Predicting tensile strength of friction stir welded AA6061 aluminium alloy joints by a mathematical model

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Elangovan, K ^a   Balasubramanian, V ^b   Babu, S ^b  

^a SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Friction stir welding; Tool pin profile

Indexed keywords

AL-MG-SI ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM ALLOY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); AXIAL FORCES; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN (CCD); CONFIDENCE LEVEL (CL); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (CC); DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRICTION STIR (FS); FRICTION STIR WELDED (FSW) JOINTS; FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW); FRICTIONAL HEATING; FUSION WELDING; HIGH STRENGTH; JOINT STRENGTH; LIGHT WEIGHTING; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD (RSM); ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; SOLID-STATE JOINING; STATISTICAL TOOLS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); WEIGHT RATIOS; WELDING PARAMETERS; WELDING SPEED (WS);

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM CLADDING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CORROSION RESISTANCE; FRICTION; FRICTION WELDING; FUNCTIONS; GAS WELDING; HEALTH; JOINING; LIGHT METALS; LIGHT WEIGHT EQUIPMENT; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PAINTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON; SPEED; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 48549093830     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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