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PWL#078B - Resources on Friction Stir Welding, Process Technology, Aluminum, Magnesium, Steels
February 15, 2010

Bulletin 46
February 15, 2010

PWL#078B - Resources on Friction Stir Welding, Process Technology Development, Research, Microstructures, Modeling, Equipment, Applications, Aluminum, Armor Grade Aluminum, Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites, Magnesium, Steels, Specification, Theses, Downloadable Papers, Books and more...


Mid February Bulletin

15 February 2010 - Resources on Friction Stir Welding - Bulletin 46


Introduction

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On the argument of this Issue you may see also the following Website pages:
Friction Stir Welding, and Friction Surfacing.

Short notes were devoted to this process in Section 11 of Issue 32 of Practical Welding Letter for April 2006 and in Section 2 of Issue 47 for July 2007. Click on PWL#032 and on PWL#047 to read them.

Previous Issues of Practical Welding Letter are available at the Index of Past Issues of PWL, while the Titles of important Articles published there are in the page on Welding Topics.

The Index of all previous Issues of the Mid Month Bulletins can be found in the page of Welding Resources.

The subject dealt with in this issue may be quite specialized to be of daily use to the average welder. Nevertheless the Friction Stir Welding process has gained extraordinary acceptance for some of the most demanding applications and its future development seems assured.

Therefore even those who do not practice it should know about its advantages and limitations and might explore its application if suitable for determined situations.

It may be interesting to know that, besides the construction of unique pieces of equipment for the fabrication of large assemblies, conversion kits were developed for adapting, within a limited budget, standard milling machines to perform FSW for experimental or size limited work.

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Resources

Friction stir welding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction_stir_welding

Friction Stir Welding
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2003/FSW/aaa.html

Friction Stir Weld Microstructure
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2003/FSW/bbb.html

Friction Stir Welding at TWI
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/fswintro.html

Friction Stir Welding - how to weld aluminium without melting it
http://twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/band_8/spswkmay2001.html
(Reading requires no cost registration)

Friction Stir Welding - Equipment
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/fswequip.html

TALAT Lecture 4410 on Friction Stir Welding (13 pages)
http://www.eaa.net/eaa/education/TALAT/lectures/4410.pdf

An Outsider Looks at Friction Stir Welding (71 pages)
http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/csta/publications/media/friction_stir_welding.pdf

Friction Stir Welding (FSW)
http://www.dlr.de/wf/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2132/2294_read-3738/

Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites (4 pages)
http://files.aws.org/conferences/abstracts/2003/10c.pdf

A Bonding Experience: NASA Strengthens Welds
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/friction_stir.html

SAPA: Friction Stir Welding (6 pages)
http://www.sapagroup.com/upload/FSW%20eng.pdf

MTI: Friction Stir Welding
http://www.mtiwelding.com/equipment/1/Friction-Stir-Welding

Friction Stir Welding Technology (2 pages)
http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/pdf/FSW11.20.01.pdf

Orbital Friction Stir Weld System
http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/Patents/%2854%29.html

Friction Stir Welding of Steel Pipes (video)
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2004/megastir.html

Page of Links to 11 downloadable Articles on FSW
http://www.matse.psu.edu/modeling/FSW.htm

Center for Friction Stir Processing (CFSP)
http://www.niar.wichita.edu/coe/cfsp.asp

Applications: Friction Stir Weld (Downloadable papers)
http://www.lanl.gov/contour/fsw.html

Friction Stir Welding of Armor Grade Aluminum Plate
http://www.aws.org/wj/dec99/campbell.html

Railway Manufacturers Implement Friction Stir Welding
http://www.aws.org/wj/oct02/feature.html

Process Specification for Friction Stir Welding
mmptdpublic.jsc.nasa.gov/prc/7565c.doc

Creating an Affordable Option for Friction Stir Welding
http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-11860

Belgian Welding Institute: FSW of Aluminum Alloys
http://www.bil-ibs.be/nl/Onderzoek/pdf/CASSTIR_proposal.pdf

Friction Stir Welding of Magnesium AM60 Alloy
http://www.ornl.gov/~webworks/cppr/y2001/pres/120929.pdf

Friction Stir Welding Provides Advantages
http://www.ml.afrl.af.mil/news/MLL/afrl_ws_06_0069.html

Metal Cutting Theory and Friction Stir Welding Tool Design
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030093619_2003101304.pdf

Use of Friction Stir Welding and Friction Stir Processing
for Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Materials Joining Applications

(3 pages)
http://www.inl.gov/technicalpublications/Documents/3479749.pdf

FSW - Joining and Transformations
http://mstd.nrl.navy.mil/6320/6324/fsw.html

Modelling of friction stir welding for robotic implementation
http://www.engr.uky.edu/~ymzhang/Papers/SI%20Modelling_FSW_Robotic_Implementation.pdf

FSW Advances Joining Technology
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/32/31636.pdf

Microstructural Development in Friction Stir Welding (2 Pages)
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/Review05/images/05Chemical%28Fonda%29.pdf

Selected Friction Stir Technology Efforts for Naval Shipbuilding
http://www.nsrp.org/Ship_Production_Panels/Welding/downloads/040506_FSW_Overview.pdf

Friction Stir Welding For Ship Construction (6 pages)
http://www.ncemt.ctc.com/useruploads/file/publications/FSWShipConstruction.pdf

Hi Speed FSW Modeling (presentation, 27 frames)
http://research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/vuwal/Publications/highspeedstirmodel.ppt

Validation of Friction Stir Welding Process Models
(Presentation, 28 Frames)
http://www-materials.eng.cam.ac.uk/FSW_Benchmark/references/Validation%20of%20Friction%20Stir%20Welding%20Models.pdf

Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Methodology to Implement
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) for Automobile Chassis Fabrication

(59 pages)
http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Bagaitkar_09007dcc805a2c42.pdf

Contribution a l’Industrialisation du Soudage par Friction Malaxage
(Doctoral Thesis, in French) (256 pages)
http://pastel.paristech.org/5619/

A Finite Element Simulation of Temperature and Material Flow in Friction Stir Welding
(Master of Science Thesis - 119 pages)
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd642.pdf

Friction stir welding: From basics to applications (Book)
http://www.woodhead-publishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1503

Friction Stir Welding and Processing (Book)
http://www.fmastore.org/Friction-Stir-Welding-and-Processing-P251.aspx

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