Challenges in joining of unequal thickness materials for aerospace applications: A review

T Majeed, Y Mehta… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing industrial demand to reduce structural weight, optimize structural strength,
and high performance has led to the increasing use of tailors welded blanks. However, the …

Joint strength evaluation of friction stir welded Al-Cu dissimilar alloys

S Shankar, P Vilaça, P Dash, S Chattopadhyaya… - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
Friction stir welding has been successfully employed to fabricate dissimilar thickness
AA1050 and oxygen free copper (Cu-OF). The highest value of the joint tensile strength …

Single point incremental forming of tailored blanks produced by friction stir welding

MB Silva, M Skjødt, P Vilaça, N Bay… - Journal of Materials …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper is focused on the single point incremental forming (SPIF) of tailored welded
blanks produced by friction stir welding (FSW). Special emphasis is placed on the know-how …

Mechanical properties of dissimilar thickness aluminium alloy weld by single/double pass FSW

PK Sahu, S Pal - Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
To address the challenges of joining of dissimilar thickness plates, single pass bottom flat
(SPBF), single pass top flat (SPTF) and double pass bottom flat (DPBF) joint configurations …

Mechanical properties of laser beam welded similar and dissimilar aluminum alloys

J Enz, M Kumar, S Riekehr, V Ventzke, N Huber… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two approaches were used for laser beam welding of similar and dissimilar joints of
AA7075 and AA5182 that aim to overcome the weldability problems of high-strength Al-Zn …

Effect of friction stir welding parameters on microstructure-based defect formation and mechanical properties of Tailor Welded Blanks

T Majeed, AN Siddiquee, Y Mehta - Materials Today Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
This maiden work on friction stir welding (FSW) of unequal thickness dissimilar (UETD)
materials with plate thickness ratio (PTR) of 2.54 presents a comprehensive analysis of the …

T-FSW of dissimilar aerospace grade aluminium alloys: influence of second pass on weld defects

MH Abidi, N Ali, H Ibrahimi, S Anjum, D Bajaj… - Metals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The restoration of numerous aircraft structures is achievable with effective repair of welded
joints. T-joints are often utilized in these structures to provide structural stability, keeping …

A comparative study on friction stir welding of tailor weld blanks

T Majeed, A Noor Siddiquee, Y Mehta… - Materials Science …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of single-pass (SP) and double-pass (DP) friction stir welding (FSW) on
metallographic and mechanical properties of joints was investigated in this study. Uniform …

Quality assessment of friction stir welding joints via an analytical thermal model, iSTIR

P Vilaça, L Quintino, JF dos Santos, R Zettler… - Materials Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
An inverse engineering approach has been implemented in order to demonstrate the
feasibility of using the analytical thermal code iSTIR to establish correlations between the …

Investigation on the friction stir assisted lap joining of pure copper and aluminium 6063 alloy

O Prakash, S Dwivedi, S Pagrut, MS Rajawat… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among solid-state joining processes, the friction stir welding process stands out for its ability
to fabricate specimens with desired thickness and high-quality bonding of the specimens …