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A study on microstructures and residual stress distributions in dissimilar friction-stir welding of AA5086–AA6061

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Dissimilar friction stir welds of aluminum alloys AA5086 in annealed and AA6061 in T6 temper conditions were investigated in terms of residual stress, grain structure and precipitation distribution in different zones of the welded joints. Optical metallography and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize microstructures of different zones of the welds. In addition, residual stress profile and local mechanical properties of different zones were evaluated employing X-ray diffraction method and digital image correlation technique. It was found that softening in the AA6061-T6 side occurs in regions with weld peak temperature higher than 300 °C. The micro-hardness profile results and TEM investigations also showed that thermo-mechanical affected zone of AA6061 side with large plate-shaped β precipitates is the softest region of the joints in AA6061 side. Furthermore, residual stress distribution within the samples is not directly dependent on the local mechanical properties of different zones of the joints.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the great help of Prof. A. C. Batista, Residual Stresses and Engineering Materials group’s member of CEMDRX Research Center of Coimbra University, for measuring residual stress. Also, the authors are indebted to the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology (FCT) through COMPETE program from QREN and to FEDER for the financial support. The first author also wishes to thank the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology for the financial support.

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    H. Jamshidi Aval, S. Serajzadeh & A. H. Kokabi

  2. CEMUC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, 3030-788, Coimbra, Portugal

    H. Jamshidi Aval, N. A. Sakharova & A. Loureiro

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Jamshidi Aval, H., Serajzadeh, S., Sakharova, N.A. et al. A study on microstructures and residual stress distributions in dissimilar friction-stir welding of AA5086–AA6061. J Mater Sci 47, 5428–5437 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6430-2

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