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Friction Stir Lap Welding 0.8-mm-Thick 2024 Aluminum Alloy with the Assistance of Stationary Shoulder

  • Zhibo Dong*
  • , Kang Yang
  • , Rong Ren
  • , Guoqiang Wang
  • , Lei Wang
  • , Zan Lv
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Shenyang Aerospace University
  • Shenyang Institute of Standardization

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Abstract

In this work, 0.8-mm-thick 2024 aluminum alloy was friction stir lap welded with the assistance of a stationary shoulder system. The joint surface formation, microstructure and mechanical properties of the welded joints were studied. The results showed that sound joints without defect could be obtained at a wide parameter range because stationary shoulder increased the material flow during welding. The stationary shoulder decreased the joint roughness from 125.5 to 58.9 µm. A thickness reduction of 4% was achieved at a welding speed of 200 mm/min. The joint fabricated by the stationary shoulder system had superior lap shear properties compared to the joint fabricated using the conventional tool. A high failure load of 7440 N was achieved at welding speed of 200 mm/min. The joint presented tensile fracture mode and the fracture morphology showed typical ductile fracture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6704-6713
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Materials Engineering and Performance
Volume28
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • friction stir lap welding
  • lap shear failure load
  • sheet thickness reduction
  • stationary shoulder

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