A temperature dependent slip factor based thermal model for friction stir welding of stainless steel

作者：Selvaraj M^*

来源：Sadhana : Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences , 2013, 38(6): 1393-1405.

• Friction stir welding
• stainless steel
• thermal model
• temperature distribution and power

This paper proposes a new slip factor based three-dimensional thermal model to predict the temperature distribution during friction stir welding of 304L stainless steel plates. The proposed model employs temperature and radius dependent heat source to study the thermal cycle, temperature distribution, power required, the effect of process parameters on heat generation per mm length of the weld and peak temperature during the friction stir welding process. Simulations of friction stir welding process were carried out on 304L stainless steel workpieces for various rotational and welding speeds. The predicted thermal cycle, power required and temperature distributions were found to be in good agreement with the experimental results. The heat generation per mm length of weld and peak temperature were found to be directly proportional to rotational speed and inversely proportional to welding speed. The rate of increase in heat generation per mm length of the weld and peak temperature are found to be higher at lower rotational speeds and lower at higher rotational speed. The heat generation during friction stir welding was found to be 80.8% at shoulder, 16.1% at pin side and 3.1% at the bottom of the pin.

• 出版日期2013-12