Friction stir welding of tailored joints for industrial applications
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Abstract
Friction stir welding (FSW) is an energy efficient and environmentally "friendly" (no fumes, noise, or sparks) welding process, during which the workpieces are welded together in a solid-state joining process at a temperature below the melting point of the workpiece material under a combination of extruding and forging. Since its invention in 1991 by TWI, such process has been reaching a continuously increasing popularity among aerospace, automotive and shipbuilding industries due its capability to weld unweldable or difficult-to-weld light alloys in different joint morphologies. In this paper a wide experimental campaign is carried out in order to obtain T and lap joints characterized by dimensions of industrial interest from two sheets, the stringer and the skin, of different materials. In particular a peculiar clamping fixture has been designed in order to assure a perfect contact between the stringer and the skin and to develop the “transparency” welding; a proper welding tool has been utilized allowing to obtain at the same time a sound joint and the designed final component fillet radii. Finally T-pull tests together with macro and micro observations have been developed at the varying of the main process parameters.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis · Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses · Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
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