Dissimilar welding of aluminium to steel: A review

Y Yang, Z Luo, Y Zhang, J Su - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2024 - Elsevier
The combination of aluminium (Al) and steel is a promising solution in the automotive
industry for reducing the weight of automotive body structure and fuel consumption. The …

Numerical and experimental study on keyhole dynamics and pore formation mechanisms during adjustable-ring-mode laser welding of medium-thick aluminum alloy

J Li, P Jiang, S Geng, J **ong - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Keyhole induced-pore is one of the biggest challenges in laser welding of aluminum alloys.
A shaped laser controlling strategy, ring-mode laser, has shown the possibility of reducing …

The influence of FeCoCrNi HEA porous coating on dynamic wetting and spreading behaviors of AlSi alloy on steel substrate by laser irradiation

T Dou, J Yang, Y Zeng, M Zheng, W Xu, J Shi… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aluminum alloys (Al) and steels are significantly differences in the thermophysical
properties. This characteristic obstructs their high-quality joining by fusion welding or …

Investigating stainless steel/aluminum bimetallic structures fabricated by cold metal transfer (CMT)-based wire-arc directed energy deposition

MA Karim, S Jadhav, R Kannan, D Pierce, Y Lee… - Additive …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated the process of fabricating a bimetallic structure of 316L stainless
steel (SS) and 4043 aluminum (Al) using wire-arc directed energy deposition (DED) based …

Directional enhancement of wettability for Al/stainless-steel system: exploring the potential of laser-chemical hybrid surface texturing

H Li, H **a, L Li, X Su, J Peng, Y Ma, L Li… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the development of manufacturing technology, microtexturing technology has become
a promising way to improve the wettability of heterogeneous metals. In this study, a novel …

Effect of defocusing distance on interfacial reaction and mechanical properties of dissimilar laser Al/steel joints with a porous high entropy alloy coating

J Jiang, JP Oliveira, J Yang, M Zheng, H Li, W Xu… - Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aluminum alloy and low carbon steel were successfully laser weld-brazed when using a
porous high entropy alloy (HEA) transient layer. It is shown that the joint wettability increased …

Weld formation characteristics and strengthening mechanism of Al to steel laser-arc hybrid welding with additive manufactured Ni as transition layer

G Yu, L Li, S Chen, X Nie, J Yang, Z Zhao - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2025 - Elsevier
A novel Al to steel laser-arc hybrid welding with the additive manufactured of Ni as the
transition layer was proposed. The millimeter-thick Ni transition layer effectively replaces the …

Experimental analysis of overlap fiber laser welding for aluminum alloys: porosity recognition and quality inspection

A Aminzadeh, N Barka, A El Ouafi, F Mirakhorli… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, laser welding has become increasingly popular in the manufacturing
industry due to its advantages, including a narrow heat affected zone, low levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the microstructure and mechanical properties of 316L/TiB2 composites fabricated by laser cladding additive manufacturing

Y Liu, H Chen, R Han, Y Peng, K Wang, X Li - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, the 316L stainless steel matrix composite strengthened by TiB 2 was
successfully fabricated using laser cladding additive manufacturing technology. The …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of high entropy alloy as the interlayer on the interfacial microstructure and mechanical property of Al/steel bimetal by compound casting

D Zhang, K Wen, H Song, G Zhang, H Xu, J **a… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Al/steel bimetal prepared by compound casting process exhibits an increasing application
prospect in the lightweight field due to the combination of the advantages of Al alloy with …