Liquation of Mg alloys in friction stir spot welding

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Yang, Y K ^a   Dong, H ^b   Cao, H ^a   Chang, Y A ^a   Kou, S ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cracking; Fiktion stil welding; Friction stir spot welding; Liquation; Magnesiun alloys; Solid state welding

Indexed keywords

AL(GA) ALLOYS; AS-CAST; AXIAL FORCES; EUTECTIC LIQUIDS; EVOLUTION (CO); FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING; HEAT INPUTS; LIQUID FORMATION; MG ALLOYS; MICRO STRUCTURAL; SOLID-STATE WELDING; TOP SURFACE; VEHICLE WEIGHTS; WORK PIECE SURFACE;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRIC WELDING; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FRICTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIQUID FILMS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SILICON; SPOT WELDING; WELDING; ZINC;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

EID: 48249114368     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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