List of figures and tables |
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List of abbreviations |
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Acknowledgements |
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Preface |
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About the authors |
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1 General Introduction |
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1.1 Historical development of welding |
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1.2 Fusion and solid-state welding techniques |
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1.3 Conventional friction welding |
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1.4 Friction stir welding |
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1.5 Friction stir processing |
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2 Heat transfer and material flow in friction stir welding |
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2.2 Principles of heat transfer and material flow |
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2.3 Interaction between thermal, mechanic and metallurgical field |
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3 Microstructural evolution |
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3.2 Microstructure! concepts |
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3.3 Microstructural evolution in pure iron and steels |
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3.4 Copper and its alloys |
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3.5 Aluminium and its alloys |
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3.7 Magnesium-based composites |
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3.8 Titanium and its alloys |
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4 Mechanical properties |
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4.4 Residual stresses and distortion |
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5 Tool and welding design |
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5.3 Effect of tool geometry on material flow and weld properties |
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6 Friction stir welding of dissimilar metals |
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6.2 Experimental practice |
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6.3 Friction stir welding of dissimilar aluminium alloys |
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6.4 Friction stir welding of aluminium and magnesium alloys |
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6.5 Friction stir welding of aluminium alloys and steel |
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6.6 Friction stir welding of aluminium and titanium |
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6.7 Friction stir welding of aluminium and copper |
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7 Corrosion behaviour in friction stir processed and welded materials |
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7.2 Major factors affecting corrosion |
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7.3 Corrosion test methods |
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7.4 Corrosion behaviour of friction stir processes and friction stir weldings |
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8 Tribological aspects in friction stir welding and processing |
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8.2 Main definitions in field of friction and wear |
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8.5 Tribotechnical properties of materials processed by friction stir welding and processing |
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8.6 Tool wear rate in friction stir welding and processing |
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9 Mechanical alloying by friction stir processing |
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9.2 Technological applications of mechanical alloying |
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9.3 Mechanochemical processing |
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9.4 Methods for producing amorphous alloys and other non-equilibrium phases |
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9.5 Applications of friction stir processing as a mechanical alloy treatment |
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10 Friction stir welding/processing as a repair welding |
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11 Force and torque in friction stir welding |
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11.2 Importance of force and torque measurement and prediction |
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11.3 Instruments for forces and torque measurements |
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11.4 Force variation in welding progress |
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11.5 Effect of friction stir welding parameters on forces |
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11.6 Force and torque variations as representative of weld quality |
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12 Simulation of friction stir welding and processing |
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12.2 Finite element method software |
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12.3 Finite element method result |
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13 Artificial neural network and optimization |
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13.2 Artificial neural network |
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14 Friction stir welding/processing of polymeric materials |
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14.2 Properties and macromolecules |
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14.4 Friction stir welding of polymeric materials |
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14.5 Composite fabrication via friction stir processing |
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15 Friction stir welding applications in industry |
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15.2 Materials and thicknesses |
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15.5 Machines for friction stir welding |
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15.6 Robotic friction stir welding |
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Index |
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