Papers by Keyword: V65 Aluminium Alloy

Abstract: Al-Cu-Mg (Russian grade V65) alloys are used for riveting applications in aerospace industries due to their relatively high shear strength of the order of 25 kg/mm2 combined with a high plasticity. This paper presents the processing of V65 aluminium alloy rivets from wire rods. It was observed that wire rods which have not been intermittently annealed and having more than 25% cold working prior to heading operation, cracked on the free bulged surface of the head. In view of this, it is recommended that a maximum of 25% of cold work is allowed in the wire rods to be used for rivet fabrication to successfully realize defect free rivets.

Abstract: Al-Cu-Mg (Russian grade V65) alloys are used for riveting applications in aerospace industries due to relatively high shear strength of the order of 25 kg/mm² combined with a high plasticity. The main advantage of using V65 aluminum alloy for rivet application comes from its significantly slower natural aging response, which gives flexibility to carryout riveting operation even after 4 days after solution heat treatment and natural aging at room temperature. This very valuable feature is not found in its counterpart alloy AA2024 where due to rapid aging kinetics of this alloy, the riveting operation must be completed within 30 min of the solution treatment, which is many times impractical. This paper presents the processing of V65 aluminium alloy by Direct Chill (DC) casting followed by subsequent secondary processing through extrusion and forging to realize feedstock for caliber rolling. These ingots were caliber rolled to 12 mm diameter rods at different temperatures and mechanical properties were evaluated in T6 and T4 tempers. Detailed microstructural examination using optical microscopy and fractography of the tensile tested samples using scanning electron microscopy were carriedout to correlate microstructure and mechanical properties.