Numerical Simulation of Friction Stir Butt Welding Process with AA5083-H18

AA5083-H18 판재의 마찰 교반 맞대기 용접 공정에 대한 전산 해석

  • Published : 2008.10.09

Abstract

Thermo-mechanical simulation of the friction stir butt welding process was performed for AA5083-H18 sheets, utilizing commercial FVM code, STAR-CCM+, which is based on Eulerian formulation. Temperature and strain rate histories along the material flow were calculated under the steady state condition and simulated temperature distributions (profiles and peak values) were compared with experiments for verification. It was found that by including proper thermal properties of the backing plate (anvil) the accuracy of the simulation results increased significantly.

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