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Bimetal friction stir welding of aluminum to magnesium

Pourahmad, P, Abbasi, Mehrdad and Ahmad Mehrabi, Hamid (2012) Bimetal friction stir welding of aluminum to magnesium. Journal of Advanced Materials and Processing, 1 (1).

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Abstract

ABSTRACT
FSW material flow and phase transformation were studied at the interface of dissimilar welding of Al 6013 to Mg. Defect free butt weld was obtained when aluminum and magnesium test plates were placed in the advancing side and retreating side respectively, and the tool was placed 1 mm off the weld centerline into the aluminum side. In order to understand how the materials flow during FSW, steel shots were implanted as indexes into the test plate s intimate face and welding was performed with determined optimum parameters. X-ray images were used to evaluate secondary positions of the steel shots at weld zone. It was revealed that steel shots implanted in the advancing side test plate were penetrated from advancing side into the retreating side with a relatively large rotational displacement of . But shots implanted in retreating side test plate remained only in retreating side, without penetrating into the advancing side, and displaced by a low angle of . It could be concluded
that to reach defect free welds by FSW between two dissimilar metals, the tool should be inserted in harder metal and harder metal should be placed in the advancing side too. EDS analysis was performed in order to study formation and distribution of intermetallic phases in the welds interface. Two intermetallic compounds formed sequentially at Al6013/Mg interface were Al3Mg2 and Al12Mg17 in weld condition. Welded specimens were heat treated and their effects on mechanical properties of welds and formation of new intermetallic layers were investigated.
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Depositing User: Hamid Ahmad Mehrabi

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Item ID: 12017
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/12017
Official URL: https://www.sid.ir/en/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=30...

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ORCID for Hamid Ahmad Mehrabi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0510-4055

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Date Deposited: 12 May 2020 18:19
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2020 11:02

Contributors

Author: Hamid Ahmad Mehrabi ORCID iD
Author: P Pourahmad
Author: Mehrdad Abbasi

University Divisions

Faculty of Technology > School of Engineering

Subjects

Engineering > Automotive Engineering
Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

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