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Effect of Water Cooling and Vibration on the Performances of Friction-Stir-Welded AA5083 Aluminum Joints

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In this work, friction stir welding of Al5083 joining under different welding conditions was investigated. The vibration was applied by the motor into the fixture located under the workpiece while the cooling condition flows through a canal in the fixture under the weld line. The results indicated that water reduces the temperature distribution for all thermocouples. The microstructure of the stir zone for different welding conditions showed that the grain size reduces when water and vibration were applied simultaneously. The results showed that mechanical properties such as tensile test, hardness, formability index, and fracture surface of friction stir vibration welding with the cooling improve in comparison with those samples from other welding conditions. This was related to the development of smaller grains, higher strain rate, and lower input heat into the workpiece as vibration and water system were applied. Finally, the corrosion behaviors of samples under different welding conditions were analyzed.

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Abbreviations

FSW:

Friction stir welding

FSVW:

Friction stir vibration welding

NZ:

Nugget zone

SZ:

Stir zone

TMAZ:

Thermomechanically affected zone

HAZ:

Heat-affected zone

Z:

Zener–Hollomon parameter

R :

Gas constant

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

EDS:

Energy-dispersive spectrometry

UFSW:

Underwater friction stir welding

EDM:

Electrical discharge machining

UTS:

Ultimate tensile strength

ɛ :

Strain rate

D :

Grain size

BCP:

Boundary condition problems

TC:

Thermocouple

EL:

Elongation

Ra:

Average surface roughness

AFM:

Atomic force microscopy

I coor :

Current density

C.R:

Corrosion rate

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Bagheri, B., Abbasi, M. & Dadaei, M. Effect of Water Cooling and Vibration on the Performances of Friction-Stir-Welded AA5083 Aluminum Joints. Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal. 9, 33–46 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-019-00606-4

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