Effect of heat input on joint performance in 6061 aluminum alloy friction welding

摘要

Friction welding of 6061 aluminum alloy similar material was carried out in order to examine a relationship between heat input and joint performance. The joint performance is evaluated by tensile test. The heat input is a heat source for welding solid materials and is classified into six inputs, that is, friction heat input and deformation heat input during friction stage, upset stage and total stage respectively. The most important heat input for evaluating the joint performance among these heat inputs was experimentally investigated through the tensile strength of joints welded with many welding conditions because the friction welding mechanism is so complexed. As the results, the deformation heat input during upset stage was much related with the joint performance, and sound welded joints were obtained with 200 J/s or more deformation heat input. Moreover, it was recognized that the deformation heat input during upset stage was in proportion to the upset loss, therefore, sound welded joints were obtained with 3 mm or over upset loss also.