Abstract: Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new joining process that is presently attracting considerable interest. The FSW process was developed at TWI (The welding institute) in 1991. Friction stir welding process is a solid-state joining process with the potential to join low melting point materials, particularly aluminum alloys. The surface finish of welded joint is very good in friction stir welding as compared with other welding process. In the present study, a finite element heat generation model in ABAQUS 6.14 was developed to estimate the amount of heat generation in friction stir welding of aluminum AA6061-T6 plate. The study was focused on numerical.....
Key Word: Friction stir welding (FSW), Transient thermal analysis, Finite element modelling, FSW Process parameters
[1] Thomas, W. M., Nicholas, E. D., Needham, J. C., Murch, M. G., Temple-Smith, P., & Dawes, C. J. (1991). Friction stir butt
welding, international patent application no. PCT/GB92 Patent application, (9125978.8).
[2] Bhadeshia, H. K. D. H. (2003). Joining of commercial aluminium alloys. In Proceedings of International Conference on Aluminium
(INCAL'03), S. Subramanian and DH Sastry, Eds (pp. 195-204).
[3] Mishra, R. S., & Ma, Z. Y. (2005). Friction stir welding and processing. Materials science and engineering: R: reports, 50(1-2), 1-
78.
[4] Threadgill, P. L., Leonard, A. J., Shercliff, H. R., & Withers, P. J. (2009). Friction stir welding of aluminium alloys. International
Materials Reviews, 54(2), 49-93.
[5] Chao, Y. J., Liu, S., & Chien, C. H. (2008). Friction stir welding of al 6061‐ T6 thick plates: Part I‐ experimental analyses of
thermal and mechanical phenomena. Journal of the Chinese institute of engineers, 31(5), 757-767