210725

Rotational speeds and preheating effect on the friction stir butt welding of Al-Cu joints

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Material science

Abstract

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) used for welding similar and dissimilar materials especially to join sheet Al alloys. In this study, commercial pure aluminum and copper sheets (Al/Cu) with a thickness of 3mm were joined. We first preheated on the Cu side by pinless welding tool. Three different tool rotational speeds of 700, 1000 and 1500 rpm were used while the axial load and transverse speed were kept constant at 7.5 KN and 30 mm/min, respectively. We measured different parameters to determine the best rotational speeds for welding. Such as Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis which showed that at 700 rpm there are three elements: Al, Cu and oxygen are present. While at 1500 rpm formation of different Intermetallic Compounds (IMCs). At 1000 rpm the interface has only Al and Cu in a uniform structure this result is due to the sufficient frictional heat generated at 1000 rpm and it considered perfect welds with acceptable mechanical properties.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.109836.5007

Keywords

Friction Stir Welding, Dissimilar Al-Cu joints, Nugget zone, Rotational speed, Intermetallic compounds, Thermal expansion coefficient

Authors

First Name

H.

Last Name

Dawood

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering Department, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq

Email

hasan.dawwood@qu.edu.iq

City

Al-Diwaniyah

Orcid

0000-0003-1380-7367

First Name

Abbas

Last Name

Mohammad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of AL-Qadisiyah, AL- Qadisiyah, IRAQ

Email

abbas.shuaab@qu.edu.iq

City

Al-Diwaniyah

Orcid

-

First Name

Kanaan

Last Name

Musa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of AL-Qadisiyah, AL- Qadisiyah, IRAQ

Email

kanaan.aljubory@qu.edu.iq

City

Al-Diwaniyah

Orcid

-

First Name

Nawras

Last Name

Sabeeh

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of AL-Qadisiyah, AL-Qadisiyah, IRAQ

Email

nawras.sabeeh@qu.edu.iq

City

Al-Diwaniyah

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-

Volume

65

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

29682

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2021-12-06

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

559

Page End

569

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Rotational speeds and preheating effect on the friction stir butt welding of Al-Cu joints

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22 Jan 2023