Mechanical properties and bond strength of bimetallic AA1050/AA5083 laminates fabricated by warm-accumulative roll bonding

Abstract

ABSTRACTAccumulative roll bonding (ARB) is one of the most promising methods for the industrial production of bimetal sheet materials. In this study, ARB process has been used to combine aluminium alloys 1050 and 5083 sheets to produce a bimetal AA1050/AA5083 composite laminate. Materials with 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 layers were roll bonded as alternate layers at 300°C for 5 min before each cycle. In this study, the microstructure and mechanical properties of composite laminates have been studied versus number of layers by tensile and peel testing. Moreover, the fracture surfaces of samples after the tensile test have been studied during various number of composite layers by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results showed that the tensile strength and tensile toughness improved by the number of layers. Also, the peeling strength among the layers and elongation decreased in the samples with less than 8 layers and improved by increasing the number of composite layers considerably. Also, SEM results revealed that the depth of dimples in the fracture surface decreased by increasing the number of layers.