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Experimental and simulation studies on explosive welding of AZ31B-Al 5052 alloys

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In this study, a numerical model was developed using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method in ANSYS-Autodyn-2D to investigate the bonding phenomenon of the AZ31B-Al5052 explosive joint. The experimental bonding interface shows straight and wavy structures consistent with the simulation. X-ray diffraction (XRD) detected the development of an intermetallic (Al12Mg17) compound at the interface. Due to substantial plastic deformation, the microhardness of post-weld AZ31B (92 HV) and Al 5052 (85 HV) close to the interface was increased by 21% and 25%, respectively. The shear strength (111 MPa) and ram tensile strength (173 MPa) of the AZ31B-Al5052 weld were greater than the weaker parent alloy. The pressure, velocity, and temperature developed during the AZ31B-Al5052 explosive welding were determined by simulation and correlated with the empirical relations.

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All authors contributed to the calculation of theoretical data, the development of the numerical model, and the analysis of experimental results. Prabhat Kumar and S. Saravanan contributed to the development of the experimental setup, first draft of the manuscript, review and editing. Subrata Kumar Ghosh and John Deb Barma contributed to the supervision and formal analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kumar, P., Ghosh, S.K., Saravanan, S. et al. Experimental and simulation studies on explosive welding of AZ31B-Al 5052 alloys. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 127, 2387–2399 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11684-8

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