Abstract
Thin-walled and hollow profiles of magnesium alloys have more light-weight advantages. However, longitudinal welds exist inevitably in hollow profiles produced by porthole die extrusion. The welding qualities of the welds have a critical impact on mechanical properties of the profiles. In this paper, hot extrusion experiments of an asymmetrical hollow magnesium alloy profile extruded at different ram speeds were carried out. The effects of extrusion speed on grain structure, second phase particles, texture and mechanical properties of longitudinal welds in hollow profiles were systematically studied. The effects of microstructure and texture on mechanical properties of longitudinal welds were revealed. The fracture morphology and fracture mode of the welds extruded at different ram speeds were analyzed. A method based on K criterion for evaluating the welding quality of magnesium alloy profile in three-dimensional space was proposed. The values of three-dimensional welding quality factor K3D and non-dimensional welding quality factor K⁎ of the hollow magnesium alloy profile were determined respectively. Finally, the welding qualities of longitudinal welds in the hollow magnesium alloy profiles extruded at different ram speeds were evaluated.
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