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Local zone-wise elastic-plastic constitutive parameters of Laser-welded aluminium alloy 6061 using digital image correlation

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The mechanical properties of aluminium alloys can be affected by the local high temperature in laser welding. In this paper, an inversion identification method of local zone-wise elastic-plastic constitutive parameters… Click to show full abstract

The mechanical properties of aluminium alloys can be affected by the local high temperature in laser welding. In this paper, an inversion identification method of local zone-wise elastic-plastic constitutive parameters for laser welding of aluminium alloy 6061 was proposed based on full-field optical measurement data using digital image correlation (DIC). Three regions, i.e., the fusion zone, heat-affected zone, and base zone, of the laser-welded joint were distinguished by means of microstructure optical observation and micrometer hardness measurement. The stress data were obtained using a laser-welded specimen via a uniaxial tensile test. Meanwhile, the local strain data of the laser-welded specimen were obtained by the DIC technique. Thus, the stress–strain relationship for different local regions was established. Finally, the constitutive parameters of the Ramberg–Osgood model were identified by least-square fitting to the experimental stress–strain data. Experimental results revealed that the mechanical properties of the local zones of the welded joints clearly weakened, and these results are consistent with the results of the hardness measurement.

Keywords: constitutive parameters; local zone; zone wise; laser welded; wise elastic; elastic plastic

Journal Title: Optics and Lasers in Engineering
Year Published: 2018

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