Investigating the Effects of SiC Abrasive Particles on Friction Element Welding

The use of dissimilar materials is increasing exponentially in the automotive industry due to possibility achieving weight reduction from multi-material design. Friction Element Welding (FEW) an advanced solid-state joining technique employed for using a friction element. processing time FEW relatively higher than few its competitive techniques, with cleaning step contributing majority time. current research investigates effect SiC abrasive particles on and joint strength. experimental results show decrease increase strength by reducing particle size volume fraction used. When subjected tensile loading, one samples showed interfacial failure, whereas others exhibited button pull-out failure. best case experiments was chosen comparison standard test, which did not involve abrasives. shows 14.3% 10.8% Inspection microscopic images revealed presence phase at periphery element around weld zone formation defect-free joint. microhardness test detected hardness along involving abrasives compared test. data support obtained joints formed