Published November 5, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Comparative study on fatigue properties between AA2024-T4 friction stir welds and base materials

  • 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072 (China)
  • 2. China FSW Center Beijing FSW Technology Limited Company, Beijing 100024 (China)

Description

The comparative study on fatigue properties between AA2024-T4 friction stir welds and base materials have been performed and the influence of zigzag-curve defects across weld section on the fatigue properties of FSW joints were investigated. It was shown that the zigzag-curve defects were the inherent feature existed in the friction stir nugget and could make the characteristic fatigue strength decrease from 96.19 MPa for base material to 73.71 MPa for welded joints with a reduction of 23.4%. Although the lower fatigue strength than the corresponding base material, the FSW joints of AA2024-T4 Al alloy achieved higher fatigue strength compared to the traditional fusion design curves IIW FAT40 and Draft Eurocode 9 design category 55-6 for structural aluminum alloy components

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.msea.2006.07.009;
PII
S0921-5093(06)01275-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Science and Engineering. A, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
Journal Volume
435-436
Journal Page Range
p. 389-395
ISSN
0921-5093
CODEN
MSAPE3

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38079499
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; DEFECTS; DESIGN; FATIGUE; FRICTION; WELDED JOINTS; WELDING
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; FABRICATION; JOINING; JOINTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.