A Dissertation for the Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering School of Mechanical, Industrial & Aeronautical Engineering Date: 02/02/2017 / The Friction Stir Welding process is a rotating tool, that consists of a specialy designed shoulder and pin, that is plunged into the joining line of the required material and traverses along this line. The friction is induced by the rotating tool causes the workpiece material to rise to an operating temperature of 70% to 90% of the workpiece material's melting temperature and resulting in, no phase change, nor any defects associated with phase change, occurs in the workpiece. The increased temperature of the material causes the shear yield strength to drastically decrease thus allowing the two pieces to plasticise, easily stir around the tool and subsequently join. As the tool traverses along the workpiece, the softened material cools in the wake of the rotating tool and recrystallises, forming a ne grained microstructure. Attempts to develop an innovative tool to correlate the resulting of thermal models with process parameters are scarce. In this work, 6056-T4 and 6082-T6 Aluminum alloy sheets are friction stir welding at different rotational and translational speeds during the experimental aspect and material 2024-T3 for the analytical calculations. The effects of process parameters on the resulting thermal and mechanical properties are investigated. The results show that the use of coolant during the friction stir weld decrease heat generation substantially, this can also affect the force of the weld. It is also observed that the shear strenght of the processed sheet depends strongly on the rotational and translational speeds as weld as the thermal aspect and varies widely within the processed region, this was shown in this study by evaluating the thermal aspects of different weld types namely the Standard tool, Bobbin tool and the innovative tool. In addition. The proposed approach involves determination of the use of the friction stir welding in different thermal conditions and championing the use of an innovative tool. / MT2017

This study develops a method to simulate a full-scale inertia friction weld with a sub-scale specimen and modifies a direct drive friction stir welder to perform the welding process. A torque meter is fabricated for the FSW machine to measure weld torque. Machine controls are modified to enable a force control during the IFW process. An equation is created to measure weld upset due to deflection of the FSW machine. Data obtained from a full-scale inertia friction weld are altered to account for the geometrical differences between the sub-scale and full-scale specimens. The IFW are simulated with the sub-scale specimen while controlling spindle RPM and matching weld power or weld RPM. The force used to perform friction welding is scaled to different values accounting for specimen size to determine the effects on output parameters including: HAZ, upset, RPM, torque, power and energy of the weld. Increasing force has positive effects to upset, torque, power and energy of the welds, while reducing the size of the HAZ.

This study aims to experimentally explore the possibility to join the two pieces of low-carbon steel and Cu-Ni alloy as the cladding material into a thick clad steel plate during a Friction Stir Lap Welding¡]FSLW¡^process without a probe. Two methods are employed to enhance the welding strength. Firstly, a layer of nickel is coated on the low-carbon steel to prevent it from oxidizing during the welding process. Secondly, the surface of the low-carbon steel is knurled to increase the contact area between the welding surfaces. Experimental results show that Ni-coating can effectively prevent the generation of oxidation and improve the welding strength. According to the tensile test using a plate of Cu-Ni alloy with a thickness of 4 mm, the welding strength of the clad steel plate with Ni-coating is about 2.3 times greater than that without Ni-coating. Moreover, according to the impact test, the clad steel plate with Ni-coating can absorb more impact energy than that without Ni-coating. This difference increases with increasing thickness of the plate. It is also found that the welding strength at the center of joints using the Ni-coating is greater than that at the substrate of copper-nickel alloy. For the clad steel plate with knurling, since it is difficult to fill the gap between the patterns of knurling, the increase in the contact area between the welding surfaces has been offset. Hence, the welding strength of the clad steel plate with knurling is less than that with Ni-coating.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri--Rolla, 2007. / Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed June 17, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.

