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This paper shows the potential of stationary shoulder friction stir welding (SSFSW) for producing higher quality T- section joints relative to a conventional friction stir welding (FSW) approach. The residual stress distributions and their relationship to the weld zone microstructure and hardness distributions in SSFSW T-joints were investigated, as a function of welding travel speed. The final longitudinal residual stress fields were asymmetric, although individual weld zones showed similarities to those for conventional butt SSFSWs. The thermal excursion and plastic strain arising from the second pass lowered the residual stresses seen from the first pass, so that the largest tensile stresses (∼160 MPa) were found close to the nugget from the second weld pass. The asymmetry in hardness distribution was caused by the thermal field of the second pass which thermally treated material in the first pass and resulted in …