The study on defects in aluminum 2219-T6 thick butt friction stir welds with the application of multiple non-destructive testing methods

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2073-2084

  Li, Bo ^a   Shen, Yifu ^a   Hu, Weiye ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

D. Welding; F. Microstructure; G. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

BUTT JOINTS; BUTT WELDS; CLAMPING CONDITIONS; D. WELDING; DEFECT FORMING MECHANISM; DEFECT-FREE; F. MICROSTRUCTURE; FRICTION STIR; FRICTION STIR WELDS; HIGH QUALITY; METALLOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NON-LINEAR CORRELATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHOD; NUGGET ZONE; PHASE COARSENING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; THICK PLATE; TILT ANGLE; TOOL ROTATIONS; TRAVEL SPEED; ULTRASONIC C-SCAN; ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY; VOLUME CONSERVATION; WELD CRACK; WORK PIECES; X-RAY DETECTIONS;

ALUMINUM; BUTT WELDING; FRICTION; GAS WELDING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICROSTRUCTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WELDS;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 79251620077     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.11.054     Document Type: Article

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