Effect of beam oscillation on weld formation, microstructure and mechanical properties in vacuum laser beam welding of thick section 5083 aluminum alloy

被引:14
作者
Jiang, Nan [1 ]
Jiang, Meng [1 ]
Chen, Xi [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Han, Tianyi [2 ]
Ma, Shengchong [1 ]
Chen, Yuan [1 ]
Wang, Zhiyuan [1 ]
Jiang, Yumo [1 ]
Yang, Lijun [1 ]
Lei, Zhenglong [1 ]
Chen, Yanbin [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, State Key Lab Adv Welding & Joining, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Inst Technol, Natl Key Lab Precis Hot Proc Met, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[3] Harbin Inst Technol, Zhengzhou Res Inst, Zhengzhou 450046, Peoples R China
基金
中国博士后科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Vacuum Laser beam welding; Beam oscillation; Weld formation; Microstructure; Mechanical properties;
D O I
10.1016/j.optlastec.2023.110408
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Beam oscillation in the laser welding process has demonstrated numerous advantages in suppressing spatters, eliminating pores, and reducing gap sensitivity, particularly for joining thin plates. This study presents the welding of thick section aluminum alloy using laser beam oscillation in a vacuum environment. During vacuum laser welding, the effect of beam oscillation variables, which include oscillating path, amplitude, and frequency, on weld seam morphology, microstructures, and mechanical properties was symmetrically evaluated. The findings indicate that in a vacuum environment, beam oscillation with a small amplitude can optimize the contour of the weld sidewall and increase the penetration depth, which is different from that observed in an atmospheric environment, where the melting penetration depth decreases with increasing oscillating amplitude. The deep penetration weld seam in a vacuum environment can achieve an extremely small size of 19 similar to 30 mu m. The addition of small oscillations causes a slight increase of the average grain size. The stirring effect of beam oscillation was weakened because of the minimized weld pool size under vacuum. This increased grain size is mainly attributed to the changes in the size of the molten pool caused by the oscillation cause changes in solidification parameters which accelerate grain growth. However, increasing the oscillation frequency can greatly increase the strength of the stirring effect and the refinement ability of small-sized grains. On further increasing the oscillation frequency to 200 Hz, the grown grains are refined. The results showed the tensile strength of the vacuum laser weld joints with and without beam oscillation can achieved a value of about 90 % of the base metal, which is superior to the strength of the joints welded by atmospheric pressure laser welding and can meet the vast majority of welding needs.
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