Abstract
Explosive welding is a solid-state welding process that uses a controlled explosive detonation to force two metals together at high pressure. The process has been fully developed for large-scale applications in the manufacturing industry. The explosive bonding technique can bond various similar and dissimilar materials and be applied to fabricate composites such as multi-layered and wire-reinforced materials. In this study, aluminium (Al-5052) and aluminium (Al-1100) plates were explosively welded with and without a stainless steel wire mesh interlayer. The microstructural studies illustrated the interface morphology of the interlayered wire mesh weld, which shows the formation of thin melted layers. However, wire mesh interlayered weld interfaces exhibit no molten layer formation. The maximum microhardness was observed at the interface due to wire mesh and plastic deformation.
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