جوشکاری اصطکاکی نقطه‌ای آلیاژ آلومنیوم-لیتیم aluminium–lithium 2A97 alloy

Microstructure and mechanical properties of

friction spot welding aluminium–lithium 2A97 alloy

ریزساختار و ویژگی‌های مکانیکی جوشکاری اصطکاکی نقطه‌ای آلیاژ آلومنیوم-لیتیم 2A97

ABSTRACT

In this study, we investigated the microstructure and mechanical properties in different regions of the friction spot welded 2A97 aluminium-lithium alloy subjected to different heat treatment processes. The 2.0. mm thick hot-rolled sheet of 2A97 alloy was successfully welded using friction spot welding method with optimised welding parameters. Afterwards, the as-welded 2A97 joints experienced two subsequent heat treatment procedures: solution and ageing; directly ageing. The corresponding microstructure and mechanical properties of the heat-treated specimens were studied by means of optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), hardness test and tensile test. The results show that the mechanical properties of the 2A97 joints before and after heat treatment were significantly modified, which was mainly related to fine-grained microstructure, size and type of precipitates, and dislocation density. Compared to the base material and the material that only experienced direct ageing, the whole friction spot welded 2A97 joint after solution and ageing treatment delivered better mechanical properties.

 

اثر ترکیب روی بافت کریستالوگرافی در آلیاژهای AL-Li-Cu

Effect of composition on crystallographic texture in hot-rolled Al-Li-Cu alloys

اثر ترکیب روی بافت کریستالوگرافی در آلیاژهای AL-Li-Cu نورد گرم شده

ABSTRACT

The hot-rolling textures of ternary Al-Li-Cu alloys have been characterized to determine their effects on the yield strength anisotropy. The alloys used in the study had (Li/Cu) ratios varying from 0 to co and were hot-rolled in the 520-400 “C temperature range. All the alloys showed well developed p-fibers, with a maximum intensity at Brass, and a weak background of a-fiber. The Brass components were very strong for the alloys with intermediate (Li/Cu) ratios that had relatively more T, precipitates in the microstructure compared with other alloys. In addition, all compositions showed a weak Cube or rotated Cube recrystallization texture components. The observed textures are attributed to the effects of constrained deformation during hot deformation. The texture results were used to predict the yield strength anisotropies in the alloys. The predictions were in agreemenwt ith the experimentalr esultsf or the high (Li/Cu) alloys. However, in the low (Li/Cu) alloys, the discrepancies between the predicted and the measured yield strength anisotropies can be attributed to a modifying effect of the directional platelet precipitates on deformation.