Characteristics of laser beam and friction stir welded AISI 409M ferritic stainless steel joints

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 530-539

  Lakshminarayanan, A K ^a   Balasubramanian, V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ferritic stainless steel; Friction stir welding; Impact toughness; Laser beam welding; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BASE MATERIAL; BASE METALS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DENDRITIC GRAINS; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; FERRITE GRAINS; FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL; FINE GRAINS; FRICTION STIR; FSW JOINT; FUSION WELDING; FUSION ZONES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH STRAINS; IMPACT TEST; MICROHARDNESS TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; RAPID COOLING; SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS; TRANSVERSE TENSILE; WELD METAL; WELDING PROCESS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FERRITE; FERRITIC STEEL; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 84862195578     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-011-9943-y     Document Type: Article

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