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MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages 180-187Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2014.11.015
Keywords
Friction stir welding; Aluminum alloy; Microstructure; Mechanical
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51405358]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2014M560632]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT) [2014-IV-042]
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology [P 2015-05]
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Friction stir welding is an efficient manufacturing method for joining aluminum alloy and can dramatically reduce grain size conferring excellent plastic deformation properties. Consequently, friction stir welding is used to manufacture tailor welded blanks to optimize weight or performance in the final component. In the study, the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of friction stir welding joint during plastic forming and subsequent heat treatment were investigated. The microstructural characteristics of the friction stir welding joints were studied by Electron Backscattered Diffraction and Transmission Electron Microscopy. The mechanical properties were evaluated by tensile and microhardness tests. It is found that the tensile and yield strengths of friction stir welding joints are significantly improved after severe plastic deformation due to the grain refinement. Following heat treatment, the strength of the friction stir welding joints significantly decrease due to the obvious abnormal grain growth. Careful attention must be given to the processing route of any friction stir welding joint intended for plastic forming, especially the annealing between forming passes. Severe plastic deforming of the friction stir welding joint leads to a high level of stored energy/dislocation density, which causes the abnormal grain growth during subsequent heat treatment, and consequently reduce the mechanical properties of the friction stir welding joint. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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