The use of artificial neural networks in predicting fatigue life of friction stir welded lap joints of AA 5754

Journal of Advanced Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 14-21

  Esme, Ugur ^a   Külekci, M Kemal ^a   Kazangoglu, Yigit ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL ALLOYS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE STRENGTH; FRICTION STIR; FUSION TECHNIQUES; HIGH STRENGTH; LAP JOINT; PIN DIAMETERS; TOOL ROTATIONS; TRAVERSE SPEED; WELD PROPERTIES; WELDING PARAMETERS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRICTION; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROTATION; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING; WELDS;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 77956976374     PISSN: 10709789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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