Special Topic of Advanced Aeronautical Materials Welding/Joining

Research progress in steel/Al-alloys dissimilar metals spot welding

  • XIE Zehao ,
  • LI Jianyu ,
  • CHEN Shuhai ,
  • HUANG Jihua ,
  • YANG Jian
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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received date: 2020-12-16

  Revised date: 2021-02-07

  Online published: 2021-06-18

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (51875037)

Abstract

Hybrid structures of Steel/Al-alloys dissimilar metals have wide applications in fields of aircraft, aerospace and vehicle body industries because of their lightweight and excellent structural properties, and spot welding is an important technology in manufacturing these structures. However, brittle intermetallic compounds are generated in the steel/Al-alloys welding process, imposing significant challenges on traditional resistance spot welding as a fusion welding method. In this paper, the research progress in steel/Al-alloys dissimilar metals spot welding is reviewed. The main technologies for steel/Al-alloys spot welding, such as resistance spot welding, resistance riveting welding, CMT spot welding, ultrasonic spot welding and friction bit welding, are systematically investigated and comparatively analyzed. Finally, the development tendency of steel/Al-alloys dissimilar metals spot welding is predicted.

Cite this article

XIE Zehao , LI Jianyu , CHEN Shuhai , HUANG Jihua , YANG Jian . Research progress in steel/Al-alloys dissimilar metals spot welding[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2022 , 43(2) : 625118 -625118 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2021.25118

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