Analysis of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AZ31B Thick Plate Magnesium Alloy Stir Friction Welded Joints

Abstract

Welding of 10 mm thick AZ31B magnesium alloy by stir friction welding technique. The effects of process parameters on the microstructure, tensile strength and impact resistance of the joints were analyzed. The results showed that the joints were formed with good quality and no obvious defects, and the joints were fine-grained and accompanied by grain dislocations. The grain dislocation in the hot machine influence zone is more obvious there is a dense grain dislocation zone, and the distribution is not uniform. When the spindle speed is 800 and 1000 rpm, respectively, the best impact resistance of the welded joint impact work is 8.02 J, which is about 94.2% of the impact resistance of AZ31B magnesium alloy base material. When the spindle speed is 1000r/min and the welding speed is 150 mm/min, the tensile strength of the welded joint is the largest, reaching 85.8% of the base material and the post-break elongation is 1.9 times that of the base material. Thick plate magnesium alloy plate welded joints overall performance is not uniform, welded plate bottom mechanical properties of the worst, weld core area doped magnesium alloy oxide, joint tensile fracture crack source from the bottom of the plate to the weld surface expansion.

Keywords:

• Friction stir welding
• microstructure
• tensile strength
• impact resistance

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Funding

This study was supported by Anhui simulation design and modern manufacturing engineering technology research center project (SGCZXZD2103, SGCZXZD2001, SGCZXZD1801, SGCZXZD1901); Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Provincial Department of Education (KJHS2020B01, KJHS2020B03); Key Research and Development Project from Anhui Province of China (202004a05020025, 202104b11020011), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016M600411), and Anhui Provincial Excellent Young Talents Support General Project, China (gxyq2019086), and Postdoctoral Research Project of Huangshan University(2020bkjq002), Special Funding for Innovative Provincial Construction Subsidy Funds (2021xzx001); the Key Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Higher Education Institutions of China (KJ2020A0687, KJ2021A1041), the Anhui Provincial University Outstanding Young Talent Support Project (gxyq2021213), Collaborative Innovation Project for Anhui Universities (GXXT-2021-062); Anhui Province Excellent Research and Innovation Team (2022AH010103).