Microstructural analysis of the stir zone of Al alloy produced by friction stir spot welding

Yosetsu Gakkai Ronbunshu/Quarterly Journal of the Japan Welding Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-559

  Fujimoto, Mitsuo ^a   Koga, Shinji ^a   Abe, Natsumi ^b   Yutaka, Sato S ^b   Kokawa, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Friction stir spot welding; Grain size; Hardness; Plastic flow; Stir zone

Indexed keywords

AL ALLOYS; BASE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; ELECTRON BACK-SCATTERED DIFFRACTION; EQUIAXED GRAIN STRUCTURE; FINER GRAINS; FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING; GRAIN SIZE; JOINING TECHNIQUES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; ROTATING DIRECTION; SEM; STIR ZONE; STIR ZONES; THERMAL CYCLE; WELDING TOOLS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC WELDING; FRICTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; JOINING; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; PLASTIC FLOW; SPOT WELDING; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; TEXTURES; TRIBOLOGY; WELDS;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 57949113048     PISSN: 02884771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2207/qjjws.25.553     Document Type: Article

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