简介:May21toMay24,2012TheOCEANS’12Conference,jointlysponsoredbytheMarineTechnologySociety(MTS),theOceanicEngineeringSocietyoftheIEEE,andtheKoreanAssociationofOceanScienceandTechnologySocieties,isamajorinternationalforumforscientists,engineers,andresponsibleoceanuserstopresentthelatestresearch
简介:Mostoftheinvestigationsregardingfrictionstirwelding(FSW)ofaluminumalloyplateshavebeenlimitedtoabout5to6mmthickplates.InpriorworkconductedthevariousaspectsconcerningtheprocessparametersandtheFSWtoolgeometrywerestudiedutilizingfrictionstirweldingof12mmthickcommercialgradealuminumalloy.Twodifferentsimple-tomanufacturetoolgeometrieswereused.TheeffectofvaryingweldingparametersanddwelltimeofFSWtoolonmechanicalpropertiesandweldqualitywasexamined.Itwasobservedthatinordertoachieveadefectfreeweldingonsuchthickaluminumalloyplates,toolhavingtrapezoidalpingeometrywassuitable.Adequatetensilestrengthandductilitycanbeachievedutilizingacombinationofhightoolrotationalspeedofabout2000r/minandlowspeedofweldingaround28mm/min.Atverylowandhighdwelltimetheductilityofweldedjointsarereducedsignificantly.