成原因

采用不同焊接规范对压铸态AZ91D镁合金进行搅拌摩擦焊连接,并采用光学显微镜、扫描电镜等方式对焊缝接头微观形貌进行研究。结果表明,焊接速率高于60mm/min时,焊缝中均产生贯穿型隧道状缺陷,缺陷位于焊缝前进侧冠状区与环形区交界处;随着焊接速率的增大,缺陷有逐渐向焊缝底部延伸的趋势。分析认为该缺陷的形成机理如下:冠状区塑性材料同时受到搅拌针和轴肩共同作用,环形区塑性材料主要受到搅拌针作用,致使环形区与冠状区结合处呈现出流动差异性,导致在前进侧产生隧道状缺陷。     

AZ81A镁合金焊接接头的组织与性能

对AZ81A镁合金进行了搅拌摩擦焊和钨极氩弧焊的工艺实验.通过观察焊接接头宏观成形,分析焊缝显微组织,测试焊接接头的显微硬度分布,对两种焊接方法焊接性进行了分析.研究结果表明:搅拌摩擦焊的外观成形及可操作性均优于熔化焊,焊件焊后基本没有变形.搅拌摩擦焊接头的焊缝为锻造组织,焊核区为细小的再结晶组织;热影响区为部分再结晶组织,再结晶的晶粒沿原铸造晶界生长.熔化焊接头的焊缝区组织为较母材细小的等轴晶,熔合区组织的晶界为α固溶体和Mg17Al12共晶,并有强化相析出;热影响区组织的晶界分布有不连续的共晶.     

异种铝合金搅拌摩擦焊材料流动行为研究

采用异种铝合金交替排列的方法,研究了搅拌摩擦焊接过程中材料的变形和流动行为。结果表明:采用垂直焊缝交替排列的焊缝表面形成了两套弧纹,其中粗大弧纹是由于在焊接方向上两种铝合金交替排列而产生的周期性变化所致;受焊速和转速的影响,材料在前进侧流动剧烈且混合均匀,而后退侧因材料流动较弱仍与母材保持连续分布状态;由于材料塑性变形程度的差异,在轴肩影响区、搅拌针影响区和母材之间形成了明显的分界面。     

7075铝合金高速搅拌摩擦焊材料流动行为及性能研究

目的 针对7075–O铝合金高焊速、高转速搅拌摩擦焊接缺陷多、质量差等问题,研究焊接接头材料流动对焊缝性能的影响。方法 选用焊接速度1 000 mm/min,搅拌转速分别为1 000、1 200、1 600、1 700 r/min的条件对7075–O铝合金板进行搅拌摩擦焊接,分析不同焊接工艺参数下焊接接头的显微组织及力学性能。同时,利用Fluent软件模拟7075–O铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接过程中的材料流动场分布,分析焊接材料流动与缺陷形成的关系。结果 利用7075–O铝合金三维流动模型,预测出高焊速条件下焊缝前进侧形成一个低压区,孔洞等缺陷易出现在此区域,数值模拟预测与试验结果吻合。在高焊接速度1 000 mm/min、焊接转速1 200 r/min时,焊缝表面光滑平整,焊核区域的硬度分布更加均匀。结论 随着搅拌转速从1 000 r/min增大到1 700 r/min,热输入量逐渐增大,孔洞缺陷由隧道型孔洞转变为不连续的小孔。同时,随着搅拌转速的增大,焊缝高硬度区域的宽度先增大而后降低。当搅拌转速为1 200 r/min时得到了优质的焊接接头,焊缝焊核区硬度分布均匀,硬度值最高为176HV。     

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.     

Natural aging in friction stir welded 7136-T76 aluminum alloy

The long term natural aging behavior of friction stir welded aluminum 7136-T76 extrusions was investigated. The microstructural characteristics and mechanical properties in the as-welded, three years naturally aged and six years naturally aged conditions were studied and correlated to a coupled thermal/material flow model of the joining process. Hardness profiles taken along the mid-plane thickness of the workpiece displayed the characteristic W-shape typical to friction stir welded aluminum alloys. In the as-welded condition, however, the profile was skewed to the advancing side, such that the advancing side hardness was lower than that on the retreating side. With natural aging, hardness recovery occurred on both sides of the weld, but the position of the hardness minima, particularly on the advancing side, shifted away from the weld centerline. The numerical simulation demonstrated that the temperature profile is also skewed to the advancing side with greater processing temperatures occurring on this side of the weld. When compared to the dissolution temperature of the equilibrium phases, the extent of dissolution was greater on the advancing side and occurred to a greater distance from the centerline than on the retreating side. The hardness behavior upon natural aging, therefore, correlated to the temperature profile developed during welding and the degree to which phase dissolution occurred in the regions adjacent to the stir zone.     

