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Title: Experimental investigation on effects of varying volume fractions of SiC nanoparticle reinforcement on microstructure and mechanical properties in friction-stir-welded dissimilar joints of AA2024-T351 and AA7075-T651
Authors: Anil, Kumar, K.S.
Murigendrappa, S.M.
Kumar, H.
Issue Date: 2019
Citation: Journal of Materials Research, 2019, Vol.34, 7, pp.1229-1247
Abstract: Effects of varying volume fractions of SiC nanoparticle (SiC NP ) reinforcement on microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar AA2024-T351 and AA7075-T651 joints by friction stir welding (FSW) have been investigated experimentally. A rectangular section edge groove was prepared at the adjoining surfaces of the two plates with the butt configuration before FSW. Initially, four fractional volumes with 0, 5, 8, and 13% of SiC NP are reinforced into the grooves of width, 0, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.5 mm and the FSW was performed with the first and second pass to obtain metal matrix nanocomposite (MMNC) at the weld nugget zone (WNZ). The characterization of microstructure specimens was investigated using optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction technique (XRD). The FSW joint specimen produced with 5 vol% fraction of SiC NP for second pass processing observes a defect-free, homogeneous distribution of SiC NP with a mean grain size of about 2-3 ?m at the WNZ and weld joints higher in tensile strength, 411 MPa, yield strength, 252 MPa, and percentage elongation, 14.3. The result shows that varying volume fractions (5, 8, 13%) of the SiC NP after the FSW second pass led to significant grain refinement at the WNZ and higher mechanical properties compared with FSW specimens prepared without SiC NP . Higher hardness of 150 Hv was observed in the WNZ for specimen produced with 13 vol% fraction SiC NP . Materials Research Society 2019.
URI: http://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/11174
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