Establishing empirical relationships to predict grain size and tensile strength of friction stir welded AA 6061-T6 aluminium alloy joints

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1863-1872

  Rajakumar, S ^a   Muralidharan, C ^a   Balasubramanian, V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AA 6061 T6 alloy; analysis of variance; friction stir welding; grain size; regression analysis; tensile strength

Indexed keywords

6061-T6 ALLOY; AL-MG-SI ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; FRICTION STIR; FSW JOINT; FUSION WELDING; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH SPECIFIC STRENGTH; JOINT STRENGTH; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SOLID-STATE JOINING; WELD NUGGETS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FRICTION; GAS WELDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; JOINING; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY; WELDS;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 78149453827     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60387-3     Document Type: Article

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