2021 Volume 62 Issue 9 Pages 1376-1385
Two types of intermediate layer (IML) were formed at the magnetic pulse welded Al/Fe joint interface. To clarify the formation mechanism of IML, the cooling process at the joint interface and formation process of IML were analyzed by the simulation and experiment. The simulation results showed that the crest zone of wavy interface underwent an extremely high temperature rise during the collision process, the high temperature leads to a local melting behavior at the joint interface. After the collision, a large temperature difference of 1000∼1500 K between joint interface and base metals caused a rapid cooling occurred at the interface with a cooling rate reached around 107∼109 K/s. Meanwhile, local melting zone (LMZ) changed into IML during a rapid solidification that proceeded from the outside and finished at the center area of LMZ. The morphology and composition percent of IML calculated by the numerical analysis was quantitatively in good agreement with experimental analysis results. A reasonable explanation has been made on the formation mechanism of IML at magnetic pulse welded Al/Fe joint interface.
