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.

Friction stir welding is a relatively new solid state joining process, which is suitable for welding similar and dissimilar materials.  The present research work concentrates on the effect of tool rotational speed on the tensile, microstructural properties and microhardness of the friction stir welded joints of different grades of austenitic stainless steel sheets. Four different tool rotationa...

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...

This paper focuses on Friction Stir Welding (FSW), a fairly recent technique, invented by The Welding Institute (TWI) in 1991, that utilizes a non-consumable rotating welding tool to generate frictional heat and plastic deformation at the welding location; thereby, affecting the formation of a joint while the material is in the solid state. In particular, FSW can be used to join high-strength a...

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 ...