Friction Stir Welding of Cast Aluminium Alloy (A356) : A Review

Authors

  • Akshay Patel  RSR Rungta College of Engineering and Technology Bhilai, C.G., India
  • Lokesh Singh  Modern Institute of Technology and Research Centre, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
  • Sushil Kumar Maurya  Modern Institute of Technology and Research Centre, Alwar, Rajasthan, India

Keywords:

Cast Aluminium Alloy, Friction Stir Welding, Tensile test, Hardness, Design of experiment

Abstract

Cast aluminium alloy used in automotive and aerospace applications are increasing due to their light weight and castability. It is necessary to weld aluminium castings to themselves and various applications. These alloys are not easily weldable by conventional fusion welding techniques because the quality of the welded joint is deteriorated due to the presence of porosity, hot cracking and distortion. Friction Stir Welding (FSW) process is an emerging solid state joining process in which the material that is welded, does not melt. FSW creates the weld joint without bulk melting. Therefore, welds made by FSW to have much improved mechanical properties than corresponding fusion welds. In this paper, Joints were fabricated using different levels of tool rotation speed, welding speed and axial force. Specimens were prepared from the welded joints. Tensile test, hardness measurement analyses on specimens were carried out and to predict the tensile strength of friction stir welding joints, was develop FSW process parameters using statistical tools such as design of experiments (DOE) and analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

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Akshay Patel, Lokesh Singh, Sushil Kumar Maurya, " Friction Stir Welding of Cast Aluminium Alloy (A356) : A Review, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering(IJSRMME), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp.11-18, January-February-2022.