• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.136-142
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• 2011

Al alloys have been used widely for commercial and military ships in most ocean countries since mid-1950s, and the value as light metal with high mechanical strength has been proven. As the safety and fuel efficiency of Al ships have improved, she can carry more freight, sail faster and travel longer distances. Furthermore, in the shipbuilding industry, Al alloys are applied as structural materials for ships to various areas including the deck of luxurious cruises, battleships and leisure ships. In addition, Al alloys are being spotlighted as environmental-friendly material as they can be recycled even after end of lifespan. However, Al alloys for ships must be carefully selected after considering corrosion resistance, endurance, strength, and weldability in sea water environment. Al alloys to satisfy these conditions are used widely include 5000 series Al-Mg alloy and 6000 series Al-Mg-Si alloy. Thus, this study selected and evaluated the cavitation characteristics of the 5000 series Al alloys that are used in hulls that directly contact seawater and the 6000 Al alloys that are used in the upper structures of ships. Results of cavitation test with time, weightloss and cavitation rate of 5456-H116 showed the smallest damage among 5052-O, 5456-H116 and 6061-T6.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.245-252
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• 2013

In this study, mechanical and electrochemical characteristics with welding material in MIG welded with ROBOT for dissimilar Al alloys were investigated using various experiment methods. The MIG welding by ROBOT with ER5183 and ER5556 for the 5456-H116 and 6061-T6 Al alloy were carried out. The hardness of welding zone was lower than that of base metal. In electrochemical experiment, ER5183 welding material presented excellent characteristics. The yield strength and maximum tensile strength in welding with welding material of ER5183 presented lower value than those of ER5556. The elongation and time-to-fracture showed the opposite results.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.3033-3039
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• 2000

Mechanical properties of the materials used for transportations and industrial machinery under high stain rate loading conditions have been required to provide appropriate safety assessment to these mechanical structures. The Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar(SHPB) technique with a special experimental apparatus can be used to obtain the material properties under high strain rate loading condition. There have been many studies on the material behavior under high strain rate compressive loading compared to those under tensile loading. In this paper, mechanical properties of the aluminum alloy, Al6061-T6, under high strain rate tensile loading were determined using SHPB technique.

• Composites Research
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.332-339
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• 2018

Fiber metal hybrid laminate (FML) can be used as an economic material with superior mechanical properties and light weight than conventional metal by bonding of metal and FRP. However, there are disadvantages that it is difficult to predict fracture behavior because of the large difference in properties depending on the type of fiber and lamination conditions. In this paper, we study the failure behavior of hybrid materials with laminated glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP, GEP118, woven type) in Al6061-T6 alloy. The Al alloys were coated with GFRP 1, 3, and 5 layers, and fracture behavior was analyzed by using a static test and a low cycle fatigue test. In the low cycle fatigue test, strain - life analysis and the total strain energy density method were used to analyze and predict the fatigue life. The Al alloy did not have tensile properties strengthening effect due to the GFRP coating. The fatigue hysteresis geometry followed the behavior of the Al alloy, the base material, regardless of the GFRP coating and number of coatings. As a result of the low cycle fatigue test, the fatigue strength was increased by the coating of GFRP, but it did not increase proportionally with the number of GFRP layers.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.23-30
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• 2016

This paper discusses the optimization of friction stir spot welding (FSSW) process parameters for joining Aluminum alloy (AA6061-T6) with Magnesium alloy (AZ31B) sheets. Prior to optimization an empirical relationship was developed to predict the Tensile Shear Fracture Load (TSFL) incorporating the four most important FSSW parameters, i.e., tool rotational speed, plunge rate, dwell time and tool diameter ratio, using response surface methodology (RSM). The experiments were conducted based on four factor, five levels central composite rotatable design (CCD) matrix. The maximum TSFL obtained was 3.61kN, with the tool rotation of 1000 rpm, plunge rate of 16 mm/min, dwell time of 5 sec and tool diameter ratio of 2.5.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.122-130
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• 1996

In this study, machinability of some aluminum-magnesium alloy are experimentally investigated using polycrystalline diamond tool with turning, and evaluated some independent cutting variables affected micrometal cutting characteristics as cutting force, specific cutting resistance, shear angles. To know the effect of cutting parameters of single point diamond machining, experiments were performed to measure cutting forces for high speed turning of aluminum alloy 6061-T6, SM45C and FC20 with poly- crystalline diamond and coated cemented carbide tool. Independent cutting variables were changed to a variety of cutting speed, feed rate, rake angles, material properties of workpiece and tool. Futhermore. Some useful informations are obtained in this study can guide micro metal cutting of aluminum alloy with diamond tool.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.145-148
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• 2006

