Correlating Tensile Strength & Peak Temperatures for Magnesium Alloy AZ91 during Friction Stir Welding Using Varied Tool Geometries & FEA Tool

13 pages•Published: August 5, 2017

Kamlesh Dhansukhlal Bhatt, Nikul Patel and Vishal Mehta

Abstract

Magnesium & its alloys are flammable for conventional fusion welding process. This adverse effect can be eliminated by a non-fusion solid state welding process, established by The Welding Institute (TWI) in 1991, called friction stir welding (FSW). This is applied in this investigation for joining two plates together by using non-consumable tools (three pin profiles) between two abutting plates of magnesium alloy AZ91 having 6 mm thickness. FSW process joins the plates with certain advantages such as low distortion, no shielding gas required, fine recrystallized microstructure, no fumes liberated during the process, etc. In Friction stir welding, process parameters such as welding speed, tool rotation speed, tool dimensions and axial force play an important role during the process. In the present work, the 6 mm thick plates of the said alloy are welded at traverse speed of 28 mm/min to 56 mm/min with tool rotation speed ranging from 710 rpm to 1400 rpm. Tensile strength testing & simulation of peak temperatures has been carried out for establishing correlationship between best parameters from the selected ones with temperature profiles obtained by those parameters for giving optimum structure-property relationship using different pin profiles.

Keyphrases: fsw, magnesium alloy az91, peak temperature simulation, tensile strength, tool pin profile

In: Ajitkumar Shukla, J. M. Patel, P. D. Solanki, K. B. Judal, R. K. Shukla, R. A. Thakkar, N. P. Gajjar, N. J. Kothari, Sukanta Saha, S. K. Joshi, Sanjay R. Joshi, Pranav Darji, Sanjay Dambhare, Bhupendra R. Parekh, P. M. George, Amit M. Trivedi, T. D. Pawar, Mehul B. Shah, Vinay J. Patel, Mehfuza S. Holia, Rashesh P. Mehta, Jagdish M. Rathod, Bhargav C. Goradiya and Dharita K. Patel (editors). ICRISET2017. International Conference on Research and Innovations in Science, Engineering and Technology. Selected Papers in Engineering, vol 1, pages 246-258.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/NXW1
	https://doi.org/10.29007/6xnv

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ICRISET2017:Correlating_Tensile_Strength_Peak,
  author    = {Kamlesh Dhansukhlal Bhatt and Nikul Patel and Vishal Mehta},
  title     = {Correlating  Tensile Strength & Peak Temperatures for Magnesium Alloy AZ91 during Friction Stir Welding Using Varied Tool Geometries & FEA Tool},
  booktitle = {ICRISET2017. International Conference on Research and Innovations in  Science, Engineering and Technology. Selected Papers in Engineering},
  editor    = {Ajitkumar Shukla and J. M. Patel and P. D. Solanki and K. B. Judal and R. K. Shukla and R. A. Thakkar and N. P. Gajjar and N. J. Kothari and Sukanta Saha and S. K. Joshi and Sanjay R. Joshi and Pranav Darji and Sanjay Dambhare and Bhupendra R. Parekh and P. M. George and Amit M. Trivedi and T. D. Pawar and Mehul B. Shah and Vinay J. Patel and Mehfuza S. Holia and Rashesh P. Mehta and Jagdish M. Rathod and Bhargav C. Goradiya and Dharita K. Patel},
  series    = {Kalpa Publications in Engineering},
  volume    = {1},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2515-1770},
  url       = {/publications/paper/NXW1},
  doi       = {10.29007/6xnv},
  pages     = {246-258},
  year      = {2017}}

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