Fatigue characterization and modeling of friction stir spot welds in magnesium AZ31 alloy

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Jordon, J B ^a   Horstemeyer, M F ^b   Daniewicz, S R ^b   Badarinarayan, H ^c   Grantham, J ^b  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HITACHI AMERICA LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CRACKS; CYCLIC LOADS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; FRICTION STIR WELDING; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPOT WELDING; WELDS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING; CRACK GROWTH MODEL; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE-MODEL PREDICTION; FRICTION STIR SPOT WELD; JOINING PROCESS; OPTICAL FRACTOGRAPHY; STRESS INTENSITY;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 79953251793     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002330     Document Type: Article

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