Friction stir welding and processing enabled the creation of stronger joints, novel ultrafine-
grained metals, new metal matrix composites, and multifunctional surfaces at user-defined …

Friction stir welding (FSW), a highly efficient solid-state joining technique, has been termed
as “green” technology due to its energy efficiency and environment friendliness. It is an …

The candidacy of ninth earth abundant material, titanium is supreme when it comes to the
higher strength to weight ratio, and higher corrosive resistance. Next generation of jet …

The present paper is focused on friction stir welding (FSW) of dissimilar aluminum alloys and
steels, an area that is getting great concern recently. The promise of FSW joints lies in low …

The volume of fluid (VOF) modeling method was implemented to simulate the underwater
friction-stir welding (FSW) process for dissimilar joining between aluminum and steel …

This article studied the effects of pin angle on heat generation and temperature distribution
during friction stir welding (FSW) of AA1100 aluminum alloy and St-14 low carbon steel. A …

The paper presents a comprehensive review on dissimilar friction stir welding (FSW) of Al to
non-Al metallic materials, wherein the combination of Al–Mg, Al–Cu, Al-steel and Al–Ti are …

Friction stir welding is a rather recent welding process (patented in 1991 by Thomas et
al.,'Improvements to friction welding'UK patent application no. 9125978.8, US Patent …

One of the main challenging issues in friction stir welding (FSW) of stiffened structures is
maximizing skin and flange mixing. Among the various parameters in FSW that can affect the …

In this research, AA5005-O aluminum-magnesium alloy and St-52 low carbon steel sheets
were friction-stir welded in a butt-dissimilar joint design. Effects of different processing …