Superplastic forming of friction stir welds in titanium alloy 6AI-4V: Preliminary results

Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik

Volumn 39, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 353-357

  Sanders, D G ^a,b   Rarnulu, M ^a   Edwards, P O ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction stir welding; Superplastie forming; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE STRUCTURES; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; ENGINE INLETS; ENGINE NACELLES; FINE GRAINS; FRICTION STIR WELDING; FRICTION STIR WELDS; FULL SCALES; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; SERVICE TEMPERATURES; SUPERPLASTIC FORMING; SUPERPLASTIC PROPERTIES; SUPERPLASTIE FORMING;

ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FRICTION; FRICTION WELDING; GAS WELDING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JET ENGINES; LIGHT METALS; METAL REFINING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SUPERPLASTICITY; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; TITANIUM; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING; WELDS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 55249127683     PISSN: 09335137     EISSN: 15214052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mawe.200800305     Document Type: Article

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