Development of Trivex friction stir welding tool Part 1 - Two-dimensional flow modelling and experimental validation

Science and Technology of Welding and Joining

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-351

  Colegrove, P A ^a,b   Shercliff, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Friction stir welding; Modelling; Tool

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WELDS;

FLOW MODELING; FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW); HEAT INPUT; TRIVEX FRICTION;

WELDING MACHINES;

EID: 4744374953     PISSN: 13621718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136217104225021670     Document Type: Article

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