Simulation of material flow in friction stir processing of a cast Al–Si alloy

The objective of the current paper is using DEFORM-3D software to develop a 3-D Lagrangian incremental finite element method (FEM) simulation of friction stir processing (FSP). The developed simulation allows prediction of the defect types, temperature distribution, effective plastic strain, and especially material flow in the weld zone. Three-dimensional results of the material flow patterns in the center, advancing and retreating sides were extracted using the point tracking. The results reveal that the main part of the material flow occurs near the top surface and at the advancing side (AS). Material near the top surface was stretched to the advancing side resulting in a non-symmetrical shape of the stir zone (SZ). Furthermore, macrostructure and temperature rise were experimentally acquired to evaluate the accuracy of the developed simulation. The comparison shows that the stir zone shape, defect types, powder agglomeration, and temperature rise, which were predicted by simulation, are in good agreement with the corresponding experimental results.     

Challenges in dissimilar friction stir welding of aluminum 5052 and 304 stainless steel alloys

In this study, dissimilar friction stir welding of aluminum 5052 and stainless steel 304 has been carried out with different process parameters. This investigation provides a better insight regarding the defect formation of the weld joints with tilt angles ranging from 0 ° to 2.5 °. The experiments were conducted according to Taguchi L9 orthogonal array by changing the tool rotational speed, and welding speed. The tool pin was kept 70 % towards the aluminum with the tool rotational speed ranging from 800 min⁻¹ to 1200 min⁻¹ with a varying traverse speed of 5 mm/min to 15 mm/min. The bottom part of the stir zone was perfectly welded without any defects. Tunnel defect was detected just above the bottom welded surface. Microstructural analysis reveals that the weld between both materials is formed on the retreating side, whereas on the advancing side, the weld was formed with void defects. Mostly, the stir zone is filled with irregular shaped aluminum and steel parts which were detached from the base material. Several other defects such as voids, cracks, and fragmental defects were observed in the stir zone irrespective of the process parameters. It was observed from the experimental investigations that the tunnel defect can be reduced by increasing the tilt angle.     

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.     

未焊透缺陷深度对LY12铝合金搅拌摩擦焊焊缝电导率的影响

采用涡流电导测量仪,测量了LY12铝合金搅拌摩擦焊垂直于焊缝方向的电导率分布及具有不同深度未焊透缺陷处焊缝的电导率。结果表明,焊缝中部电导率较高,母材电导率较低,存在一过渡区,各区的电导率变化与其组织变化有关。未焊透深度对焊缝电导率分布曲线有影响。当未焊透深度较小时,其焊缝中心电导率相对无缺陷时变化不大。当未焊透深度较大时,其焊缝中心电导率值急剧下降,且未焊透深度越大,电导率值越低。     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded 7136–T76 aluminium alloy

Abstract

The microstructure of the weld was examined by light and electron microscopy (scanning and transmission). The various regions, i.e. thermomechanically affected zone, heat affected zone and unaffected base material, were studied in detail to better understand the microstructural evolution during friction stir welding and its impact on basic mechanical properties. The change in morphology of the strengthening phases reflected the relative temperature profile and the amount of deformation across the welded joint during the stir welding process. The centre of the weld was composed of fine grains and coarse particles identified mainly as MgZn₂. In the thermomechanically and heat affected zones, the grain size was not uniform, and the strengthening phases filled the grain interiors, while grain boundaries were surrounded by precipitation free zones. The size of the strengthening phase decreased towards the base material. The hardness profile of the friction stir weld displayed the lowest hardness on the retreating side. Tensile properties of the weld itself were superior to those for material containing weld.