Friction stir welding of aluminium alloys and damage tolerance of integral monolithic structures

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

Valentin Richter-Trummer (Author) FEUP; Sérgio Tavares (Author) FEUP; Pedro Moreira (Author) FEUP; Paulo Tavares De Castro (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Mechanika

Vol. 73

Pages: 18-22

ISSN: 1392-1207

Publisher: Kaunas University of Technology

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Mechanical engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-44J

Abstract (EN): Friction stir welding (FSW) is a key process considered for critical structures as railways rolling stock, aircraft fuselage panels and shipbuilding, and other applications. There is widespread interest in the use of FSW aluminium alloys, aiming at moving from fastened structures with many components, to integral monolithic structures with economies in part number, fabrication time, weight and cost. The damage tolerance of the resulting structures is not as well understood as in the case of earlier manufacturing techniques, and there is a need for data concerning the fatigue behaviour of FSW,joints in a variety of situations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5