Automatic gap detection in friction stir butt welding operations

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1161-1169

  Yang, Yu ^a   Kalya, Prabhanjana ^b   Landers, Robert G ^b   Krishnamurthy, K ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b Missouri Univ of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction stir welding; Gaps; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUTT WELDING; CONDITION MONITORING; FIXTURES (TOOLING); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SHEET METAL;

AUTOMATIC GAP DETECTION; FILTERED PLUNGE FORCE; TOOL TRAVERSE SPEEDS;

FRICTIONS STIR WELDING;

EID: 43649093442     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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