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Manufacturing of magnesium/aluminum bimetallic ring components by friction stir assisted simultaneous forging and solid-state joining

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A bimetallic ring component is forged by a friction stir assisted forging (FS-forging). A cylindrical bimetallic blank, magnesium AZ31 cylinder (Mg core) tightly fitted inside an aluminum 6061-T6 tube (Al skin), is used. In the FS-forging, the frictional heat and stirring of rotating tool forge the blank into a desired shape, while simultaneously generate a solid-state joint between the Mg core and the Al skin, without additional external heating, as confirmed by the microstructural analysis and mechanical tests. The microstructural analysis also shows that the characteristics of the solid-state joint can be different depending on the process parameters.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (Nos. 2019R1A2C2009939, 2020R1A5A6017701). Howook Choi has been supported by POSCO Science Fellowship of POSCO TJ Park Foundation.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea

    Mounarik Mondal, Soumyabrata Basak & Sung-Tae Hong

  2. Applied Materials and Manufacturing Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA

    Hrishikesh Das

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Howook Choi, Ju-Won Park & Heung Nam Han

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Mondal, M., Basak, S., Das, H. et al. Manufacturing of magnesium/aluminum bimetallic ring components by friction stir assisted simultaneous forging and solid-state joining. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. 8, 1429–1438 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-020-00244-0

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