Improvement of formation quality for friction stir welded joints

Welding Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fu, R D ^a   Sun, R C ^a   Zhang, F C ^a   Liu, H J ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Formation quality; Friction stir welding; FSW tool; Rotational direction; Weld ambient temperature; Welding condition

Indexed keywords

COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTIONS; FLOW PATH; FRICTION STIR WELDED JOINTS; ROTATIONAL DIRECTIONS; WELD DEFECTS; WELD JOINTS; WELD PARAMETERS; WELD ZONE; WELDING CONDITIONS; WELDING PARAMETERS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DEFECTS; FRICTION STIR WELDING; GAS WELDING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; TEMPERATURE;

WELDS;

EID: 84862586223     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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