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Thermo-mechanical processing in friction stir welds (Document No: 20030093622)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schneider, Judy |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | Friction stir welding is a solid-phase joining, or welding process that was invented in 1991 at The Welding Institute (TWI). The process is potentially capable of joining a wide variety of aluminum alloys that are traditionally difficult to fusion weld. The friction stir welding (FSW) process produces welds by moving a non-consumable rotating pin tool along a seam between work pieces that are firmly clamped to an anvil. At the start of the process, the rotating pin is plunged into the material to a pre-determined load. The required heat is produced by a combination of frictional and deformation heating. The shape of the tool shoulder and supporting anvil promotes a high hydrostatic pressure along the joint line as the tool shears and literally stirs the metal together. To produce a defect free weld, process variables (RPM, transverse speed, and downward force) and tool pin design must be chosen carefully. An accurate model of the material flow during the process is necessary to guide process variable selection. At MSFC a plastic slip line model of the process has been synthesized based on macroscopic images of the resulting weld material. Although this model appears to have captured the main features of the process, material specific interactions are not understood. The objective of the present research was to develop a basic understanding of the evolution of the microstructure to be able to relate it to the deformation process variables of strain, strain rate, and temperature. |
| File Size | 1194214 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030093622 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8dg1pz93 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2003-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Thermodynamics Scanning Electron Microscopy Welded Joints Friction Stir Welding Recrystallization Fusion Welding Mechanical Properties Aluminum Alloys Friction Factor Microstructure Solid Phases Strain Rate Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
