About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Forming and Joining of Advanced Sheet Metal Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Post weld formability of aluminum alloys after joining via friction stir welding |
| Author(s) |
Yuri Hovanski, Michael Miles, Jie Wu |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Yuri Hovanski |
| Abstract Scope |
Transitioning from steel structural applications in automotive design to aluminum regularly enables mass reductions on the order of 10%-15%. Use of tailor-welded blanks in common automotive aluminum alloys stretches these mass savings to beyond 20%. However, use of ultra-high strength aluminum alloys has the potential to boost mass savings beyond 30%. This study evaluates the use of aluminum alloys in tailor-welded applications, where dissimilar alloys and thicknesses are evaluated to achieve maximum mass reduction. A design evaluation is performed comparing formability of aluminum tailor-welded blanks across a range of thickness ratio to understand the availability formability in tailor-welded products of differing thickness, alloy and material. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Aluminum, Joining, Shaping and Forming |