Selection of welding process parameters for the optimum butt-joint strength of an aluminum alloy

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 779-782

  Kumar, A ^a   Sundarrajan, S ^b  

^a KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Optimization; Taguchi method; TIG welding; Weld joint strength

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); OPTIMIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

TAGUCHI METHOD; TIG WELDING; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH (UTS); WELD-JOINT STRENGTH;

BUTT WELDING;

EID: 33750505649     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550600728117     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Davis, J.R. ASM Specialty Handbook: Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys; ASM International, Materials Park: Ohio, 1994; 376-686.
2. Cary, H.B. Modern Welding Technology, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989; 95-106.
3. Metzger, G.E. Some mechanical properties of welds in 6061 aluminum alloy sheet. Welding Journal 1967, 46 (10), 457-469.
4. Juang, S.C.; Tarang, Y.S. Process parameter selection for optimizing the weld pool geometry in the tungsten inert gas welding of stainless steel. J. Material Processing Tech. 2002, 122 (1), 33-37.
5. Zeng, X.M.; Lucas. J.; Fang, M.T.C. Use of neural networks for parameter prediction and quality inspection in tungsten inert gas-welding. Trans. Inst. Measur. Contr. 1993, 15 (2), 87-95.
6. Tarang, Y.S.; Tsai, H.L.; Yeh, S.S. Modelling, optimization and classification of weld quality in TIG welding. Int. J. Mach. Tools Manuf. 1999, 39 (9), 1427-1438.
7. Burch, W.L. The effect of welding speed on the strength of 6061-T4 aluminum joints. Welding Journal 1958, 37 (8), 361-367.
8. Gittos, N.F.; Scott, M.H. Heat affected zone cracking of Al-Mg-Si Alloys. Welding Journal 1981, 60 (6), 95-103.
9. Brungraber, R.J.; Nelson, F.G. Effect of welding variables on aluminum alloy weldments. Welding Journal 1973, 52 (3), 97-103.
10. Ross, P.J. Taguchi Techniques for Quality Engineering; McGraw-Hill: New York, 1998, 24-98.
11. Montgomery, Douglas, C. Design and Analysis of Experiments; John Wiley & Sons Inc.: New York, 1997; 395-476.
12. Phadke, Madhav S., Quality Engneering Using Robust Design; Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989; 41-229.