Effect of Oxide Array on the Fatigue Property of Friction Stir Welds
Abstract
The fatigue behaviour of single-sided friction stir (FS) butt welds containing oxide array was investigated. The oxide array makes cracks initiate easily under fatigue loading, and has a deleterious effect on the fatigue properties of FS welds. The fatigue characteristic values of FS welds with oxide array have been decreased by 35% for 5083 welds and 55% for 2024 welds at 2 x 106 cycles. The fatigue lives of FS welds with oxide array were 20-40 times shorter for Al 5083 welds and 30-80 times shorter for Al 2024 welds than those of sound welds under the stress ratio R = 0.1.
Recommended Citation
C. Zhou et al., "Effect of Oxide Array on the Fatigue Property of Friction Stir Welds," Scripta Materialia, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 1515 - 1520, Elsevier Limited, Apr 2006.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.12.036
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Friction Stir Welding; Oxide Array; Butt Welding; Fatigue Of Materials; Friction Materials; Materials Science; Stress Analysis; Stress Ratio
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1359-6462
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2006 Elsevier Limited, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Apr 2006
