The unique combination of very large strains, high temperatures and high strain rates
inherent to friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir processing (FSP) and their dependency …

Spot welding, particularly resistance spot welding (RSW), is a critical joining process in
automotive industry. The development of advanced high strength steels for applications in …

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a widely used solid state joining process for soft materials such
as aluminium alloys because it avoids many of the common problems of fusion welding …

The friction stir welding (FSW) technique is widely accepted to be one of the most significant
welding techniques to emerge in the last 20 years. Friction stir welding of Al-alloys is now …

This review is on the various techniques and methodologies applied to sensor based
monitoring of the quality and control of defects in an advanced joining process named …

Friction stir welding does not involve bulk melting of the components that are joined. This
has inspired attempts to exploit it for joining materials which differ in properties, chemical …

In this study, the weldability of lower strength St 37 grade steel plate with a higher strength
steel plate (ie, St 44) using the friction stir welding technique has been studied. St 37 grade …

The permanent metal joining processes play a vital role in assembling the complex
aluminium structures of the aerospace, automotive, marine, and oil industries. The invention …

Friction stir welding (FSW) finds wide application in a number of industries thanks to its
efficiency and sustainability. Salient industrial sectors utilising this process are automobile …

The level of activity in research on the friction stir welding of steels is dwarfed when
compared with that on aluminium alloys. There are good reasons for this. The relative …