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- Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF FIGURES
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- Page 7 and 8: Figure 16: Left(FE streamline), Mid
- Page 9 and 10: Figure 51: A thermal camera image t
- Page 11 and 12: for a similar conventional weld (3/
- Page 13 and 14: Figure 102: Tapered retraction proc
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- Page 17 and 18: Unsupported welds of this kind with
- Page 19 and 20: Figure 157: A thermal camera image
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- Page 23 and 24: N - newton (force unit) n - visco-p
- Page 25 and 26: INTRODUCTION Friction Stir Welding,
- Page 27 and 28: educed conduction lengths. In small
- Page 29 and 30: CHAPTER I LITERATURE REVIEW: COMPUT
- Page 31 and 32: frictional condition at the interfa
- Page 33 and 34: contact. The contact area can inclu
- Page 35 and 36: For horizontal sections, a heat inp
- Page 37 and 38: (1.11) where r p is the probe (pin)
- Page 39 and 40: This efficiency term, η pd , is kn
- Page 41 and 42: The heat input on the tool surface
- Page 43: The added complication of these met
- Page 47 and 48: Flow stress in aluminum alloys is d
- Page 49 and 50: Figure 8: Three flow fields a) rota
- Page 51 and 52: and post-weld cool-down. This model
- Page 53 and 54: Williams et al. [60] use a 2D-axisy
- Page 55 and 56: Figure 16: Left(FE streamline), Mid
- Page 57 and 58: Figure 18: Temperature contour over
- Page 59 and 60: Figure 22: Temperature distribution
- Page 61 and 62: Figure 24: Lateral velocity contour
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- Page 65 and 66: Figure 28: Top view schematic of tu
- Page 67 and 68: [5] Taylor RE, Groot H, Goerz T, Fe
- Page 69 and 70: [41] Heinz B., Skrotzki B., Eggler
- Page 71 and 72: CHAPTER II COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS O
- Page 73 and 74: Figure 30: Blind t-joint setup with
- Page 75 and 76: Figure 33: Process forces and later
- Page 77 and 78: Figure 35: Experimental Welds, Axia
- Page 79 and 80: Figure 37: FEA boundary conditions
- Page 81 and 82: A 4500 N axial force is applied eve
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- Page 85 and 86: Figure 42: Contour plot of von Mise
- Page 87 and 88: Figure 44: Deformation contour for
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Figure 52: Fluent CFD model zones.
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Figure 55: Thermal contour of weld
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Figure 59: Thermal contour of weld
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Figure 61: Velocity vectors for 0.0
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Figure 65: Contour of velocity magn
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CHAPTER III THE APPLICATION OF SHOU
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Figure 66: A shoulder-less, conical
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Figure 68: Typical axial(Z-axis) fo
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Figure 71: 90° conical tool macros
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Figure 75: Run 3, 80° conical tool
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Figure 79: (90º tool) Ultimate ten
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Figure 83: (90º tool) Lateral forc
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Figure 87: (80º tool) Lateral forc
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The Eulerian, finite volume, CFD so
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Figure 92 shows the increasing elem
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Figure 91: CFD model geometry consi
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Figure 95: Lateral cross-section of
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Figure 96: Attempts a probe tapered
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CHAPTER IV THE FRICTION STIR WELDIN
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applications for its high strength
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Figure 97: Experimental weld sample
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Figure 99: Split protrusion type de
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with a cupped recess. It is however
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of tapered retraction (i.e. move th
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The adjustments in vertical positio
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manners the assigned depth was main
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Figure 108: Lateral macrosections f
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Figure 110: (Supported, cupped tool
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Figure 112: (Supported, cupped tool
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Figure 114: (Supported, cupped tool
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apparent strength of 26% parent whi
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with a 100º conical tool (0.025”
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Figure 119: Macrosection view of an
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and tooling. Torque is highly depen
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locally in proportion to the local
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Figure 126: (threaded tool) Contour
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Figure 128: (conical tool) Geometry
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Figure 131: (threaded tool) Lateral
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The results presented here show tha
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Figure 136:(from left: Tapered retr
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[8] Metallurgical analysis of ablat
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CHAPTER V FRICTION STIR WELDING OF
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Collaboration between Advanced Meta
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eccentricity, the method of interio
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gas tungsten arc welding of small d
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Full penetration welds of 4.2” (1
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Figure 143: The curvature of the pi
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Figure 144: Experimental axial forc
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Together, a fine wall thickness tol
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Figure 147: Axial force history for
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The weld macrosections show complet
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Figure 154: Macrosections of welds
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Figure 157: A thermal camera image
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Figure 159: Average tool shank temp
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471,146 faces. The meshes are fine
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Figure 162: A closeup view of mesh
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4 2 3 4 5 16 " 1.745 2 0.24
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applied heat locally in proportion
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Figure 164: Modeled temperature con
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Figure 167: Modeled temperature con
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Figure 169: Modeled temperature con
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Figure 172: Model pathlines for the
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Figure 174: Model pathlines for the
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later speed setting, the tool welds
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Figure 178: Zoom view of a macro ta
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Figure 180: The superficial appeara
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Figure 182: The rotary welding appa
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Figure 185: A diagram illustrating
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CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK Conclusi
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new FSW process environment is reso