TY - GEN
T1 - Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welding of AZ91D
AU - Kayode, O.
AU - Akinlabi, E. T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. The corresponding author acknowledges the funding support of the Global Excellence Stature (GES) scholarship award by the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and payment of article processing charge by the Pan African University for Life and Earth Sciences Institute Ibadan, Nigeria.
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© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2021/7/6
Y1 - 2021/7/6
N2 - In this study, a relatively new manufacturing process - friction stir welding (FSW) was used to join 3 mm thick AZ91D plates. The process was conducted at a traverse speed of 50 mm/min and rotational speed of 1000 rpm; and the weld sample’s microstructural and mechanical properties were evaluated. The microstructural analysis was conducted with an optical microscope. The mechanical properties evaluation includes tensile and microhardness tests. The microstructural analysis shows a defect-free sound joint of the materials with absence of voids and wormholes. The tensile strength of the weld was enhanced significantly and a joint efficiency of 109% was achieved. However, there was no substantial effect on the ductility and hardness properties of the weld sample. In conclusion, the FSW process is an efficient and sustainable technique to join and enhance the tensile properties of similar AZ91D alloys.
AB - In this study, a relatively new manufacturing process - friction stir welding (FSW) was used to join 3 mm thick AZ91D plates. The process was conducted at a traverse speed of 50 mm/min and rotational speed of 1000 rpm; and the weld sample’s microstructural and mechanical properties were evaluated. The microstructural analysis was conducted with an optical microscope. The mechanical properties evaluation includes tensile and microhardness tests. The microstructural analysis shows a defect-free sound joint of the materials with absence of voids and wormholes. The tensile strength of the weld was enhanced significantly and a joint efficiency of 109% was achieved. However, there was no substantial effect on the ductility and hardness properties of the weld sample. In conclusion, the FSW process is an efficient and sustainable technique to join and enhance the tensile properties of similar AZ91D alloys.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-16-3641-7_10
DO - 10.1007/978-981-16-3641-7_10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85112255963
SN - 9789811636400
SN - 9789811636431
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 64
EP - 71
BT - Advances in Material Science and Engineering
A2 - Awang, Mokhtar
A2 - Emamian, Seyed Sattar
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore
T2 - 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2020
Y2 - 25 November 2020 through 26 November 2020
ER -