Fatigue lives of friction stir spot welds in aluminum 6061-T6 sheets

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 367-375

  Wang, D A ^a   Chen, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Friction stir spot weld; Lap shear specimen; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC WELDING; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRICTION; PAPER SHEETING; SPOT WELDING; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING; WELDS;

FATIGUE; FRICTION STIR SPOT WELD; LAP-SHEAR SPECIMEN; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

CRACKS;

EID: 53949088861     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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