• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.402-409
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• 2024

The automotive industry is changing rapidly with the electrification of vehicle powertrains. Many EV platforms have emerged, and the safety issues of battery-pack structures are being studied. The goal of vehicle design is a reasonable compromise between weight reduction and vehicle cost without decreasing vehicle performance or safety. Reducing the impact on global warming is another concern. Automotive industries are making efforts to confront this situation, one of which is using multi-material structures for vehicle bodies. Automotive closure parts account for more than 15% of the total vehicle body weight and have many different components. Therefore, efforts have been made to optimize the structure and material to reduce weight. However, applying different materials to automotive closure parts presents several technical challenges. The combination of dissimilar materials is vulnerable to corrosion, and distortion may occur after the painting process due to the different thermal responses of the materials. From a manufacturing perspective, the use of multi-materials can cause problems in the production line (process conformity). Thus, adaptive solutions to produce closure parts made of multi-materials are needed. This study addressed the design of multi-material closure parts and related manufacturing process issues, such as forming, assembling, corrosion resistance, and dimensional accuracy.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.59-67
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• 2006

Recently, application of friction welded SUH35/SUH3 is increasing in the manufacturing process of automotive engine valves For securing its reliability and a reasonable strength evaluation method, it is necessary to assess stress singularity under the residual stress condition on the friction welded interface between dissimilar materials. In this paper, strength evaluation method of friction welded materials was investigated by boundary element method and static tensile testing. An advanced method of quantitative strength evaluation for SUH35/SUH3 friction welded material is to be suggested by establishing fracture criterion by using stress singularity factors.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.91-95
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• 2005

A feasibility study was performed to see the welding possibility of dissimilar thin-plat materials. These materials were welded for finding the optimum welding condition and evaluating the soundness of welding zone. The welding was attempted under the condition of laser power 500~600w, Pulse width 1.0~2.5ms and frequency 11~18Hz. In this study, the highest tensile-shear strength was observed at laser the low frequency. The suitable welding condition can be obtain at the large pulse width and the low frequency.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.116-121
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• 2010

For over a decade, research and development on submerged hardware in continuous galvanizing pots has been carried out at Teck's Product Technology Centre. The outcome of numerous laboratory tests and field trials has demonstrated that dissimilar materials with comparable surface hardness are most suitable for the manufacture of roll bearings. Wear debris can be easily retained in bearings made of the same material, thereby negatively affecting bearing performance and service life. Bearings made of the same materials are also vulnerable to catastrophic failures. The dissolution of iron from the coated strip creates an iron-rich zone associated with a high concentration gradient in the vicinity of the sink roll. Consequently, the sink roll becomes a preferential site for dross pick-up. In operations involving extremely high temperatures, such as in Galvalume production, the material selection for pot hardware is immaterial to the final corrosion product of the hardware and the pick-up on the hardware.

• Laser Solutions
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.13-24
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• 2000

The weldability of dissimilar materials between sintered materials which are consisted of Co, Co＋Ni and carbon steel has been investigated using CO$_2$ laser. Autogeneous CO$_2$ laser welding were run along the butt between two alloys using sets of parameters variation-power and travel speed. In order to study weldability, mechanical tests (bending strength test, microhardness test) and metallurgical analyses (microstructure, phase transformation, fracture mode) were carried out. From the results obtained, it was found that the porosity which exists in a weld metal greatly affects the soundness of the weld. The optimum energy input to have a proper strength over than the requirement by a specification, found to be around 0.3-0.35kJ/m. There are two kinds of fracture mode in the weld metal, depending upon alloy combination, brittle fracture in the case of Co-carbon steel and a ductile fracture in the case of Co＋Ni-carbon steel. In general, Co＋Ni sintered material showed a better weld properties as compared to the Co sintered material.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.47-53
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• 1998

In this study, behavior of deformation and mechanical properties under static tensile load in friction welded dissimilar materials. and necking phenomenon occuring at yeilding point are shown. Behavior of Hv(Micro Vickers Hardness) is observed that the maximum value is occured near by the interface. and the minimum value is arised at the heat affected zone. Fracture occured at the minimu value of Hv of the heat affected zone is observed. The position of fracture surface is subjected to behavior of Hv. Yielding strength subjected to friction welding conditions, specially to upset pressure is shown.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.301-306
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• 2001

In this paper, friction welding optimization for 1Cr0.5Mo to STS304 and AE applications for the weld quality evaluation were investigated The important results of this study are as follows : 1. The techiques for dissimilar friction welding optimization if the elevated temperature materials 1Cr0.5Mo and STS304 and its real-time weld quality evaluation by AE were developed, considering on both strength and toughness. 2. Quantitative relationship was identified among welding condition, weld quality and cumulative AE counts.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.284-289
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• 2020

Since the dissimilar bonded interface usually consists of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) layer and cracks, their mechanical and electrical properties can be influenced by microstructure at interface between two different metals. In this study, the friction welded Cu-Al busbar, which is widely used to connect a secondary battery and their component, is selected to analyze the influence of interfacial characteristic on their tensile strength and electric conductivity. Then, the electrical characteristics of Cu busbar and Cu-Al busbar were investigated by thermal flow analysis and temperature rise test. In addition, the relationship between the maximum saturation temperature and the electrical conductivity were discussed in terms of interfacial characteristics of the friction welded Cu-Al busbar.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.49 no.8
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• pp.642-648
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• 2011

This paper describes an experimental study on ultrasonic welding of similar and dissimilar metals. There are optimum welding conditions which are found for welding of Al/Al and Al/Cu. It evaluated weldability using tensile test, SEM observation and EDX-ray analysis. Both ultrasonic welding of Al/Al and Al/Cu have amplitude as the variable factor. Al/Cu welding was examined again with welding time as variable factor to find the best conditions. The more welding time or amplitude increase, the better weldability. The optimum conditions for ultrasonic welding of Al/Al were formed at pressure 0.25 MPa, welding time 0.25 sec, amplitude 90%. Pressure 0.25 MPa, welding time 0.4 sec, amplitude 80% are optimized for Al/Cu ultrasonic metal welding and solid-state diffusion generated by ultrasonic vibration and frictional heat is confirmed at the welded interface.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.8-13
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• 2022

In this study, we have prepared a Ti-6Al-4V/V/17-4 PH composite structure via a direct energy deposition process, and analyzed the interfaces using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The joint interfaces comprise two zones, one being a mixed zone in which V and 17-4PH are partially mixed and another being a fusion zone in the 17-4PH region which consists of Fe+FeV. It is observed that the power of the laser used in the deposition process affects the thickness of the mixed zone. When a 210 W laser is used, the thickness of the mixed zone is wider than that obtained using a 150 W laser, and the interface resembles a serrated shape. Moreover, irrespective of the laser power used, the expected σ phase is found to be absent in the V/17-4 PH stainless steel joint; however, many VN precipitates are observed.