Partially melted zone cracking in AA6061 welds

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-186

  Prasad Rao, K ^a   Ramanaiah, N ^b   Viswanathan, N ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Srikalahasteeswara Institute of Technology   (India)

^c Defence Research and Development Laboratory ^*  (India)

Author keywords

AA6061; Aluminum alloy; Gas tungsten arc weld; Grain refiners; Partially melted zone; Pulsed current; Scandium

Indexed keywords

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN REFINEMENT; WELDS; ZONE MELTING;

CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY; FUSION ZONE; PARTIALLY MELTED ZONE;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN REFINEMENT; WELDS; ZONE MELTING;

EID: 34548659099     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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