In this work, rotary friction welding processes of dissimilar AA7075/AA5083 aluminium alloy rods with the diameter of 15 mm were performed at varying rotational speeds, typically 370 to 2500 rpm. The aim of this research is to improve mechanical properties, in particular, strength and fatigue performance of the weld joints. Several experiments including macro and microstructural examinations, Vickers microhardness measurements, tensile tests, fatigue tests and residual stress measurements were carried out. Results showed that at higher rotational speeds, typically 540 rpm or above, the dissimilar AA7075/AA5083 rotary friction weld joints revealed a static fracture in the AA5083 base metal side, indicating that the joint efficiency is more than 100%. It seemed that the best weld joint was achieved at the rotational speed of 1200 rpm, in which the friction heat was sufficient to form metallurgical bonding without causing excessive flash and burn-off. In such a condition, the fatigue strength of the weld joint was slightly higher than AA5083 base metal, but it was lower than AA7075 base metal. It was confirmed that the crack origin is observed at the interface followed by fatigue crack growth towards AA5083 side, and the growth of crack seemed to be controlled by microstructure and residual stress.

ANALISIS TEKSTUR PADALASAN STAINLESS STEEL 201 DENGAN TEKNIK DIFRAKSI NEUTRON. Baja tahan karat jenis austenitik merupakan baja tahan karat yang banyak dipakai dalam industri, salah satunya adalah industri rumah tangga. Dalam penelitian ini dilakukan karakterisasi Stainless Steel (SS) 201 yang banyak dijual di pasaran. Sebelum dilakukan karakterisasi, plat SS 201 dipotong dengan ukuran 150 mm × 120 mm× 10 mm, kemudian dibuat lubang berbentuk alur pada kedua permukaan, sehingga alur berbentuk X Double V Groove (DVG), selanjutnya alur DVG dilas dengan sistem pengelasan multi pass menggunakan metode pengelasan Metal Inert Gas (MIG). Bahan yang sudah dilas kemudian dikarakterisasi dengan teknik difraksi neutron untuk mendapatkan pola difraksi dan pole figure pada daerah pusat lasan FusionZone (FZ), daerah terpengaruh panas Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) dan daerah logam dasar Base Metal Zone (BMZ). Selanjutnya pole figure dianalisis dengan perangkat lunak Beartex untukmenentukan arah orientasi dan kekuatan tekstur pada ketiga daerah tersebut. Dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa pada daerah pusat lasan butir kristalit terorientasi {110}<112> dengan tipe Brass dengan indeks tekstur sekitar 3,12 m.r.d (multiple random distribution) yang ditunjukkan pada pole figure 200. Untuk daerah HAZ, tekstur paling kuat terorientasi pada {110}<001> atau tipe Goss dengan indeks tekstur 4,8 m.r.d. Pada daerah logamdasar, tekstur secara dominan terorientasi kearah {010}<100> atau tipe Cube dengan indeks tekstur tidak terlalu kuat, sekitar 1,53 m.r.d. Pada daerah pusat lasan, bidang (110) sejajar dengan sumbu normal (ND), dengan arah kristalit sejajar dengan arah pengerolan (RD) [112]. Pada daerah HAZ bidang (110) tersebut mengarah ke arah sumbu pengerolan [001], dengan indeks tekstur 1,5 kali lebih kuat dibanding FZ. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa bidang (110) yang semula terorientasi kearah [112] pada FZ berubah menjadi sekitar 35,26º ke arah [001] pada daerah HAZ. Untuk daerah logamdasar bidang (010)mengarah sejajar dengan arah normal (ND) dan teksturmengarah pada arah pengerolan (RD) [100].

The nature of crystalline materials depends on the individual crystal properties and the features of the polycrystalline state. The direction of crystallite orientation (texture) can undergo evolution during casting, processing, deformation, welding, and also heat treatment. Because texture plays an important role in mechanical characteristics and physical behavior, initial characterization before mechanical treatment needs to be analyzed first. The neutron diffraction method for texture analysis has advantages compared to the x-ray diffraction method, because neutrons can penetrate the material up in the order of centimeters (bulk, texture) compared to x-rays which are only on the surface of the material (surface texture). This research uses magnesium alloy, because this alloy is very light, and is widely used in industries, such as the automotive, computers, communication systems and electronics. The magnesium alloy used is AZ31 type. The AZ31 magnesium alloy is selected due to the most ductile and the most popular amongst AZ wrought alloys (Mg-Al-Zn group). Initial characterization using the neutron diffraction method was held away before the welding procedure was taken out. In this study, a texture neutron diffractometer (DN2), BATAN, set at a wavelength of 1.2799 Angstrom was used to characterize AZ31 material. The neutron source is produced by the GA Siwabessy reactor, which operates at a power of 15 MW. From the characterization of the neutron diffraction pattern, four pole figures {100}, (002}, {101} and {102} were taken. From the pole figure analysis, the crystallite orientation (texture) was obtained in the direction of {001} <110>. The highest intensity lies in the basal center (0002), also seen basal fiber {0001} and prismatic fiber {10-10}

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Dissimilar metal weld (DMW) of Cu and Al alloy, namely DMW CuAl, was produced using Friction Stir Welding (FSW) technique. Characterization was performed at retreating and advancing side by neutron diffraction method. It is obtained that the weight percent composition of Cu and Al are dynamically change, depend on weld zone and welding direction. In SZ Cu element 55,18%, and it is majority component in the retreating side and it decreases gradually from the retreating side to the advancing side. The weight percent composition of Cu in the retreating side at HAZ and TMAZ are 99.25 %, and 61.25%, respectively, and in the advancing side are 0.35% and 38.75 %, respectively. Cu Bragg peaks of (111), (200) and (220) show that peak width ratio of BMZ / SZ is approximately 13%. This indicates a change in crystallite size that affects the behavior of plastic deformation in the welded material.