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 …

Aluminium and copper are employed in various industrial applications due to their high
plasticity, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and characteristics. By effectively …

Three different features of pin models in Al-Cu dissimilar friction stir welding processes are
established to analyse the effects of threads and flats on the two-phase material thermal flow …

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 …

Conventional and cooling assisted friction stir welded Al–Mg joints were investigated by
visual inspection, optical macro plus microscopy, scanning electron micrographs, energy …

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 …

Heating assisted-friction stir welding (FSW) was carried out at different preheating currents
of 40, 80 and 120 amps by applying tungsten inert gas torch ahead of stirring tool while …

A new ultrasonic vibration assisted friction stir welding (UVaFSW) system was used to
successfully join AA6061-T6 aluminium alloy and C10100 pure copper plates. The effect of …

Friction stir welding (FSW) joints are inevitably accompanied with the change in shape of the
abutting surfaces due to the tool movement. Further, the formation of brittle intermetallics …

Al/Cu dissimilar joint has been widely produced by using friction stir welding (FSW), but the
weld quality remains limited. A recently developed ultrasonic vibration-assisted FSW …