Linear friction welding of aluminium to magnesium

Science and Technology of Welding and Joining

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 368-374

  Bhamji, I ^a   Preuss, M ^a   Moat, R J ^b   Threadgill, P L ^c   Addison, A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium to magnesium; Dissimilar materials; Linear friction welding

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; AZ31; BACK-SCATTERED; INTERMETALLIC PHASE; LINEAR FRICTION WELDING; MATERIAL COMBINATION; O TEMPER; PARENT MATERIALS; WELD LINES; WELD MICROSTRUCTURES; WELDING PARAMETERS;

ALUMINUM; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; FRICTION WELDING; JOINING; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WELDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

WELDING;

EID: 84862285689     PISSN: 13621718     EISSN: 17432936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1362171812Y.0000000017     Document Type: Article

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