...Scott F. Miller; Senthil G. Arul; Grant H. Kruger; Tsung-Yu Pan; Albert J. Shih In this study, metal particles were added during the spot friction welding (SFW) process, a solid state sheet metal joining process, to create a localized metal matrix composite (MMC) for the improvement of lap shear...

... and Fatigue Life Estimations of Spot Friction Welds in Lap-Shear Specimens of Aluminum 6111-T4 Sheets, Part 1: Welds Made by a Concave Tool ,” Int. J. Fatigue 0142-1123 , 30 ( 1 ), pp. 74 – 89 . 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.02.016 Lin , P. -C. , Pan , J. , and Pan , T. , 2008 , “ Failure...

... aluminium alloys annealing friction welding hardness oxidation porosity solid-state phase transformations The application of tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) has increased dramatically in the past decade since the early research reports on this subject ( 1 2 3...

... 24 01 2008 22 05 2008 aluminium alloys finite element analysis friction welding grain size metallurgical industries metallurgy neural nets sheet materials friction stir welding aluminum alloys continuous dynamic recrystallization neural networks FEM Friction...

... . 26 07 2007 19 12 2007 12 03 2008 finite element analysis friction welding plastic deformation viscoplasticity voids (solid) work hardening friction stir welding void growth finite element analysis streamlines parallel computation Friction stir welding (FSW...

..., the computed textures are compared to electron backscatter diffraction measurements and are discussed with respect to distributions along orientational fibers and the dominant texture components along the fibers. 22 05 2007 04 10 2007 21 12 2007 deformation friction welding plasticity...