Critical review of automotive steels spot welding: process, structure and properties

M Pouranvari, SPH Marashi - Science and Technology of welding …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Spot welding, particularly resistance spot welding (RSW), is a critical joining process in
automotive industry. The development of advanced high strength steels for applications in …

A review of friction stir welding of steels: Tool, material flow, microstructure, and properties

FC Liu, Y Hovanski, MP Miles, CD Sorensen… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Considerable progress has been achieved in friction stir welding (FSW) of steels in every
aspect of tool fabrication, microstructure control and properties evaluation in the past two …

Advances in friction stir spot welding

Z Shen, Y Ding, AP Gerlich - Critical Reviews in Solid State and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a variation of linear Friction Stir Welding (FSW), which
was invented to compete with resistance spot welding (RSW) and riveting of lightweight …

Quantitative wear analysis of H13 steel tool during friction stir welding of Cu-0.8% Cr-0.1% Zr alloy

P Sahlot, K Jha, GK Dey, A Arora - Wear, 2017 - Elsevier
Joining of high strength materials using friction stir welding (FSW) is difficult due to severe
tool wear and change in the shape/size of the tool. However, quantitative understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Tool wear mechanisms and effects on refill friction stir spot welding of AA2198-T8 sheets

CC de Castro, J Shen, AH Plaine… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding (refill FSSW) is a method for joining similar and
dissimilar lightweight metallic materials or thermoplastic polymers. The technique produces …

Effect of rotation rate on microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir spot welded DP780 steel

GM **e, HB Cui, ZA Luo, W Yu, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
DP780 steel sheets consisting of ferrite and martensite were successfully friction stir spot
welded (FSSW) at the rotation rates of 500 to 1500 r/min using a W-Re alloy tool. The effect …

Double-sided friction stir spot welding of ultra-high strength C-Mn-Si martensitic steel by adjustable probes

X Wang, Y Morisada, K Ushioda, H Fujii - Journal of Materials Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-quality joints of ultra-high strength C-Si-Mn quenched and tempered martensitic steel
were successfully fabricated by double-sided friction stir spot welding (FSSW) with …

Wear-induced changes in FSW tool pin profile: effect of process parameters

P Sahlot, K Jha, GK Dey, A Arora - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2018 - Springer
Friction stir welding (FSW) of high melting point metallic (HMPM) materials has limited
application due to tool wear and relatively short tool life. Tool wear changes the profile of the …

Comparison of microstructural and mechanical properties of friction stir spot welded ultra-high strength dual phase and complex phase steels

H Das, M Mondal, ST Hong, Y Lim, KJ Lee - Materials Characterization, 2018 - Elsevier
The microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir spot welding of ultrahigh
strength dual phase (DP) and complex phase (DP) steels are compared based on the …

Improving mechanical properties of friction-stir-spot-welded advanced ultra-high-strength steel with additional water cooling

ZW Wang, GN Ma, BH Yu, P Xue, GM **e… - … and Technology of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
2 mm thick DP1180 advanced ultra-high-strength steel were successfully friction stir spot
welded (FSSWed) with additional water cooling. No hook defect and obvious keyhole were …