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Residual stress measurement on AA6061-T6 aluminum alloy friction stir butt welds using contour method

Chuan Liu, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2013 - 
- Vol. 46, pp 366-371
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In this paper, the internal longitudinal stresses in 4mm and 8mm thick AA6061-T6 aluminum alloy friction stir welding (FSW) specimens are measured with contour method.
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This article is published in Materials & Design.The article was published on 2013-04-01. It has received 61 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Residual stress & Friction stir welding.

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A review of numerical analysis of friction stir welding

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the latest developments in the numerical analysis of friction stir welding processes, microstructures of friction-stir welded joints and the properties of friction spat welded structures.
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Analysis of heat input effect on the mechanical properties of Al-6061-T6 alloy weld joints

TL;DR: In this paper, a transient thermal analysis was developed to model the problem in a numerical form using Finite Element Method (FEM) and these results were compared with experimental data showing good agreement.
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Effect of tool rotational speed on residual stress, microstructure, and tensile properties of friction stir welded 6061-T6 aluminum alloy thick plate

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of tool rotational speed on residual stress, microstructure, and tensile properties of friction stir welded AA 6061-T6 was investigated.
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The effect of shoulder coupling on the residual stress and hardness distribution in AA7050 friction stir butt welds

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of shoulder coupling in friction stir welding (FSW) on the distribution of residual stresses, microstructure and hardness has been investigated by comparing welds manufactured with a conventional tool, using different levels of downforce, to joints produced using a stationary shoulder.
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Prediction of residual stresses induced by low transformation temperature weld wires and its validation using the contour method

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of different low transformation temperature (LTT) weld wires using TEP-FEM and the contour method (CM) to predict residual stresses after welding.
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Friction Stir Welding and Processing

TL;DR: Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new solid-state joining process that is used to join high-strength aerospace aluminum alloys and other metallic alloys that are hard to weld by conventional fusion welding as discussed by the authors.
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Friction stir welding of aluminium alloys

TL;DR: A comprehensive body of knowledge has built up with respect to the friction stir welding (FSW) of aluminium alloys since the technique was invented in 1991 is reviewed in this article, including thermal history and metal flow, before discussing how process parameters affect the weld microstructure and the likelihood of entraining defects.
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Microstructure, mechanical properties and residual stresses as a function of welding speed in aluminium AA5083 friction stir welds

TL;DR: In this article, the results of microstructural, mechanical property and residual stress investigations of four aluminium AA5083 friction stir welds produced under varying conditions were reported, and it was found that the weld properties were dominated by the thermal input rather than the mechanical deformation by the tool.
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Cross-sectional mapping of residual stresses by measuring the surface contour after a cut

TL;DR: In this paper, a part is cut in two, and the contour, or profile, of the resulting new surface is measured to determine the displacements caused by release of the residual stresses.
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Residual stress measurements in a thick, dissimilar aluminum alloy friction stir weld

TL;DR: In this article, a 54mm long test sample was removed from the parent plate, and cross-sectional maps of residual stresses were measured using neutron diffraction and the contour method.
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