In this article effects of friction stir welding (FSW) tool rotational and traverse speeds were studied on heat generation and temperature distribution in welding zone of AA1100 aluminum alloy and A441 AISI joint. Computational fluid dynamics method was used to simulate the process with commercial CFD Fluent 6.4 package. To enhance the accuracy of simulation in this Study, the welding line that is located work-pieces interface, defined with pseudo melt behavior around the FSW pin tool. Simulation results showed that with increase of FSW tool rotational speed, the generated heat became more and dimensions of the stir zone will be bigger. The calculation result also shows that the maximum temperature was occurred on the advancing side. The computed results demonstrated that with increasing tool linear speeds the heat generation experienced growth down trend. With increasing traveling speeds the time to reach maximum temperature in stir zone growth but the tool rotational speed dose not effect on time to reach maximum temperature. The model outcomes show that more than 85% total heat was produced by tool shoulder and the maximum heat with selected parameters in this study was 935 kelvin degrees. The computed results shows that the maximum value of strain rate achieved was 29 S-1 for A441 AISI side and 42 S-1 at AA1100 side. Manuscript profile

In this research, the effects of parameters include tool rotational and traverse speeds were investigated on heat generation and material flow during friction stir welding of Ti-6Al-4V alloy with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. Simulation results showed that with increasing of tool rotational and decreasing tool traverse speed, the more frictional heat generates which causes formation of bigger stir zone. Results indicate that the rotation of the shoulder can accelerate the material flow behavior near the top surface. The temperature field in the friction stir welding of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was anti symmetric to the welding line. Due to the results the heat generation and temperature distribution at advancing side were more than retreating side in all joint conditions. According to the results unsmooth and disarray flow patterns were formed in stir zone which caused formation of banded layer structure in advancing side. Due to results the torque decreases with an increase in the tool rotation speed due to increases in the heat generation rate and temperature, but torque is not significantly affected by the change in welding speed. The computed pressure field was higher in front of the tool compared to the trailing edge, and it is because pressure difference is required for flow occur. According to the selected parameters in this study, maximum temperature was produced in 800rpm tool speed and the computed strain rate and pressure of workpiece in this speed were 2.3 s-1, 0635 MPa, respectively. Manuscript profile

در این پژوهش، اثرات پارامترهای مختلف جوشکاری اصطکاکی اغتشاشی در شکل گیری ترکیبات بین فلزی، عیوب و مقاومت کششی اتصالات آلومینیوم AA1100 به فولاد A441 AISI مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. در سرعت های جوشکاری پایین و سرعت های دورانی بالا، لایه های بین فلزی شکل گرفته ضخیم تر از حالت های دیگر بود. ترکیب این لایه هاAl6Fe و Al5Fe2 بود که در فصل مشترک دو قطعه کار شکل گرفتند. عمده عیوب شکل گرفته در این اتصالات عیوب تونلی و در سرعت دورانی پایین به دلیل تولید و توزیع حرارت نامناسب عیوب تونلی شکل گرفته با افزایش سرعت خطی و سرعت دورانی ابزار کوچک شدند. به دلیل تولید گرمای بیشتر در اثر افزایش عمق نفوذ ابزار عیوب داخلی کوچکتر شدند. با کنترل پارامتر های مکانیکی فرآیند و در سرعت دورانی 800 دور بر دقیقه و سرعت خطی 63 میلیمتر بر دقیقه و عمق نفوذ 2/0 میلیمتر مستحکم ترین اتصال تولید شد که در حدود 90 درصد فلز پایه ی آلومینیومی استحکام داشت. Manuscript profile

In this study, the effects of linear and rotational speed of the friction stir welding tool was investigated on the heat generation and distribution at surface and inside of workpiece, material flow and geometry of the welding area of poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) workpiece. The commercial CFD Fluent 6.4 software was used to simulation of the process with computational fluid dynamic technique. To increase the accuracy of simulation, weld area was modeled as a non-Newtonian fluid with pseudo melt behavior around tool pin. The results of the simulation showed at the higher the proportion of rotational speed to linear speed, the material flow in front of the tool and the welding region became bigger. The maximum temperature and turbulence generated heat and material flow were observed at the advancing side. The simulation results were showed acceptable agreement with experimental results. Based on the studied parameters, the maximum generated heat was of 115° C, the maximum material velocity was 0.24 m/s around tool shoulder and maximum pressure on the workpiece was predicted 9 MPa. Manuscript profile