Effect on LY12 Aluminum Alloy Welding Joint Microstructure and Properties with Electron Beam Welding Technical Parameters

Abstract:

LY12 aluminum alloy was welded with vacuum electron beam welding, the effect of welding speed and electron beam current on the weld microstructure and mechanical properties of welding joints were studied, the results were shown that with the increasing of welding speed or decreasing of electron beam current, the grains in weld metal were refined, so the joint strength were increased. When the electron beam current was 18mA, the welding speed was 1000mm/min, the grains of weld metal were the finest, and the tensile strength was 373.2MPa. In addition, the micro-hardness of weld metal was much lower than base metal and heat affected zone, and the heat affected zone had certain softening phenomenon. With the increasing of welding speed or decreasing of electron beam current, the micro-hardness of weld metal was increased respectively.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 475-476)
• Pages: 1275-1279
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.475-476.1275
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Qiang Zheng, Cheng Gang Yang, Yu He, He Chen, Ai Wu Yu
• Keywords: Electron Beam Welding, Joint Strength, LY12, Microhardness, Microstructure

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