Mechanical and microstructural investigation of friction spot welded AA6181-T4 aluminium alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1094-1100

  Rosendo, T ^a,c   Parra, B ^a,d   Tier, M A D ^a,c   da Silva, A A M ^e   dos Santos, J F ^a   Strohaecker, T R ^b   Alcantara N G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c DECC URI   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^e Lortek   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metals and alloys; D. Welding; E. Mechanical

Indexed keywords

A-SPOTS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; D. WELDING; E. MECHANICAL; FLAT SURFACES; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRICTIONAL HEAT; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; LOW-MELTING POINT MATERIALS; MATERIAL LOSS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL WORK; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; NONFERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; ROTATION SPEED; SOLID-STATE WELDING PROCESS; SPOT WELDED; WELDING PARAMETERS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELECTRIC WELDING; FRICTION; HARDNESS TESTING; JOINING; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPOT WELDING; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78649906185     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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