Cold gas dynamic spray is a relatively new coating process by which coatings can be produced without significant heating during the process. Cold gas dynamic spray is conducted by powder sprayed by supersonic gas jet, and generally called the kinetic spray or cold-spray. Cold-spray was developed in Russia in the early 1980s to overcome the defect of thermal spray method. Its low process temperature can minimize thermal stress and also reduce the deformation of the substrate. Most researches on cold-spray have focused on micro scale coating, but our research team tried to apply this method to macro scale deposition. The macro scale deposition causes deformation of a thin substrate which is usually convex to the deposited side. In this research, the main cause of the deformation was investigated using 6061-T6 aluminum alloy and properties of deposited aluminum layer such as coefficient of thermal expansion, Elastic modulus, hardness, electric conductivity were measured. From the result of the analysis, it was concluded that compressive residual stress was the main reason of substrate deformation while CTE had little effect.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.106-106
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• 2018

해양환경용 선박재료는 전기화학적인 부식을 발생시키는 염소이온($Cl^-$)이 다량 포함된 부식 환경에 장기간 노출되어 있어 부식에 대해 취약하다. 따라서 우수한 내식성 및 내침식성을 가진 재료를 선정하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 알루미늄 합금은 충분한 강도와 부동태 피막 형성으로 인해 내식성이 우수하여 해양환경용 선박 재료로서 널리 이용되고 있으며, 이에 따른 부식 특성에 관한 연구도 활발히 이뤄지고 있다. 그러나 선박에서는 부식에 의한 손상뿐만 아니라 전식에 의한 부식 손상도 발생할 수 있다. 특히 선미 부분은 프로펠러의 동합금과 알루미늄 합금의 이종금속 간 전위차에 의한 전식이 발생하여 선체의 다른 부위에 비해 부식이 더 심하게 진행될 수도 있다. 또한 전식은 해안 부두에 접안된 선박의 용접 시미주전류(stray current)에 의한 부식손상이 발생할 수 있으나 이에 대한 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 해양환경에서의 전식을 인위적으로 모사할 수 있는 부식 정전류 시험법을 이용하여 다양한 크기의 전식 손상을 유발시켰으며, 해양환경 하에서 선박재료로 주로 사용되는 알루미늄 합금인 Al5083-H321, Al5052-O, Al6061-T6에 대한 전식 특성을 비교, 분석하였다. 실험 방법으로 작동전극은 각 재료의 시험편을 $2cm{\times}2cm$ 으로 절단하여 sand paper # 2000 번까지 연마 후 아세톤과 증류수로 세척하고 건조하였으며, 제작된 시험편은 자체 제작한 홀더를 이용하여 $1cm^2$만 노출시킨 후 정전류 가속 실험을 실시하였다. 기준전극은 은/염화은(Ag/AgCl) 전극을, 대응전극은 백금(Pt) 전극을 사용하였다. 정전류 가속 조건은 $0.001mA/cm^2$, $0.1mA/cm^2$, $1mA/cm^2$, $5mA/cm^2$, $10mA/cm^2$의 전류 밀도를 천연해수에서 30분간 인가하였다. 각 재료에 대한 전식 특성은 실험 전후의 무게 감소량으로 전식의 저항 특성을 확인하였다. 그리고 3D 현미경으로 표면 손상 경향과 깊이를 측정하였으며, 주사전자현미경 (SEM)을 통해 표면 형상을 미시적으로 관찰하였다. 부식 정전류 시험 결과 모든 시편에서 $0.01mA/cm^2$에서 미세한 국부적인 부식이 일어났으며, 전류밀도가 증가할수록 표면 전반에 부식이 진행되고 성장하였다. 그리고 모든 인가 전류밀도의 조건에서 Al6061-T6가 5000계열(Al5083-H321, Al5052-O)보다 더 우수한 내식성을 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.17-19
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• 2007

The fatigue experiments of friction stir welded Al-6061-T6 alloy with and with out back bead were performed to investigate the variation in fatigue strength and life of the Joint. It was found that there were always existed flaws at the roots of friction stir welds for the normal welding parameters and clamping conditions. In order to overcome this root flaws, friction stir welds with optimum back bead has been developed. The test results with root flaws and with back bead were compared. The fatigue life of weld with root flaws was 5-10 times shorter than that of the friction stir weld with back bead.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.483-490
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• 2013

In aluminum sheet metal forming, the conventional forming methods of T4 or T6 heat-treated sheets result in low formability and dimensional accuracy. This study suggests a new forming method for aluminum sheets called as hot forming quenching (HFQ) that solves the problems faced in the conventional method. HFQ combines the heat treatment and forming processes through the forming die during the quenching of a solid solution. To evaluate the application of HFQ to the sheet forming of aluminum, an Erichsen and V-bending test are performed in this study to measure the dimensional accuracy and formability, which are then compared with those of the conventional forming method. Furthermore, the strength and hardness of the products formed by HFQ are measured to confirm the degradation in mechanical properties compared with the conventional forming method, which shows the validity of the application of HFQ to aluminum sheet metal forming.