FSW is a welding technique invented and patented by The Welding Institute in 1991. This welding technique utilises the benefits of solid-state welding to materials regarded as difficult to weld by fusion processes. The productivity of the process was not optimised as the real-time dynamics of the material and tool changes were not considered. Furthermore, the process has a plastic weld region where no traditional modelling describing the interaction between the tool and work piece is available. Fuzzy logic technology is one of the artificial intelligent strategies used to improve the control of the dynamics of industrial processes. Fuzzy control was proposed as a viable solution to improve the productivity of the FSW process. The simulations indicated that FLC can use feed rate and welding speed to adaptively regulate the feed force and tool temperature respectively, irrespective of varying tool and material change. The simulations presented fuzzy logic technology to be robust enough to regulate FSW process in the absence of accurate mathematical models.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo comparar o estado da distribuição das tensões residuais nas juntas soldadas dos tubos de aço API 5L X65 pelo processo de fricção no estado sólido, realizada na máquina MASF 1500, com a junta soldada pelo processo convencional por arco elétrico GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding). Também foram realizados ensaios de macrografia e micrografia conjuntamente com a análise das microestruturas, e três perfis de microdureza para cada junta de ambos os processos de soldagem, verificando o comportamento de microdureza em diferentes regiões da solda. Adicionalmente, foi realizado o ensaio de composição química para a liga de aço API 5L X65. Os resultados mostraram que cada processo induz a diferentes estados de distribuição das tensões residuais. A soldagem por fricção resultou em uma microestrutura mais grosseira, aumento da microdureza e menores estados de distribuição das tensões residuais na linha central da solda. Já a soldagem por fusão resultou em maior heterogeneidade da microdureza na linha central da solda, um maior estado de distribuição das tensões residuais e formação de porosidade na seção transversal da junta soldada. / The objective of this work is to compare the state of the residual stress distribution in welded joints in API 5L X65 steel tubes by the solid-state friction process performed on the MASF 1500, with the joint welded by the conventional gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Macrography and micrography tests were also carried out in conjunction with microstructure analysis and three microhardness profiles for each joint of both welding processes. In addition, the chemical composition test for API 5L X65 steel alloy was performed. The results showed that each process induces different states of residual stress distribution. Friction welding resulted in a coarser microstructure, increased microhardness and lower states of residual stress distribution in the weld center line. However, fusion welding resulted in greater heterogeneity of the microhardness in the weld centerline, a higher state of residual stress distribution and porosity formation in the welded joint cross section.

Em substituição aos processos de reparo de defeitos por soldagem por arco elétrico, a Soldagem por Fricção com Pino Consumível ou Friction Hydro Pillar Processing (FHPP) vem sendo estudada devido a suas diversas vantagens sobre os processos convencionais de reparo. Isso se deve a não ocorrência de fusão do metal base e do metal de adição, ao reduzido tempo de processamento (inferior a um minuto, na maioria dos casos) e à possibilidade de automação do processo. Entretanto, por ser um processo relativamente novo, pouco se sabe sobre o mecanismo de deposição de material e a influência deste na qualidade final da junta soldada. Desta forma, a análise do fluxo de material proposta por esse estudo visa contribuir na compreensão da distribuição do material no interior da junta soldada. Para isso, um traçador de titânio foi inserido no interior da solda de um pino de aço SAE 4140. Para a avaliação das juntas soldadas com o traçador de titânio, foram feitas análises de macro e micrografia, além da análise por raios X por meio de um tomógrafo industrial. A partir dos resultados, constatou-se que o processo de FHPP apresenta dois fluxos distintos: o primeiro relativo à distribuição de material do centro do pino, já o segundo referente à distribuição de material da parede do pino. O material do centro do pino tem a tendência de acumular-se no fundo da solda e por meio dos planos de cisalhamento criados, o material do centro do pino é transportado para a periferia do pino. Já o segundo fluxo de material ocorre entre as superfícies de contato do pino e do furo. É um escoamento de expulsão de material, sendo expulso com a rebarba. Ainda, foi verificado que a mistura de material ocorre somente nas regiões onde há atrito entre as peças: ponta do pino com o fundo do furo, parede do pino com a parede do furo e no plano de cisalhamento a quente. Portanto, a partir do conhecimento do fluxo de material é possível prever a distribuição de particulados no interior da solda, uma vez que elas tendem a se acumular nas regiões com maior intensidade de fluxo. Além disso, a utilização da técnica de tomografia computacional mostrou-se eficaz na identificação de trincas no interior de juntas soldadas por fricção e também para as análises de fluxo em soldas com materiais dissimilares. / The replacement of electric arc welding at cracks repairs by the Friction Hydro Pillar Processing (FHPP) it`s being studied due the several advantages of this new process. With the FHPP the process time is less than one minute, the welding temperature is bellow to the melting temperature of the material and the process can be automated. However, as it is a relatively new repair welding process, there are not many information about the material distribution mechanism and the influence of it at the final weld quality. Thus, the material flow analysis proposed by this study intends to contribute to the material comprehension distribution inside the weld. Therefore, a titanium tracer was inserted inside a SAE 4140 steel pin. To evaluate the welds, the samples were analyzed by metallography and by industrial tomography. With the results, were found two different materials flows. The first describes the flow of the material at the center of the pin and the second describes the flow of the material of the faying surface of the pin. The material at the center of the pin tends to accumulate at the bottom of the weld and just above this few volume, appears the hot shear plane that allow the material from the center of the pin flows intermittent to the periphery. Nevertheless, this material is not expelled with the flash. The second flow is the material of the faying surface outside of the center pin, which on part goes to the top of the weld and it is expelled with the flash, and the other goes to the bottom of the weld, but doesn’t arrives because of the material already deposited. Furthermore, it was verified that the material stir occurs specially at the regions that the friction happens: faying surface of the pin and the hole and the shear plane. Thus, with that information it is possible to predict the distribution of particulate, as inclusions, inside the weld. Besides that, the industrial tomography proved that is able to identify cracks inside the welds and it is a great tool at the flow analysis of dissimilar welds.

