Increasing demands for operating properties of fabricated elements on one hand, and a
necessity of reducing mass of a structure on the other, triggers materials engineering …

Friction stir welding (FSW) process is currently considered as a promising alternative to join
aluminium alloys. Indeed, this solid-state welding technique is particularly recommended for …

A three dimensional coupled thermo-mechanical finite element model (FEM) is proposed to
simulate a friction stir welding (FSW) process based on Lagrangian incremental technique …

This survey presents a literature review on the machine and control systems applied in
friction stir welding (FSW) with a special focus on the new trends, ie, using robots and force …

Friction stir processing (FSP) is a friction stir-based material processing method for
enhancement of material microstructural and surface properties. As FSP is a multi-physics …

The present study proposes the use of an industrial serial robot to reduce the investment
cost and to increase the process flexibility of Friction Stir Welding (FSW). The first part of the …

The status quo of aluminium-to-copper joining by friction stir welding (FSW) drastically
changed in recent years, as a result of the increased interest of the scientific community on …

Wayne Thomas at TWI (The Welding Institute), and the first patent applications were filed in
the UK in December 1991. Initially, the process was regarded as a “laboratory” curiosity, but …

The developed ultrasonic assisted friction stir welding (UaFSW) process can reduce the
welding load and improve the joint quality, but the interaction mechanism between the …

The variation of forces, torque, absorbed energy, and temperature distribution during friction
stir welding process is investigated. Friction stir welding experiments were performed on an …