TY - GEN
T1 - Study of the key issues of friction stir welding of titanium alloy
AU - Liu, Huijie
AU - Zhou, Li
AU - Huang, Yongxian
AU - Liu, Qiwei
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - As a new solid-state welding process, friction stir welding (FSW) has been successfully used for joining low melting point materials such as aluminum and magnesium alloys, but the FSW of high melting point materials such as steels and titanium alloys is still difficult to carry out because of their strict requirements for the FSW tool. Especially for the FSW of titanium alloys, some key technological issues need to solve further. In order to accomplish the FSW of titanium alloys, a specially designed tool system was made. The system was composed of W-Re pin tool, liquid cooling holder and shielding gas shroud. Prior to FSW, the Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates were thermo-hydrogen processed to reduce the deformation resistance and tool wear during the FSW. Based on this, the thermo-hydrogen processed Ti-6Al-4V alloy with different hydrogen content was friction stir welded, and the microstructural characterizations and mechanical properties of the joints were studied. Experimental results showed that the designed tool system can fulfill the requirements of the FSW of titanium alloys, and excellent weld formation and high-strength joint have been obtained from the titanium alloy plates.
AB - As a new solid-state welding process, friction stir welding (FSW) has been successfully used for joining low melting point materials such as aluminum and magnesium alloys, but the FSW of high melting point materials such as steels and titanium alloys is still difficult to carry out because of their strict requirements for the FSW tool. Especially for the FSW of titanium alloys, some key technological issues need to solve further. In order to accomplish the FSW of titanium alloys, a specially designed tool system was made. The system was composed of W-Re pin tool, liquid cooling holder and shielding gas shroud. Prior to FSW, the Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates were thermo-hydrogen processed to reduce the deformation resistance and tool wear during the FSW. Based on this, the thermo-hydrogen processed Ti-6Al-4V alloy with different hydrogen content was friction stir welded, and the microstructural characterizations and mechanical properties of the joints were studied. Experimental results showed that the designed tool system can fulfill the requirements of the FSW of titanium alloys, and excellent weld formation and high-strength joint have been obtained from the titanium alloy plates.
KW - Friction stir welding
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Microstructural characterization
KW - Thermo-hydrogen processing
KW - Titanium alloy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/75849164688
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.638-642.1185
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.638-642.1185
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:75849164688
SN - 0878492941
SN - 9780878492947
T3 - Materials Science Forum
SP - 1185
EP - 1190
BT - THERMEC 2009
A2 - Chandra, Tara
A2 - Chandra, Tara
A2 - Chandra, Tara
A2 - Wanderka, N.
A2 - Wanderka, N.
A2 - Wanderka, N.
A2 - Reimers, Walter
A2 - Reimers, Walter
A2 - Reimers, Walter
A2 - Ionescu, M.
A2 - Ionescu, M.
A2 - Ionescu, M.
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
T2 - 6th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - THERMEC'2009
Y2 - 25 August 2009 through 29 August 2009
ER -