Transient Heat and Material Flow Modeling of Friction Stir Processing of Magnesium Alloy using Threaded Tool
Journal Article
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· Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
- ORNL
A three-dimensional transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to investigate the material flow and heat transfer during friction stir processing (FSP) in an AZ31B magnesium alloy. The material was assumed to be a non-Newtonian viscoplastic fluid, and the Zener-Hollomon parameter was used to describe the dependence of material viscosity on temperature and strain rate. The material constants used in the constitutive equation were determined experimentally from compression tests of the AZ31B Mg alloy under a wide range of strain rates and temperatures. A dynamic mesh method, combining both Lagrangian and Eulerian formulations, was used to capture the material flow induced by the movement of the threaded tool pin. Massless inert particles were embedded in the simulation domain to track the detailed history of material flow. The actual FSP was also carried out on a wrought Mg plate where temperature profiles were recorded by embedding thermocouples. The predicted transient temperature history was found to be consistent with that measured during FSP. Finally, the influence of the thread on the simulated results of thermal history and material flow was studied by comparing two models: one with threaded pin and the other with smooth pin surface.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- ORNL LDRD Director's R&D
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1036549
- Journal Information:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Journal Name: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 43; ISSN 1073-5623
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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