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Aluminium Design and Construction John Dwight

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Figure 11.11 Interaction diagram for a weld carrying transverse <strong>and</strong> longitudinal components<br />

of load.<br />

11.3.8 Friction-stir welds<br />

The procedure for checking a friction-stir weld is simpler than that for<br />

arc welds (MIG, TIG), <strong>and</strong> at this early stage of FS development we<br />

very tentatively put forward the approach given below. The essential<br />

point is that there is no added weld metal to consider.<br />

The basic requirement is to satisfy expression (11.11) or (11.19) as for<br />

an arc weld. In so doing, the calculated resistance per unit length of<br />

weld may be obtained as follows, depending on the kind of action<br />

effect transmitted:<br />

Transverse force P – c =tp f<br />

Longitudinal force P – c =0.58tp f<br />

(11.22)<br />

(11.23)<br />

(11.24)<br />

Here p f is the same limiting stress that is used with fusion-boundary<br />

failure of arc welds (Section 11.3.5), while t is the thickness of the thinner<br />

connected part. Refer also to Section 6.9.<br />

11.4 BONDED JOINTS<br />

11.4.1 General description<br />

An alternative to the riveting, bolting or welding of aluminium is to<br />

use glue. Fifty years of experience have shown this to be a sound procedure<br />

if properly done. The word ‘glue’, however, is not generally used <strong>and</strong><br />

Copyright 1999 by Taylor & Francis Group. All Rights Reserved.

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