Archives of Metallurgy and Materials (Dec 2019)

Numerical Modelling of Welding of Car Body Sheets Made of Selected Aluminium Alloys

  • T. Wojdat,
  • P. Kustroń,
  • K. Jaśkiewicz,
  • M. Zwierzchowski,
  • A. Margielewska

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24425/amm.2019.130107
Journal volume & issue
Vol. vol. 64, no. No 4
pp. 1403 – 1409

Abstract

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In the paper, verification of welding process parameters of overlap joints of aluminium alloys EN AW-6082 and EN AW-7075, determined on the grounds of a numerical FEM model and a mathematical model, is presented. A model was prepared in order to determine the range of process parameters, for that the risk of hot crack occurrence during welding the material with limited weldability (EN AW-7075) would be minimum and the joints will meet the quality criteria. Results of metallographic and mechanical examinations of overlap welded joints are presented. Indicated are different destruction mechanisms of overlap and butt joints, as well as significant differences in their tensile strength: 110 to 135 MPa for overlap joints and 258 MPa on average for butt joints.

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