A comprehensive review on optimal welding conditions for friction stir welding of thermoplastic polymers and their composites

SH Iftikhar, AHI Mourad, J Sheikh-Ahmad, F Almaskari… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir spot welding (FSSW) techniques are becoming
widely popular joining techniques because of their increasing potential applications in …

A review on the recent trends in forming composite joints using spot welding variants

A Arumugam, A Pramanik - Journal of Composites Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
Traditional resistance spot welding (RSW) has been unsuccessful in forming quality
composite joints between steel–or aluminum–polymer-based composites. This has led to …

[HTML][HTML] Friction stir welding of carbon black reinforced high-density polyethylene tube-to-tubesheet joints

SH Iftikhar, AHI Mourad, DT Thekkuden… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrial heat exchanger applications dealing with highly corrosive fluids demand the use
of thermoplastic heat exchangers because of the chemically inert and anti-fouling nature of …

An overview of friction stir welding of high-density polyethylene

SH Iftikhar, AHI Mourad… - 2020 Advances in …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of thermoplastics is
becoming popular because of its many industrial applications. This paper specifically …

Review on Recent Trends in Composite Joints using Spot Welding Variants

A Arumugam, A Pramanik - 2024 - preprints.org
Traditional resistance spot welding (RSW) was unsuccessful in forming quality composite
joints between steel or aluminium-polymer based composites. This led to the development …