Thermo-mechanical modeling of friction stir spot welding (FSSW) process: Use of an explicit adaptive meshing scheme

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Awang, M ^a   Mucino, V H ^a   Feng, Z ^b   David, S A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; SPOT WELDING; WELDS;

ADAPTIVE MESHING; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING; MATERIAL FLOW; MODELING ASPECTS; RADIAL DIRECTION; TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 85072458547     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2005-01-1251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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