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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2016-05-01

Journal: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE

Included Journals: Scopus、EI、SCIE

Volume: 25

Issue: 5

Page Number: 1839-1847

ISSN: 1059-9495

Key Words: aluminum alloy; cold metal transfer; dissimilar metal joining; galvanized steel

Abstract: Lap joining of 1-mm-thick Novelist AC 170 PX aluminum alloy to 1.2-mm-thick ST06 Z galvanized steel sheets for automotive applications was conducted by cold metal transfer advanced welding process with ER4043 and ER4047 filler wires. Under the optimized welding parameters with ER4043 filler wire, the tensile shear strength of joint was 189 MPa, reaching 89% of the aluminum alloy base metal. Microstructure and elemental distribution were characterized by optical metalloscope and electron probe microanalysis. The lap joints with ER4043 filler wire had smaller wetting angle and longer bonded line length with better wettability than with ER4047 filler wire during welding with same parameters. The needle-like Al-Fe-Si intermetallic compounds (IMCs) were spalled into the weld and brought negative effect to the tensile strength of joints. With increasing welding current, the needle-like IMCs grew longer and spread further into the weld, which would deteriorate the tensile shear strength.