Metallurgy and mechanical performance of AZ31 magnesium alloy friction spot welds.pdf

Journal of Materials Processing Technology 213 (2013) 515–521 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Materials Processing Technology j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/jmat protec Metallurgy and mechanical performance of AZ31 magnesium alloy friction spot welds Leonardo Contri Campanelli a,∗ , Uceu Fuad Hasan Suhuddin b , Armando Ítalo Sette Antonialli a , Jorge Fernandez dos Santos b , Nelson Guedes de Alcântara a , Claudemiro Bolfarini a a Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar), Department of Materials Engineering (DEMa), Rodovia Washington Luiz – km 235, 13565-905 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil b Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht GmbH, Institute of Materials Research, Materials Mechanics, Solid State Joining Processes (WMP), Max-Planck-St. 1, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Microstructural features were studied along the cross-section of AZ31 magnesium alloy friction spot Received 26 May 2012 welded joints made using different combinations of welding parameters. Static lap shear testing was per- Received in revised form 5 October 2012 formed to evaluate the mechanical properties of the welded joints, and the resulting fracture mechanisms Accepted 1 November 2012 and crack propagation paths were fully examined. Failure load is optimized when the welding procedure Available online 9 November 2012 is performed with the combination of parameters that maximizes the material mixing, the size of fully metallurgical