The Paton Welding Journal, 2019, №02



2019 №02 (01)

DOI of Article 10.15407/tpwj2019.02.02

2019 №02 (03)

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The Paton Welding Journal, 2019, #2, 13-18 pages
 
Journal The Paton Welding Journal
Publisher International Association «Welding»
ISSN 0957-798X (print)
Issue #2, 2019 (March)
Pages 13-18

Strength of welded joints of heat-hardenable aluminium alloys in TIG and friction stir welding

A.G. Poklyatsky and S.I. Motrunich

E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine 11 Kazimir Malevich Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine. E-mail: office@paton.kiev.ua

Influence of zirconium and scandium modifiers in the filler wire and of arc oscillations due to electric current flowing through the filler section in nonconsumable electrode argon-arc welding, as well as of friction stir welding process on formation of weld structure in sheet aluminium alloys 1460 and 1201, was studied. Curves of metal hardness distribution in the zone of permanent joint formation were plotted, and ultimate strength of samples was determined directly after welding and after their artificial ageing. It is shown that application of friction stir welding yields higher values of ultimate strength of the metal of welds and welded joints on aluminium alloys 1460 and 1201, than in automatic nonconsumable electrode argon-arc welding with weld pool oscillations, even at application of welding wire with zirconium and scandium. Here, the maximum strength level (75 % for alloy 1201 and 86 % for alloy 1460), compared to base material, is achieved after artificial ageing of samples, at which phase transformations and processes of stabilization of the structure of metal after thermal impact, take place. 16 Ref., 1 Table, 4 Figures.
Keywords: heat-hardenable aluminium alloy, argon-arc welding with arc oscillations, friction stir welding, microstructure, hardness, strength
 
Received: 23.10.18
Published: 11.03.19
 

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