Additive manufacturing using WAAM with AA5183 wire

A Horgar, H Fostervoll, B Nyhus, X Ren… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study addresses wire arc additive manufacturing of AA5183 aluminium alloy
using conventional gas metal arc welding deposition on 20 mm thick AA6082-T6 plate as …

Grain refinement of laser remelted Al-7Si and 6061 aluminium alloys with Tibor® and scandium additions

D Carluccio, MJ Bermingham, Y Zhang… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2018 - Elsevier
One of the challenges facing additive manufacturing is the current lack of control over the
microstructure that forms during the process. Typically, the rapid cooling rates and steep …

Effect of TiC nanoparticles on the microstructure and mechanical properties of gas tungsten arc welded aluminum joints

M Fattahi, M Mohammady, N Sajjadi… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present study, TiC/Al composite fillers of gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding with different
contents of TiC nanoparticles were successfully fabricated by accumulative roll bonding …

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High-Strength AA6011 Aluminum Alloy Welding with Novel 4xxx Filler Metals

M Ahmed, M Javidani, A Maltais, XG Chen - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Welding high-strength 6xxx aluminum alloys using a commercial ER4043 filler often results
in inferior joint strength. This study investigated the effects of newly developed Al-Si-Mg filler …

Developing High-Strength Al-Si-Mg Filler Metals for Aluminum Fusion Welding

M Ahmed, M Javidani, F Mirakhorli, A Maltais… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The 4xxx series of aluminum fillers are extensively used in aluminum welding owing to their
excellent weldability, high cracking resistance, and low melting point. However, joints …

Multi-phase field lattice Boltzmann model of columnar-to-equiaxed transition in entire welding molten pool

X Liu, F Tang, W Zhao, J Cai, Y Wei - Computational Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Columnar-to-equiaxed transition (CET) often occurs during the solidification of the weld.
Moving molten pool and strong fluidity are two notable characteristics in this process. The …

How to avoid solidification cracking in arc welding of aluminum alloys: a review on weld metal grain refinement approaches

C Yolcu, F Kahraman - Materials Research Express, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Joining aluminum alloys with arc welding methods is frequently subject to literature and
industrial applications. Although aluminum alloys have different difficulties in the arc welded …

Microstructural characterization and grain refinement of AA6082 gas tungsten arc welds by scandium modified fillers

NK Babu, MK Talari, D Pan, Z Sun, J Wei… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The refinement in weld metal grain size and shape results in both improved mechanical
properties (ductility and toughness) as well as a significant improvement in weldability. In the …

Grain refinement of aluminium welds by Ti, TiB, and TiC filler wire inoculation

KM Kirkbakk, N Marhaug… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
A fine-grained fusion zone characterises a tough aluminium weld. To improve the
solidification characteristics and refine the grains in aluminium welding, different inoculation …

Effect of TiO2 enriched fluxes on the bead geometry, grain size and hardness in submerged arc welds

J Roy, RN Rai, SC Saha - International Journal of Materials …, 2018 - inderscienceonline.com
This work is mainly concerned about the influence of titanium dioxide powder addition into
flux on the bead geometry, grain size, and hardness in submerged arc weld of low alloy …