INVESTIGACIÓN DE LAS MODIFICACIONES MICROESTRUCTURALES Y PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS EN UNA ALEACIÓN DE ALUMINIO AA6082-T6 SOLDADA CON LA TÉCNICA DE FRICCIÓN-AGITACIÓN (FSW)
[EN] The friction stir welding (FSW) is a joining process that uses a non-consumable tool generates frictional heat (without reaching the melting point) and plastic deformation in the weld line as it rotates and moves the tool, so that a welded joint is obtained in solid state. This technique is cap...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/62161 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/62161 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Soldadura por fricción-agitación (FSW) Parámetros de proceso Aleación de aluminio AW6082-T6 Propiedades mecánicas Propiedades tecnológicas Caracterización macroestructural Caracterización microestructural. CIENCIA DE LOS MATERIALES E INGENIERIA METALURGICA |
| Sumario: | [EN] The friction stir welding (FSW) is a joining process that uses a non-consumable tool generates frictional heat (without reaching the melting point) and plastic deformation in the weld line as it rotates and moves the tool, so that a welded joint is obtained in solid state. This technique is capable to join many engineering materials but was initially focused on high strength aluminum alloys (series 2XXX, 6XXX and 7XXX) due to two main approaches: because they are difficult to weld by conventional welding processes fusion for their applications in key sectors such as automotive, aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding and other manufacturing industries due to high strength/weight ratio. FSW parameters as rotational speed, welding speed, weld pitch ratio (WPR), tool profile, among others, are responsible for obtaining sound welds (flawless), of the microstructural changes, of the mechanical and technological properties of welded joints. Therefore, it is important to study the parameters-microstructure-property relationship to maintain the quality of welded joints. In this work we have studied the influence of some FSW processing parameters (rotation speed, welding speed, weld pitch ratio and joint configuration) on the microstructural changes, mechanical and technological properties to a rolling sheet of aluminum alloy AA6082-T6 of 5mm thick. For the four configurations obtained it has been characterized the microstructure with various techniques, such as optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to identify major phases, dispersoids, second phases, dissolution, precipitation, and re-precipitation of phases, sub-structure, crystallographic texture, etc. in each welding zone and for each configuration. Also it has been obtained mechanical properties through microhardness tests, tensile and fatigue tests, and technological properties through accelerated corrosion tests. The results of the experiments indicate that it can to obtain sound welds, i.e. defect-free with different processing parameters, and they greatly influence in the microstructure and therefore on the mechanical and technological properties. Similarly, it found that it can get better mechanical properties (tensile strength and hardness) with a low weld pitch ratio (WPR [mm/rev]<2, "cold condition") and single-pass butt joint, while the best fatigue properties are obtained for high weld pitch ratio (WPR [mm/rev]>4 "hot condition") and single-pass butt joint. In comparison, the base metal has better mechanical properties and worse corrosion properties than the four configurations studied and in any case the double-pass butt joint never were one revulsive option to single-pass butt joint. |
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