TMS FSW&P Symposia

Proceedings of Symposia sponsored by the Shaping and Forming Committee of the Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division (MPMD) of TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)


FSW&P-IFSW&P-IIFSW&P-IIIFSW&P-IVFSW&P-VFSW&P-VIFSW&P-VIIFSW&P-VIIIFSW&P-IXFSW&P-X ♦ FSW&P-XIFSW&P-XII


Friction Stir Welding & Processing (2001)

TMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 4-8, 2001

PROCESS MODELING AND MODIFICATIONS
Friction Based Technologies for Joining and Processing ♦ Alloy, Tool Geometry, and Process Parameter Effects on Friction Stir Weld Energies and Resultant FSW Joint Properties ♦ Metal Flow During Friction Stir Welding ♦ Modeling Friction Stir Welding of Titanium and Aluminum Alloys ♦ Modeling and Analysis of Friction Stir Welding Processes

MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES I
Residual Stress Effects on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth in Friction Stir Welds ♦ Friction Stir Welding of D357 Castings and 2024 Wrought Products ♦ Texture Effects on Corrosion Behavior of Friction Stir Welded 7075 Aluminum ♦ Static, Fatigue and Crack Growth Behavior of Friction Stir Welded 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 Aluminum Alloys ♦ Friction Stir Welding: A Study of Tool Wear Variation in Aluminum Alloy 6061 + 20%Al203 ♦ Friction Stir Welding Development At NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center

MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES II
Analysis of Friction Stir Welds Using an Inverse-Problem Approach ♦ Complex Flow Phenomena Associated with Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys ♦ Mechanical Behavior of Friction Stir Welded Powder Metallurgy Aluminum Alloys and Composite ♦ Friction Stir Weld Evaluation of DH-36 and Stainless Steel Weldments ♦ A Pressure Partition Model for Estimating Tool Efficiency During Friction Stir Welding

FRICTION STIR PROCESSING
High Strain Rate, Thick Section Superplasticity Created Via Friction Stir Processing ♦ High Temperature Deformation of Friction Stir Processed Aluminum-Lithium Alloy AF/C458 ♦ Abnormal Grain Growth During High Temperature Exposure in Friction Stir Processed 7050 and 2519 Aluminum Alloys ♦ Production of Fine-Grained Aluminum Alloy by Friction Stir Processing ♦ Superplastic Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Aluminum-Lithium Alloy ♦ Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Al-Ti-Cu Alloy


Friction Stir Welding & Processing II (2003)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California March 2-6, 2003

FRICTION STIR JOINING: PROCESS MODELS
Material Flow in Friction Stir Welding Monitored with Al-SiC and AI-W Composite Markers ♦ 2-Dimensional CFD Modeling of Flow Round Profiled FSW Tooling ♦ Tool Wear and Shape Optimization in the Friction-Stir Welding of Aluminum Metal-Matrix Composites ♦ Thermal and Microstructure Modelling in Thick Plate Aluminium Alloy 7075 Friction Stir Welds ♦ Thermo-Mechanical Processing in Friction Stir Welds 

FRICTION STIR JOINING: CORROSION AND CORROSION FATIGUE
Characterization of Corrosion Behavior in Friction Stir Weld Al-Li-Cu AF/C458 Alloy ♦ The Corrosion and Environmentally Assisted Cracking Behavior of High Strength Aluminum Alloys Friction Stir Welds: 7075-T651 vs. 7050-T7451 ♦ Improving Corrosion Properties of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloys by Localized Heat Treatment ♦ High-Cycle Corrosion Fatigue of Friction Stir Welded 7050-T7451 ♦ Effect of Post Weld Heat Treatments on the Corrosion Properties of FSW AA 7050 ♦ Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of Friction Stir Welded High-Strength Aluminum Alloys ♦ Corrosion Fatigue in FSW Welded Al 2519 ♦ The Joint Properties of Dissimilar Formed A356 and 6061 Al Alloys by Friction Stir Welding Method

FRICTION STIR JOINING: STRUCTURES AND NDE
New Developments of the Ultrasound Phased Array for the Evaluation of Friction Stir Welds ♦ A New Method of Obtaining the Part-Through Fracture Toughness (KIe) ♦ Material Fracture Properties Estimation by Eliminating Physical Testing ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Quenched and Tempered C-Mn Steel ♦ FSW of Titanium Alloys for Aircraft Engine Components

FRICTION STIR JOINING: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Welding Tool and Process Parameters Effects in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys ♦ Texture and Microstructure Development in the Heat Affected Zone of Friction Stir Welds ♦ Property Characterization of 2024Al/7075AI Bi-Alloy Friction Stir Welded Joints ♦ Microstructural Characterization of a FSW 7050 Al Alloy

FRICTION STIR PROCESSING
Friction Stir Processing for Microstructural Modification of an Aluminum Casting ♦ Over-Stirring Hole Defects During Thermomechanical Stir Processing ♦ Effect of Microstructural Evolution on Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of Friciton Stir-Processed Aluminum Alloys ♦ The Effect of Friction Stir Processing (FSP) on the Spatial Heterogeneity of Discontinuously-Reinforced Aluminum (DRA) Microstructures ♦ Finite Element Simulation of Plane-Strain Thick Plate Bending of Friction-Stir Processed 2519 Aluminum ♦ Fatigue Life Improvement of an Aluminum Alloy FSW with Low Plasticity Burnishing


Friction Stir Welding & Processing III (2005)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 13-17, 2005

