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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Lap Welded Aluminum Alloy AA2014
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Friction stir lap welds were produced in 3 mm thick Alclad sheets of Al alloy 2014-T4 using two different tools (with triangular and threaded taper cylindrical pins) as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Journal of Materials Science & Technology.The article was published on 2012-05-01. It has received 93 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Alclad & Friction stir welding.read more
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Effect of sheet thickness on the FSW parameters for dissimilar aluminium grades tailor welded blanks
K. Mallieswaran,R. Padmanabhan +1 more
TL;DR: Friction stir welding has been in use since 1991, for various applications in aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding industries, especially in fabrication with aluminium alloys for structural members as discussed by the authors, and it has been used for many applications in the past few decades.
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Tool Rotational Speed on Mechanical Properties of AA6082-T6 Friction Stir-Welded Butt Joints
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of tool rotational speed on the mechanical properties of AA 6082-T6 aluminum alloy was investigated, and the experimental results show that the tool rotation has a significant effect on weld mechanical properties.
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Evaluation of mechanical properties of friction stir welded commercially pure aluminium
TL;DR: In this paper, the main defects existing in this process are cavity, irregular material flow due to unsuitable selection of welding parameters, such as spindle rotational speed (rpm), tool travel speed (mm/min) and axial force (kN), and the experimental results are evaluated by Destructive Test and Non-destructive test methods.
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Interface Behavior and Lap Shear Properties of the 7075-T6 Al FSLW Joint Using a Tip-Threaded Pin
TL;DR: In this paper, a tip-threaded pin was used to weld a 3mm-thick 7075-T6 aluminum alloy to reduce the hook and increase the effective sheet thickness of the friction stir lap welding joint.
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Comparison of microstructure and corrosion behaviour of AA2014 electron beam and friction stir welds
TL;DR: In this article, the microstructure, hardness and pitting corrosion of electron beam welds and friction stir welds have been studied and compared, and the results show that friction stir welding is an alternative for welding these alloys.
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Recent advances in friction-stir welding : Process, weldment structure and properties
TL;DR: In this article, the authors deal with the fundamental understanding of the process and its metallurgical consequences, focusing on heat generation, heat transfer and plastic flow during welding, elements of tool design, understanding defect formation and the structure and properties of the welded materials.
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Design of the friction stir welding tool using the continuum based FEM model
TL;DR: In this paper, a FSW process with varying pin geometries and advancing speeds is numerically modeled, and a thermo-mechanically coupled, rigid-viscoplastic, fully 3D FEM analysis able to predict the process variables as well as the material flow pattern and the grain size in the welded joints is performed.
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Friction Stir Welding – Recent Developments in Tool and Process Technologies
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Friction stir lap joining aluminum and magnesium alloys
Y.C. Chen,Kazuhiro Nakata +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Mg-Al-Zn alloys were lap joined using friction stir welding during which the probe of a tool did not contact the surface of the lower Mg−Al−Zn alloy sheet, and micro X-ray diffraction was used to analyze phase transition in the joint.
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Microstructural characterization and mechanical properties in friction stir welding of aluminum and titanium dissimilar alloys
Y.C. Chen,Kazuhiro Nakata +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the maximum failure load of joints reached 62% of Al-Si alloy base metal with the joints fractured at the interface, and the microstructure evolution and the joining mechanism of aluminum-titanium joints were systematically discussed.