Friction stir welded structural materials: beyond Al-alloys

G Çam - International Materials Reviews, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The friction stir welding (FSW) technique is widely accepted to be one of the most significant
welding techniques to emerge in the last 20 years. Friction stir welding of Al-alloys is now …

Integrated modeling of friction stir welding of 6xxx series Al alloys: Process, microstructure and properties

A Simar, Y Bréchet, B De Meester, A Denquin… - Progress in materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
Compared to most thermomechanical processing methods, friction stir welding (FSW) is a
recent technique which has not yet reached full maturity. Nevertheless, owing to multiple …

Microstructural evolution, strengthening and thermal stability of an ultrafine-grained Al–Cu–Mg alloy

Y Chen, N Gao, G Sha, SP Ringer, MJ Starink - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
To gain insight into the origin of the ultra-high strength of ultrafine-grained (UFG) alloys, the
solute clustering, precipitation phenomena, and microstructural evolutions were studied in …

Two types of S phase precipitates in Al–Cu–Mg alloys

SC Wang, MJ Starink - Acta Materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) have
been used to study S phase precipitation in an Al–4.2 Cu–1.5 Mg–0.6 Mn–0.5 Si (AA2024) …

High strength Al-Cu-Mg based alloy with synchronous improved tensile properties and hot-cracking resistance suitable for laser powder bed fusion

QZ Wang, N Kang, X Lin, MEL Mansori… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In present work, a novel crack-free Al-Cu-Mg-Si-Ti alloy with synchronous improved tensile
properties and hot-cracking resistance was proposed and successfully manufactured by …

The strength of friction stir welded and friction stir processed aluminium alloys

MJ Starink, A Deschamps, SC Wang - Scripta materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
Local strength of friction stir (FS) welds and FS processed aluminium alloys in heat-treatable
aluminium alloys is dominated by precipitation hardening. Strengthening due to stored …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation phenomena in impulse friction stir welded 2024 aluminium alloy

I Morozova, A Królicka, A Obrosov, Y Yang… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microhardness variations across the friction stir welded (FSW) and impulse friction stir
welded (IFSW) AA2024–T351 joints have been elucidated by the transformations of the S–Al …

Hardness recovery mechanism in the heat-affected zone during long-term natural aging and its influence on the mechanical properties and fracture behavior of friction …

Z Zhang, BL Xiao, ZY Ma - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
The microstructural evolution in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of 5 mm thick friction stir
welded (FSW) 2024Al–T351 joints during long-term natural aging and its effect on …

Variable polarity plasma arc welding: process development and its recent developments of detecting, modeling, and controlling

F Jiang, W Li, B Xu, W Cheng, G Zhang, X Ma… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Variable polarity plasma arc welding (VPPAW) is a highly efficient method for joining
aluminum and magnesium alloys, primarily because of the automatic removal of oxide …

Variant selection and the strengthening effect of S precipitates at dislocations in Al–Cu–Mg alloy

ZQ Feng, YQ Yang, B Huang, X Luo, MH Li, M Han… - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
The heterogeneous precipitation of the S (Al2CuMg) phase along dislocations is
investigated using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy various configurations …