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 …

[HTML][HTML] Weldability of thermoplastic materials for friction stir welding-A state of art review and future applications

R Kumar, R Singh, IPS Ahuja, R Penna… - Composites Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer composites have certain advantages over metals in terms of mechanical as well as
metallurgical properties. These can be joined with similar as well as dissimilar polymer …

[HTML][HTML] A new fine-tuned random vector functional link model using Hunger games search optimizer for modeling friction stir welding process of polymeric materials

WS AbuShanab, M Abd Elaziz, EI Ghandourah… - journal of materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Modeling of manufacturing processes using artificial intelligence-based techniques has
recently received considerable attention. The current investigation introduces a new artificial …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of rotation speed, transverse speed, and pin length during underwater friction stir welding (UW-FSW) on aluminum AA6063: A novel criterion for …

J Kumar, S Majumder, AK Mondal, RK Verma - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development and demand for lightweight materials such as aluminum, magnesium, and
their alloys have been significant in the aerospace and automotive industries. Friction stir …

Material flow and thermo-mechanical conditions during Friction Stir Welding of polymers: Literature review, experimental results and empirical analysis

F Simões, DM Rodrigues - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
Meanwhile the thermo-mechanical conditions during Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of metals
have already been subject of extensive analysis and thoroughly discussed in literature, in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of welding process conditions on friction stir welding of polymer composites: A review

R Rudrapati - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2022 - Elsevier
Industrial revolution progressing with extensive utilization of the lightweight materials to
make parts using thermoplastic, fiber reinforced polymer and other light-weight metals in …

[HTML][HTML] Friction stir welding and friction spot stir welding processes of polymers—state of the art

F Lambiase, HA Derazkola, A Simchi - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the friction stir welding of polymers has been increasingly investigated by
the means of more and more sophisticated approaches. Since the early studies, which were …

Refill friction stir spot welding of thermoplastic composites: Case study on Carbon-fiber-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide

H Schäfer, LA Blaga, E Stöver, B Klusemann - Thin-walled structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding (refill FSSW) is an innovative solid-state welding
technique that has been successfully applied to various combinations of metallic materials …

Influence of process parameters on mechanical performance and bonding area of AA2024/carbon-fiber-reinforced poly (phenylene sulfide) friction spot single lap …

SM Goushegir, JF Dos Santos, ST Amancio-Filho - Materials & Design, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of friction spot joining process parameters on the bonding area and mechanical
performance of single lap joints were investigated using full-factorial design of experiments …

Modeling and experimental validation of material flow during FSW of polycarbonate

HA Derazkola, A Eyvazian, A Simchi - Materials Today Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Friction stir welding (FSW) of thermoplastic materials is an attractive but a challenging
process due to inherent chemical and mechanical characteristics of polymeric materials. In …