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Investigation of Process and Joint Fracture Modes in Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding of Dissimilar 2B06/7B04 Aluminium Alloys
Author of the article:CAO Hanmo1,2,ZU Yundi1,2,XIONG Jiangtao1,2,ZHANG Da1,2,GUOWei1,2,LI Jinglong1,2
Author's Workplace:1. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian 710072, China; 2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Friction Welding Technologies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
Key Words: aluminium alloy; dissimilar materials; refill friction stir spot welding; welding process; fracture mode
Abstract:
Refill friction stir spot welding (RFSSW) has demonstrated broad application prospects in the field of lightweight, high-strength aluminium alloys because of its advantages of high efficiency and superior quality. However, studies on RFSSW for dissimilar materials have not been sufficiently conducted, and a comprehensive evaluation system for joint quality is still lacking. This study focused on the dissimilar combination of 2B06/7B04 high-strength aluminium alloys. Through systematic RFSSW process experiments, relationships between the welding parameters and joint morphology characteristics, microhardness distribution, and tensile-shear properties were established, ultimately achieving process optimization. The optimal process parameters obtained by fitting the regression equation are as follows: rotational speed, 1 600 r/min; press volume, 1.47 mm; press rate, 60 mm/min; and refill rate, 60 mm/min. The corresponding joint tensile-shear failure load is 5.22 kN. The analysis of tensile-shear fracture morphology reveals that the joints exhibit two fracture modes, plug-type fracture and mixed-mode fracture, whereby the failure load of plug-type fracture was lower than that of mixed-mode fracture.