Nas últimas décadas a soldagem em estado sólido vem demonstrando ser uma ótima alternativa frente aos métodos convencionais de união mais utilizados na indústria, dos quais a grande maioria consiste na soldagem por fusão dos materiais. O presente trabalho consiste na utilização do processo denominado como soldagem por fricção com pino consumível (Friction Hydro Pillar Processing – FHPP). Este trabalho visou avaliar a aplicação do processo FHPP em um aço utilizado para a fabricação de componentes de amarras de uso offshore, para esses aços o surgimento de defeitos durante operação ou fabricação trazem elevados custos operacionais, o reparo por soldagem a arco é não recomendado por normas técnicas devido às propriedades destes materiais e as condições de operação dos componentes produzidos com os mesmos. Esta avaliação se deu através da análise dos melhores parâmetros de processo (força axial, velocidade de rotação, consumo do pino e geometria de pinos e furos usinados) visando juntas soldadas livres de defeitos, avaliadas através de análises macrográficas, análises micrográficas e perfis de microdureza que por sua vez foram realizados visando a melhor caracterização das regiões que compõem a junta soldada Por fim, para a avaliação da tenacidade das juntas soldadas, ensaios de impacto Charpy e tenacidade à fratura (CTOD), seguidos de análises fractográficas em lupa e MEV (microscópio eletrônico de varredura), foram realizados com base em recomendações normativas visando uma avaliação precisa da tenacidade da região de união dos materiais soldados. As juntas soldadas apresentaram valores de CTOD de aproximadamente 40% dos valores obtidos em corpos de prova extraídos do material base. O desempenho das juntas soldadas nos ensaios de tenacidade foi claramente prejudicado pela presença de inclusões, observadas ainda no material base, que acabaram por concentrar-se nas interfaces de união das soldas devido às características do processo FHPP. / In the last few years the solid state welding has been a great alternative compared to the most common processes used in industry, which usually consists in fusion of the employed materials. The present study wants to evaluate the application of Friction Hydro-Pillar Processing (FHPP). This work aims to analyze the application of FHPP in steel used to manufacturing offshore mooring components where the incidence of defects during the operation and manufacturing result in elevated operational costs. In addition the repair of these components is not recommended by technical stand arts duo to properties of materials and operational conditions of components. The analyses was carried out by the optimization of process parameters (axial force, rotational speed, rod burn off, geometry of rod and machined hole) aiming, in the first step, free defects and sufficient heat input welded joints through analyses of macrographs. A subsequently detailed analysis of micrographs and micro hardness profile was made aiming a better characterization of all welding regions. Finally, Charpy impact tests and Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) tests were carried out, to toughness evaluation of welding joints Followed by fractography in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was made based in recommended technical standards aiming more accurate about the toughness in bonding line regions of welded joints. The welded joints presented a CTOD tests result that where about 40% of the values obtained for the base material. The specimen performance in toughness tests was clearly adversely affected by the presence of inclusions in the bonding lines. Observed in material base during the first analyses, these inclusions have been found in large quantity on bonding lines of welds because a characteristic of FHPP to concentrate it in this region.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-67).

Um processo alternativo à solda por arco para aplicação em materiais de difícil junção ou em ambientes submersos é a solda por fricção. Neste trabalho foi desenvolvido um equipamento de solda por fricção para pesquisas e determinação de parâmetros ótimos de soldagem em diferentes meios. Para verificar o desempenho do equipamento foi utilizado o processo de solda por fricção de pinos consumíveis. Os registros das variáveis de soldagem permite avaliar o comportamento do sistema para a faixa de operação utilizada. Diferentes uniões de aço de baixo carbono e aço de baixa liga foram obtidas. Mediante análises macrográficas da junta foi avaliada a zona afetada pelo calor e a presença de regiões com possível falta de preenchimento. O controle servohidráulico desenvolvido apresenta uma resposta dinâmica adequada para esta aplicação, no entanto são apresentadas algumas propostas de melhorias. / An alternative process to the conventional arc welding for mating difficult-to-join materials or in underwater environment is friction welding. During this work a friction welding equipment was developed for research and determination of optimum welding parameters under different environments. To evaluate the equipment performance the friction hydro pillar processing method was used. Data acquisition of the welding parameters allows assessing the system behavior within the operational range. Joints of low carbon and low alloy steels have been obtained. Macrographic analyses of the weld joint were performed to evaluate the heat affected zone and the presence of unfilled regions. The servohydraulic control developed have shown an adequate dynamic response for this application, nevertheless some improvements are proposed.