Role of hybrid tool pin profile on enhancing welding speed and mechanical properties of AA2219-T6 friction stir welds

P, Mastanaiah and Sharma, Abhay and Reddy, G. Madhusudhan (2018) Role of hybrid tool pin profile on enhancing welding speed and mechanical properties of AA2219-T6 friction stir welds. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 257. pp. 257-269. ISSN 0924-0136

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Abstract

The friction stir welds of thick precipitation-hardenable aluminum alloys suffer from reduced joint strength due to dissolution/coarsening of the strengthening precipitates. The article portray hybrid pin profiled tool that enables sound welds at speeds 7-times faster than a conventional tool (a conical threaded tool), without pin breakage. The conical threaded and triangular cross-section in the upper and lower pin half-lengths of the hybrid tool facilitate material flow in a downward direction and shear deformation at a faster rate, respectively. The paper brings out the process mechanism responsible for the enhanced welding speed and mechanical properties obtainable with the hybrid tool through a case of 13-mm thick aluminum alloy AA2219-T6. The hybrid tool facilitates a 28% improvement in weld strength by reducing TMAZ softening, as evidenced by the microhardness and mechanical properties and supported by microstructural investigation and fractography.

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Sharma, AbhayUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hybrid tool pin, friction stir welding, high thick, AA2219 Al alloy.
Subjects: Others > Mechanics
Divisions: Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Depositing User: Team Library
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2018 04:46
Last Modified: 13 Jul 2018 04:46
URI: http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/4250
Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.03.002
OA policy: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0924-0136/
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