Effect of pin profile and process parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded Al-Cu joints

作     者：M.FELIX XAVIER MUTHU V.JAYABALAN M FELIX XAVIER MUTHU;V JAYABALAN

作者机构：Department of Mechanical Engineering St Xavier’s Catholic College of EngineeringChunkankadai 629 003Tamil NaduIndia Department of Manufacturing Engineering College of Engineering GuindyAnna UniversityChennai 600 025Tamil NaduIndia 

出 版 物：《Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China》 (中国有色金属学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第26卷第4期

页      面：984-993页

核心收录：

学科分类：080503[工学-材料加工工程] 0806[工学-冶金工程] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0703[理学-化学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 080201[工学-机械制造及其自动化] 

主　　题：aluminium copper friction stir welding pin profile microstructure mechanical properties 

摘      要：In friction stir welding(FSW), pin profile has more influence on material flow especially in welding of dissimilar materials with different yield strengths. In the dissimilar welding of aluminium and copper, the material flow behaviour is complex to understand and thus a study is needed to reveal the mechanism of flow behaviour and the resultant mechanical properties. Three pin profiles, whorl pin profile(WPP), plain taper pin profile(PTP) and taper treaded pin profile(TTP) were chosen. The effects of pin profile on the microstructure, microhardness and tensile properties were studied. Optical microscope, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and EDS analysis were used to characterize the microstructural features. Among the three pin profiles, PTP profile results in defect-free stir zone and maximum joint properties of yield strength of 101 MPa, tensile strength of 116 MPa and joint efficiency of 68% compared with the other pin profiles. However, the microhardness plots are more or less identical for all the pin profiles but follows fluctuating trend. This is attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of hard Cu particle. The superior joint properties are mainly attributed to the defect-free stir zone formation and dispersion strengthening.