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Numerical predictions and experimental investigation of the temperature distribution of friction stir welded AA 5059 aluminium alloy joints

  • Narayanasamy Babu , Narayanan Karunakaran and Viswalingam Balasubramanian
Published/Copyright: January 12, 2017
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 108 Issue 1

Abstract

AA 5059 aluminium alloy is a material well suited for military applications because of its high strength to weight ratio and high toughness. Due to the high magnesium content, this material is frequently used in ship hull structure building because of its good corrosion resistance and good strength characteristics. Friction stir welding is a solid state welding process and it is a suitable method for joining non-ferrous materials such as aluminium alloys. The objective of this work is to predict the temperature distribution in butt welding of AA 5059 aluminium alloy of 4 mm thick plates during friction stir welding. Numerical simulations were developed as a three dimensional, non-linear finite element model using COMSOL multi-physics to predict the complete thermal history of the welded specimens. Experimental work has also been carried out to explore the thermal history of a workpiece. The temperatures predicted numerically are compared to the experimental values in order to evaluate the joint performance and the weld zone characteristics. These results indicate that the values are in good agreement with each other.

Keywords: Friction stir welding; AA 5059; Thermocouples; Aluminium; COMSOL
*Correspondence address, Dr. N. Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FEAT, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Tel.: +91-9994271091, E-mail:

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Received: 2016-04-10
Accepted: 2016-10-27
Published Online: 2017-01-12
Published in Print: 2017-01-09

© 2017, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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Keywords for this article
Friction stir welding; AA 5059; Thermocouples; Aluminium; COMSOL

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  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Original Contributions
  4. Digital material representation concept applied to investigation of local inhomogeneities during manufacturing of magnesium components for automotive applications
  5. Austenite to polygonal-ferrite transformation and carbide precipitation in high strength low alloy steel
  6. Precipitation behavior of carbides in high-carbon martensitic stainless steel
  7. Enthalpies of mixing in binary liquid alloys of lutetium with 3d metals
  8. Investigation of the 600 °C isothermal section of the Fe–Al–Ce ternary system
  9. The effect of high Al content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-xAl alloys processed by equal channel angular pressing
  10. Mechanical properties, bond strength and microstructural evolution of AA1060/TiO2 composites fabricated by warm accumulative roll bonding (WARB)
  11. Effect of graphite content on the tribological behavior of Al/2SiC/Gr hybrid nano-composites processed via mechanical milling
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