Fatigue behaviour of FSW and MIG weldments for two aluminium alloys

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

Moreira, PMGP (Author) FEUP; de Figueiredo, MAV (Author) FEUP; de Castro, PMST (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Vol. 48 No. 2

Pages: 169-177

ISSN: 0167-8442

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Mechanical engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-7CF

DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2007.06.001

Abstract (EN): The increasing use of aluminium alloys in transportation, such as railways, shipbuilding and aeronautics, calls for more efficient and reliable welding processes that would require more in depth understanding of fatigue failure. The objective of this work focuses on the contrasting difference of fatigue behaviour of joints made from the traditional process of metal inert gas (MIG) welding, and the emerging process of friction stir welding (FSW). Effort is made to relate the macroscopic mechanical behaviour to the microstructural feature of the weldments.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9