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D.H. Lammlein PhD Dissertation - Vanderbilt University

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Unsupported welds of this kind with a traditional FSW tool create a bead type defect on<br />

the underside. A shoulder-less, conical tool was used in unsupported welds in the<br />

experiment....................................................................................................................... 150<br />

Figure 138: The rotary welding apparatus used in this experiment is mounted to a<br />

standard FSW machine and rotates butted pipe sections below a stationary tool axis. .. 156<br />

Figure 139: A still image taken from video made during an experimental weld (top view).<br />

......................................................................................................................................... 156<br />

Figure 140: A closeup view of a tool used in the experiment and the butted weld<br />

specimens used in the experiment. The pipe sections are shown mounted in the welding<br />

apparatus. The experiment is started from this position. The tool probe was position was<br />

calibrated, or zeroed, against the surface of the work. The tool rotation is started and the<br />

probe is plunged into the material until the desired contact is achieved with the shoulder<br />

on the cylindrical surface of the work............................................................................. 158<br />

Figure 141: The expandable mandrel consists of slotted end caps which mate with the<br />

keyed axle of the rotary apparatus, a ring anvil with an expansion gap and inner taper, a<br />

spacer for centering the anvil, an expansion plug with an outer taper, and bolts (not<br />

pictured) to expand the mandrel by pulling the plug towards an end cap and into the taper<br />

of the anvil. ..................................................................................................................... 160<br />

Figure 142: Ultimate tensile strength (UTS) as a percentage of the parent material UTS<br />

vs. Traverse Rate for full-penetration butted pipe welds made with 5/8” diameter, scrolled<br />

shoulder and 0.18” length, threaded probe tools. Data is shown for both the<br />

3/16”(4.8mm) diameter probe tool and the 0.236”(6mm) diameter probe tool used in the<br />

experiment. Weld tensile strength is observed to increase with increasing process rates<br />

with the exception of the extreme cases. ........................................................................ 162<br />

Figure 143: The curvature of the pipe tensile coupons required the use of specialized<br />

clamps. The tensile jaws pictured above were designed to grip tensile coupons cut from<br />

welds of butted pipe and butted hemisphere sections. Each jaw uses six bolts to grip each<br />

coupon. Bolt tips are spiked, snubbed, or flat depending on the geometry gripped and the<br />

location contacted on the coupon. ................................................................................... 163<br />

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