Friction stir welding for the transportation industries

Materials and Design

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Thomas, W M ^a   Nicholas, E D ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friction stir welding; Solid phase; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BUTT WELDING; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; MARINE ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATES;

FRICTION STIR WELDING; MELTING POINT;

FRICTION WELDING;

EID: 0031366864     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3069(97)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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