The demands for higher fuel efficiency in the automotive sector have motivated the
increased use of multi-material combinations for lightweight designs in recent years. This …

This paper summarizes the status of various external energy-assisted friction stir welding
techniques developed till date. Preheating the workpiece material through an external …

Tailor welded blanks (TWBs) are produced by welding blanks with different characteristics
as such thickness and/or coating and/or material, etc. The forming characteristics of a TWB …

In present work friction stir welds produced in 1mm thick plates of AA 6016-T4 aluminium
alloy, with two different tools, were analysed and compared concerning the microstructure …

A “stop-action” technique was employed to study the grain structure and texture
development during friction stir welding of thin 6016 aluminum sheets. The microstructural …

Rapidly solidified thin-strip (TS) continuous cast AA5182 Al-Mg alloy was welded for the first
time by the friction stir welding (FSW) technique. The response of solute supersaturation that …

The present article introduces the auxiliary energy assisted friction stir welding (FSW)
processes purported to overcome the shortcomings of the conventional FSW process. The …

The tensile behaviour of similar and dissimilar friction stir welds in 1mm thick sheets of two
aluminium alloys (AA5182-H111 and AA6016-T4) is analysed in this paper. The …

The demands for high specific strength materials in the automotive industries have inspired
the utility of multi-functional body parts to reduce fuel consumption. This has inevitably been …

Abstract An Al-12Si/Al-3.5 Cu-1.5 Mg-1Si bimetal with a good interface was successfully
produced by selective laser melting (SLM). The SLM bimetal exhibits four successive zones …