Chapter 29
Experimental Study of Friction Stir
Welding on AA5052 (1.5 mm) Thin Plate
Butt Joints
Tuan Muhammad Nurkholish Tuan Anuwa, Azman Ismail,
Bakhtiar Ariff Baharudin, and Fauziah Ab Rahman
Abstract In this study, a detailed practical investigation to determine the tensile
strength of a thin aluminum plate joint and to produce a good thin aluminum plate
joint. The purpose of this study is to run and find the right formula of rotational
speed (rpm) and travel speed (mm/min) for the friction stir welding (FSW) process
on an aluminum thin plate AA5052 1.5 mm plate joint. The optimum parameters for
this research are at 910 rpm rotation speed with 340 mm/min travel speed and 2°
angle. The tensile strength that had been collected can achieve up to 85% of the base
metal (BM). The tool geometry was design with a pin diameter of 1.4 mm, shoulder
diameter of 6 mm, and length of 20 mm. The results show that FSW improves the
mechanical properties of welded joints compared to other welding processes.
Keywords Friction stir welding (FSW) · Aluminum alloy (AA5052) 1.5 mm thin
plate
29.1 Introduction
Friction stir welding (FSW) is a method or process which uses a non-consumable
welding tool to join two workpieces that face each other without melting the workpiece surface [1]. The welding tool is used to generate friction for heating the material
T. M. N. T. Anuwa · A. Ismail (B) · B. A. Baharudin · F. A. Rahman
Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology,
Lumut, Perak, Malaysia
e-mail: azman@unikl.edu.my
T. M. N. T. Anuwa
e-mail: tmnurkholish@gmail.com
B. A. Baharudin
e-mail: bakhtiarab@unikl.edu.my
F. A. Rahman
e-mail: fauziahabra@unikl.edu.my
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
A. Ismail et al. (eds.), Advanced Engineering for Processes and Technologies II,
Advanced Structured Materials 147,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67307-9_29
307
Experimental Study of Friction Stir
Welding on AA5052 (1.5 mm) Thin Plate
Butt Joints
Tuan Muhammad Nurkholish Tuan Anuwa, Azman Ismail,
Bakhtiar Ariff Baharudin, and Fauziah Ab Rahman
Abstract In this study, a detailed practical investigation to determine the tensile
strength of a thin aluminum plate joint and to produce a good thin aluminum plate
joint. The purpose of this study is to run and find the right formula of rotational
speed (rpm) and travel speed (mm/min) for the friction stir welding (FSW) process
on an aluminum thin plate AA5052 1.5 mm plate joint. The optimum parameters for
this research are at 910 rpm rotation speed with 340 mm/min travel speed and 2°
angle. The tensile strength that had been collected can achieve up to 85% of the base
metal (BM). The tool geometry was design with a pin diameter of 1.4 mm, shoulder
diameter of 6 mm, and length of 20 mm. The results show that FSW improves the
mechanical properties of welded joints compared to other welding processes.
Keywords Friction stir welding (FSW) · Aluminum alloy (AA5052) 1.5 mm thin
plate
29.1 Introduction
Friction stir welding (FSW) is a method or process which uses a non-consumable
welding tool to join two workpieces that face each other without melting the workpiece surface [1]. The welding tool is used to generate friction for heating the material
T. M. N. T. Anuwa · A. Ismail (B) · B. A. Baharudin · F. A. Rahman
Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology,
Lumut, Perak, Malaysia
e-mail: azman@unikl.edu.my
T. M. N. T. Anuwa
e-mail: tmnurkholish@gmail.com
B. A. Baharudin
e-mail: bakhtiarab@unikl.edu.my
F. A. Rahman
e-mail: fauziahabra@unikl.edu.my
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
A. Ismail et al. (eds.), Advanced Engineering for Processes and Technologies II,
Advanced Structured Materials 147,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67307-9_29
307