Friction stir welding of the dissimilar materials AA6082 and AISI316 for marine applications

Luciano Bergmann; Victor Mello Callil; Eduardo Vitor Meirelles Azevedo Gomes; Marcelo Igor Lourenço De Souza; Jean David Caprace; Jorge Fernandez dos Santos; Jean Pierre Bergmann; Benjamin Klusemann

doi:10.1007/s00170-025-15599-4

Friction stir welding of the dissimilar materials AA6082 and AISI316 for marine applications

Luciano Bergmann^*
, Victor Mello Callil
, Eduardo Vitor Meirelles Azevedo Gomes
, Marcelo Igor Lourenço De Souza
, Jean David Caprace^*
, Jorge Fernandez dos Santos
, Jean Pierre Bergmann
, Benjamin Klusemann

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Worldwide, shipyards/manufacturers of cruise and roll-on/roll-off vessels have adopted steel-aluminium joints made by explosion welding to join steel plates of the hull to aluminium plates of the decks. This work illustrates that the environment friendly welding technology friction stir welding (FSW) has great potential for application in the shipbuilding industry. The effect of the welding process parameters on the joining of the dissimilar materials AA6082 and AISI316 has been investigated. It is shown that the tool offset is one of the most important process parameters for these kind of dissimilar joints. Mechanical properties for dissimilar aluminium to steel joints with ultimate tensile strength above 200 MPa have been reached, where the joints showed ductile failure. Overall, FSW can be a suitable option to substitute current technologies, such as explosion welding, due to its simple set up, low CO2 emission and high manufacturing safety.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Volume	138
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	3007-3020
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0268-3768
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-15599-4
Publication status	Published - 06.2025

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Research areas and keywords

Aluminium
Dissimilar friction stir welding
Joining
Manufacturing
Steel

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Software
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Bergmann, L., Mello Callil, V., Meirelles Azevedo Gomes, E. V., Igor Lourenço De Souza, M., Caprace, J. D., dos Santos, J. F., Bergmann, J. P., & Klusemann, B. (2025). Friction stir welding of the dissimilar materials AA6082 and AISI316 for marine applications. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 138(7), 3007-3020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-15599-4

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Friction stir welding of the dissimilar materials AA6082 and AISI316 for marine applications. / Bergmann, Luciano; Mello Callil, Victor; Meirelles Azevedo Gomes, Eduardo Vitor et al.
In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 138, No. 7, 06.2025, p. 3007-3020.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Friction stir welding of the dissimilar materials AA6082 and AISI316 for marine applications

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