Over the last decade attempts have been made to fabricate aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) reinforced with several ceramic particles. Aluminum reinforced with ZrB2 particles is one such AMC. The successful application of new kind of AMCs lies in the development of secondary processes such as machining and joining. Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new solid state welding which overco...

in this article effects of friction stir welding (fsw) tool rotational and traverse speeds were studied on heat generation and temperature distribution in welding zone of aa1100 aluminium alloy. computational fluid dynamics method was used to simulate the process with commercial cfd fluent 6.4 package. to enhance the accuracy of simulation in this study, the welding line that is located workpie...

The Friction Stir Welding process is now 20 years old and the interest in it and its potential continues to increase dramatically. FSW can be applied to a multitude of products with varying material types and thicknesses. However, a continuous weld is not always required to meet the product performance requirements. Thus, one can consider some form of intermittent weld, such as Friction Stir Sp...

friction welding is widely used in various industries. in friction welding, heat is generated by conversion of mechanical energy into thermal energy at the interface the work pieces during pin rotation under pressure. a three-dimensional thermo mechanical simulation of friction stir welding (fsw) processes is carried out for aluminium alloys of 6061and 7050 where the simulation results are comp...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a joining process where the regulation of some technological parameters, like machining forces and tool velocities, is essential to ensure the required product quality. Therefore industrial robots are often equipped with force sensors in order to have a monitoring of the interaction forces between the rotating tool and the sheets metal. Alternatively a mathematica...

AA 6061 has gathered wide acceptance in the fabrication of the light structures required to high strength. Compared to the fusion welding processes that are used for joining structural aluminium alloys, friction stir welding (FSW) process is an emerging solid state joining process in which the material that is being welded does not melt and recast. In this experimental work, an extensive invest...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an emerging manufacturing technology for aerospace structures. It will see widespread use in the future as it offers ways of creating lighter structures at lower manufacturing cost than traditional methods (riveting, adhesive bonding). Since its invention in 1991, FSW has known fast improvements and many studies have demonstrated its capability for joining a wide ...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an innovative process that has been successfully used in joining aluminum alloys, normally difficult to weld. Important advantages over fusion welding are better retention of baseline material properties, lower residual stresses and excellent mechanical properties. Defects that occur in FSW joints are due to improper tooling or setup. Non-destructive techniques us...

Friction stir welding is gaining significance in typical joining applications day by day. Modeling and simulation of FSW has been a great challenge due to the complexity of the process. We are initiating an effort to review various modeling and simulation techniques mentioned in literature and to find the future scope and possibilities of new techniques.