Tool durability maps for friction stir welding of an aluminium alloy

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2147, 2012, Pages 3552-3570

  Debroy, T ^a   De, A ^b   Bhadeshia, H K D H ^c   Manvatkar, V D ^b   Arora, A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durability maps; Fatigue and erosion; Friction stir welding; Tool durability

Indexed keywords

FRICTION STIR WELDING; MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELDING; WELDS;

DAMAGE ACCUMULATION MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FRICTION STIR; HARD ALLOY; MASS FLOW; MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; PIN DIAMETERS; PIN LENGTH; PLATE THICKNESS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; THICKER PLATE; THIN PLATE; TOOL FAILURES; TOOL LIFE; TOOL MATERIALS; WELDING SPEED; WELDING VARIABLES;

DURABILITY;

EID: 84868117018     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0270     Document Type: Article

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