Predicting the weld zones size in FSSW of 304L stainless steel plates by mathematical model based on RSM

Amir Hossein Daei-Sorkhabi

doi:10.3989/revmetalm.240

Authors

Amir Hossein Daei-Sorkhabi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3419-3379

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/revmetalm.240

Keywords:

304L stainless steel, Design of experiments, Finite element method, Friction stir spot welding response surface methodology, Weld zone size

Abstract

The 300 series austenitic stainless steels are widely used in industries due to their special properties. High heat in fusion welding reduces the properties of these steels and causes many problems. Therefore, stir friction spot welding, which is a type of solid state welding, is useful and widely used in high-tech industries. In this paper, a 3D dynamic explicit finite element model is developed to simulate the friction stir spot welding of 304L stainless steel plates. Using this model, the temperature distribution and the size of weld zones (thickness of weld zones) are obtained. Then, by experimental study, the results of the temperature and the size of weld zones were obtained to be a criterion for comparing and validating the numerical results. Microstructure and hardness of these zones are determined experimentally. Finally, a mathematical model based on the response surface methodology is proposed to predict the size of weld zones. Good agreement between the numerical results that are produced by the finite element simulation, the proposed model and the experimental data is observed. The results show the maximum temperature level appears in the stir zone and it reduces by moving from the weld center. Also, by increasing the rotational speed, plunging depth and dwell time of the tool, the size of both the stir zone and the heat affected zone increase to a peak value and then the size of the latter zone decreases.

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