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The Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Multipass Friction Stir‐Welded Al/Cu Lap Joints and Interface Transfer during Butt Joining of Thick Plates
Author(s) -
Wei Yanni,
Sun Fu,
Li Hui,
Peng Xiao,
Zou Juntao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.202000346
Subject(s) - materials science , intermetallic , friction stir welding , welding , microstructure , butt joint , joint (building) , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , lap joint , shear strength (soil) , aluminium , butt welding , metallurgy , alloy , structural engineering , environmental science , soil science , engineering , soil water
Multipass friction stir welding (FSW) is used to obtain an Al/Cu overlap joint. The microstructure and bonding strength of the Al/Cu joints are analyzed. An overlap joint without defect inside the cross section is obtained when the stir pin interval is 3 mm and the plunge depth is 0.2 mm. The welding of the next pass eliminates the “hook” left on the back side of the upper pass, achieving complete welding over a wide area. The stirring pin peels off the Cu surface layer and moves them into Al matrix. Turbulent interactive structures and exfoliated particle interactive structures are formed. Two obvious intermetallic compound layers are formed on the interface and are identified as the Al 2 Cu and Al 4 Cu 9 phases. The tensile shear strength of the overlap joints with a stir pin interval of 3 mm reaches an average of 95 MPa, which is approximately equal to that of the 1060Al base metal. Moreover, the copper plate coated with the aluminum layer and the aluminum plate are butt joined by conventional FSW to produce an interface transfer. The thick plate (10 mm) butt joint is welded by transferring the original soft–hard (Al/Cu) interface to the soft–soft (Al/Al) interface.