Pulsed eddy current testing of friction stir welds

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-386

  Mandache, Catalin ^a   Dubourg, Laurent ^a   Merati, Ali ^a   Jahazi, Mohammad ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BUTT WELDING; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FRICTION; FRICTION STIR WELDING;

BUTT JOINTS; EDDY CURRENT TECHNIQUES; FRICTION STIR; JOINT FRICTIONS; LACK OF PENETRATION; LAP JOINT; POINT OF INTERSECTIONS; PULSED EDDY CURRENT; PULSED EDDY CURRENT TESTING; STIR WELDS;

WELDS;

EID: 68649118593     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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