Predicting tensile strength, hardness and corrosion rate of friction stir welded AA6061-T6 aluminium alloy joints

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2878-2890

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

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Alloys; B. Welding; C. Hardness

Indexed keywords

A. ALLOYS; AA6061-T6; AL-MG-SI ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; AXIAL FORCES; B. WELDING; BUTT WELDED JOINT; C. HARDNESS; FRICTION STIR; HARDNESS AND CORROSION; HIGH STRENGTH; OPTIMAL WELDING; PIN DIAMETERS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; TOOL HARDNESS; TOOL PARAMETER; WELDING SPEED;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM CORROSION; BUTT WELDING; CORROSION RATE; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FRICTION; HARDNESS; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; SILICON ALLOYS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 79952192157     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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