Fabrication of aluminum foam/dense steel composite by friction stir welding

Yoshihiko Hangai, Shinji Koyama, Makoto Hasegawa, Takao Utsunomiya

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Abstract

Aluminum foam/dense steel composites were fabricated by friction stir welding (FSW). It is expected that both mixing a blowing agent into aluminum and bonding the aluminum precursor to steel can be conducted simultaneously by FSW. It was shown that although heat treatment of the precursor evolved a brittle intermetallic compound layer, the bonding strength of the interface consisting of the intermetallic compound layer was relatively high compared with the fracture strength of the aluminum foam itself.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2184-2186
Number of pages3
JournalMetallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume41
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Sept

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Metals and Alloys

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