《搅拌摩擦对接焊6061铝合金的高周疲劳行为（英文版）》.pdfVIP

Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 24(2014) 648−656 High-cycle fatigue behavior of friction stir butt welded 6061 aluminium alloy Hrishikesh DAS, Debayan CHAKRABORTY, Tapan KUMAR PAL Welding Technology Centre, Metallurgical and Material Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, India Received 8 July 2013; accepted 12 October 2013 Abstract: Friction stir welding (FSW) of 6061 aluminium alloy butt joint was carried out at each rotation speed of 600, 800, 1000, 1200 r/min for two different travel speeds, 80 and 100 mm/min, at a constant probe depth of 1.85 mm. The calculated energy input based on the FSW parameters studied shows that the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the butt joint is obtained within a certain range of energy input of 297 kJ to 354 kJ out of total range of energy input studied from 196 kJ to 405 kJ. The fatigue behaviors of high-strength and low-strength joints performed at different stress ratios, i.e., 0.5, 0.3, 0.1, −0.3, −0.5, indicate that the fatigue behaviors of both the welds are sensitive to the microstructural features, such as stir zone (SZ), thermo mechanically affected zone (TMAZ) and heat affected zone (HAZ). The observed fatigue strengths were discussed in terms of the microstructure, crack path behavior and fracture surface. Key words: Al alloy; friction stir welding (FSW); high cycle fatigue; stress ratio (R-ratio); crack path flash have been reported [2−5]. ALI et al [5] observed 1 Introduction that crack initiation was governed by stress concentration