Minimizing lack of consolidation defects in friction stir welds

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-142

  Chimbli, S K ^a   Medlin, D J ^b   Arbegast, W J ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Forge force; Lack of consolidation defects; Wormhole defects

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEETINGS; BUTT WELDS; FORGE FORCE; FRICTION STIR; FRICTION STIR WELDING; FRICTION STIR WELDS; LACK OF CONSOLIDATION DEFECTS; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; METALLOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATIONS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; TILT ANGLES; TRAVEL SPEEDS; WELD ZONES; WORMHOLE DEFECTS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DEFECTS; FRICTION; FRICTION WELDING; GAS WELDING; LIGHT METALS; METALLOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPEED; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING;

WELDS;

EID: 51649094059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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5. Unpublished Research, Advanced Materials Processing Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota.
6. W.J. Arbegast, "Using Process Forces as a Statistical Process Control Tool for Friction Stir Welds", Friction Stir Welding and Processing-III, Edited by K. V. Jata, et. al. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2005.
7. S.K Chimbli, "Effects of Defects in Friction Stir Welds", Masters Thesis, Materials Engineering and Science Graduate Program, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2006.