WELDABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DISSIMILAR AL-MGSI TO PURE ALUMINIUM AND AL-MG USING FRICTION STIR WELDING PROCESS

Authors

  • Nor Fazilah Mohd Selamat Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Amir Hossein Baghdadi Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Zainuddin Sajuri Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Amir Hossein Kokabi Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v81.12169

Keywords:

Friction stir welding (FSW), dissimilar joint, nugget zone, mechanical properties, aluminium alloys

Abstract

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a gateway for the implementation of a solid state joining method between two lightweight materials especially aluminium alloys. Dissimilar joints of aluminium alloys have an issue to be weld using the conventional fusion welding. In the present work, two types of dissimilar joints of aluminium alloys were welded as dissimilar butt joints using the FSW method. 5mm thick base metals, consist of AA1100, AA5083 and AA6061, were butt welded to dissimilar joints of AA6061-AA1100 and AA6061-AA5083. Similar welding parameter was used for both of the joints, in which 100 mm/min and 1000 rpm for transverse and rotation speed, respectively. Joints were successful with defect-free internally and externally. However, different flow patterns were observed in the stirred zone due to the different materials flow during the FSW process. The ultimate tensile strength of AA6061-AA1100 and AA6061-AA5083 are 93MPA and 113MPa. Thereby, the joint efficiency of AA6061-AA1100 and AA6061-AA5083 were 80% and 97% compared to AA6061 base metal, respectively.

Author Biographies

  • Nor Fazilah Mohd Selamat, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
    Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia,
  • Amir Hossein Baghdadi, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
    Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia,
  • Zainuddin Sajuri, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
    Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia,
  • Amir Hossein Kokabi, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran Iran

    Materials Science and Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology

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2018-11-04

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Vol. 81 No. 1: January 2019

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WELDABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DISSIMILAR AL-MGSI TO PURE ALUMINIUM AND AL-MG USING FRICTION STIR WELDING PROCESS. (2018). Jurnal Teknologi, 81(1). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v81.12169