scholarly journals Feasibility and interface migration characteristics of friction stir lap welding of LA141 Mg-Li alloy

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-131
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Rongzheng Xu ◽  
Yanxi Hou ◽  
Shenglin Cui ◽  
Zhicheng Wei

Abstract2 mm-thick LA141 plates were successfully friction stir lap welded (FSLW). The similar FSLWLA141Mg-Li alloy joint appeared a downward hook on the advanced side and an upward cold lap on the retreating side. The load of lap-shear tensile testing reached 2.8 kN, and the joints failed in the interface defects. The interface migration of LA141/LA141 lap joint during FSLW process was driven by forces at interface, such as a frictional force paralleled to the thread, a downward pressure perpendicular to the surface of the thread, the resistance from unsoftened metal and its own gravity. Moreover, the FSLWof AZ31/LA141 and LA141/AZ31 furtherly verified that forces at the interface were critical factors in determining the interface migration during FSLW process.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonello Astarita ◽  
Fausto Tucci ◽  
Alessia Teresa Silvestri ◽  
Michele Perrella ◽  
Luca Boccarusso ◽  
...  

Abstract This paper deals with the dissimilar friction stir lap welding of AA2198 and AA7075 sheets. The influence of processing parameters, namely welding speed and tool rotational speed on joint features, microstructure, and mechanical properties were investigated implementing a full factorial design of experiments. During the welding process, axial and transversal forces were continuously measured using a dedicated sensed fixture aiming at the correlation of this processing parameter with the quality of the achieved joints. The reported outcomes showed a very narrow processing window in which it was possible to avoid the formation of defects while the formation of an hook was observed for all the joints welded. The influence of the weld bead morphology on the lap shear strength was elucidated proving that the strength is ruled by the hook morphology. A correlation between the process parameters and the forces arising was also attempted. The final microstructure of the joints was studied and explained and also compared with the microhardness results.


2014 ◽  
Vol 794-796 ◽  
pp. 389-394
Author(s):  
Tomo Ogura ◽  
Taichi Nishida ◽  
Makoto Takahashi ◽  
Hidehito Nishida ◽  
Mitsuo Fujimoto ◽  
...  

A friction stir welded A3003 aluminum alloy /SUS304 stainless steel dissimilar lap joint was successfully produced. A sound joint that fractured at the base metal was obtained in the center region of the joint through the reaction layer of aluminum-rich intermetallic compounds with nanoorder thickness. The microstructural changes at the interface of the joint was examined by studying the hole left by the extracted welding tool produced at the end of the friction stir welding (FSW) bead using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Mixed layers consisted of ultra-fined intermetallic compounds and stainless steel were observed. The stirred aluminum alloy flows onto the mixed layer after the tool transit and the joining was achieved. Based on the TEM observations, the joining process of the lap joint was also discussed.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 5335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changshu He ◽  
Zhiqiang Zhang ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Jingxun Wei ◽  
Menggang Zhai ◽  
...  

In this work, friction stir lap welding (FSLW) and ultrasonic-assisted friction stir lap welding (UAFSLW) was applied to 6-mm-thick 7075-T6 alloy sheets using three welding tools with the same process parameters. The joint formation, microstructural characteristics, and mechanical properties of the resulting lap joints were then investigated. The results showed that ultrasonic vibration significantly promoted the flow of metal at the interface, enlarged the size of the stirred zone (SZ), and reduced the angle between the hook defect and the interface. During lap shear testing, the FSLW and UAFSLW joints fractured in a similar manner. The fracture modes included tensile fracture, shear fracture, and a mixture of both. Cold lap and hook defects may have served as crack-initiation zones within the joint. Under configuration A (i.e., upper sheet on the retreating side (RS)), all joints failed in the shear-fracture mode. The effective lap width (ELW) of the joint welded using tool T2 was the greatest. This resulted in a higher shear fracture strength. The maximum shear fracture strength of the UAFSLW joint was 663.1 N/mm. Under configuration B (i.e., upper sheet on the advancing side (AS)), the shear fracture strength was greatly affected by the fracture mode. The highest shear fracture strength of the UAFSLW joint, 543.7 N/mm, was welded by tool T3. Thus, under otherwise identical conditions, UAFSLW joints can withstand a greater fracture shear strength than FSLW joints, as ultrasonic vibration helps to mix the material at the interface, thus, enlarging the SZ and diminishing the cold lap defects.


Author(s):  
Antonello Astarita ◽  
Fausto Tucci ◽  
Alessia Teresa Silvestri ◽  
Michele Perrella ◽  
Luca Boccarusso ◽  
...  

AbstractThis paper investigates the dissimilar friction stir lap welding of AA2198 and AA7075 sheets. The influence of processing parameters, namely welding speed and tool rotational speed on joint features, microstructure, and mechanical properties were studied by implementing a full factorial design of experiments. Axial and transversal forces were continuously measured during the welding process using a sensed fixture aiming at the correlation of processing parameters, forces, and quality of the achieved joints. Obtained outcomes showed hook formation for all the combination of parameters and the existence of a very narrow processing window in which it is possible to avoid the formation of internal defects, such as grooves and tunnels. The influence of the weld bead morphology on the lap shear strength was elucidated proving that the strength is ruled by the hook morphology. The microstructure of the joints was studied and discussed considering also the microhardness distribution. Graphical abstract


2021 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 1295-1302
Author(s):  
Xiangchen Meng ◽  
Bingqi Cao ◽  
Yang Qiu ◽  
Huizi Chen ◽  
Yuming Xie ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 753-764
Author(s):  
Fausto Tucci ◽  
Pierpaolo Carlone ◽  
Alessia Teresa Silvestri ◽  
Hetal Parmar ◽  
Antonello Astarita

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