Aluminum Alloys
Microcharacterization and Texture Analysis of Friction Stir Processed AA 5052 Alloy ♦ Unpredictable Stress Corrosion Crack Growth in Friction Stir Welded 7075 Al ♦ Effect of Tool Design on Stress Corrosion Resistance of FSW AA7050-T7451 ♦ Microstructure, Fatigue Crack Growth, and Corrosion in Friction Stir Welded Al 5456 ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys ♦ Fatigue of Pre-Corroded 2024-T3 Friction Stir Welds: Experiment and Prediction

High-Temperature Materials
Equipment and Processing Variables Affecting the Friction Stir Processing of NiAl Bronze ♦ Friction Stir Processing of Nitinol ♦ Friction Stir Welding of MA 957 Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Steel ♦ Friction Stir Welding of TIMETAL 21S ♦ Formability of Friction Stir Welded Dual Phase Steel Sheets ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Ferrous Alloys Using Induction Preheating

Friction Stir Processing
Friction Stir Processing for Microstructure Modification of NiAl Bronze ♦ Friction Stir Processing of Class 40 Grey Cast Iron ♦ High Strain Rate Superplastic Properties of 7075 Aluminum Via Friction Stir Processing ♦ Thick Plate Bending of Friction Stir Processed Aluminum Alloys ♦ Friction Surface Reaction Processing in Aluminum Substrates

Process/Application
Friction Stir Welding — A Brief Review and Perspective for the Future ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Using a Tapered Shoulder Tool ♦ Fabrication of Aluminum Box Beams Using Self-Reacting and Standard Fixed Pin Friction Stir Welding ♦ Experimental Measurements of Load Distributions on Friction Stir Weld Pin Tools

Modeling
Using Process Forces as a Statistical Process Control Tool for Friction Stir Welds ♦ An Analytical Model for Prescribing the Flow Around the Tool Probe in Friction Stir Welding ♦ Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model of the Friction Stir Spot Welding Process ♦ Numerical Modeling of FSW Spot Welding: Preliminary Results ♦ CFD Modelling of the Shear Layer Around the Tool Probe in Friction Stir Welding ♦ A Model for Local Proof Strength of 2XXX Welds

Microstructure and Texture
A Preliminary Investigation on the Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Welds in an Al7075/Al2O3/10% Reinforced Alloy ♦ Microstructure Evolution During Friction Stir Welding of Commercial Aluminum Alloys ♦ Microstructural Details of Friction-Stir Weld Interfaces ♦ Microstructure Characteristics of Friction Stir Processed Al 7075 Via Macroscopic Approach ♦ Root Flaws of Friction Stir Welds—An Electron Microscopy Study


Friction Stir Welding & Processing IV (2007)

TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 25-March 1, 2007

Session I
Friction Stir Welding—After a Decade of Development ♦ Friction Stir Welding of an Aluminum Coal Hopper Railcar ♦ Development of Design Curves for Tensile Strength and Fatigue Characteristics of 7075 T73 Aluminum FSW Butt Joints ♦ Relationships between Process Variables Related to Heat Generation in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum

Session II
Analysis of Self-Reacting Friction Stir Welds in a 2024-T351 Alloy ♦ Development of a Torque-Based Weld Power Model for Friction Stir Welding ♦ Eulerian Simulation of Friction Stir Welding in 7075 Aluminum ♦ Transport Phenomena in Friction Stir Welding ♦ Phase Space Analysis of Friction Stir Weld Quality ♦ Specific Energy and Temperature Mechanistic Models for Friction Stir Processing of Al–F357 ♦ A Numerical Study of the Plunge Stage in Friction Stir Welding Using ABAQUS ♦ Minimizing Lack of Consolidation Defects in Friction Stir Welds

Session III
Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Tailor-Welded Blanks ♦ Formability and Springback Evaluation of Friction Stir Welded Automotive Sheets ♦ Formability Analysis of Locally Surface-Modified Al 5052 Sheets ♦ Numerical Simulation of the Static and Dynamic Response of Corrugated Sandwich Structures Made with Friction Stir Welding and Superplastic Forming ♦ Effect of Processing Parameters on Microstructure of the FSW Nugget ♦ Friction Stir Lap Joining of Al 7075 with Sealant ♦ Friction Stir Lap Welds of AA6111 Aluminum Alloy ♦ Friction Stir Welding of an Aerospace Grade Magnesium Alloy ♦ Friction Stir Joining of Thermoplastics ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Bulk Metallic Glasses – Vitreloy 106A

Session IV
Friction Stir Welding of HSLA-65 Steel ♦ Characterization of Dual Phase Steel Friction-Stir Weld for Tailor-Welded Blank Applications ♦ Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Welded 304 Stainless Steel Using W-Based Alloy Tool ♦ Friction Stir Welding of X-65 Steel ♦ Tool Mushrooming in Friction Stir Welding of L80 Steel ♦ Properties and Structure of Friction Stir Welded Alloy 718 ♦ Microstructural Evolution in Ti 5-1-1-1 Friction Stir Welds ♦ Effects of Friction Stir Welding on the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Invar 36

Session V
Study of Plunge Motion during Friction Stir Spot Welding Temperature and Flow Pattern ♦ Spot Friction Welding of Thin AZ31 Magnesium Alloy ♦ The Effect of Surface Treatments on the Faying Surface of Friction Stir Spot Welds ♦ Friction Stir Spot Welding of 6016 Aluminum Alloy ♦ Preliminary Study of Material Flow in Friction Stir Spot Welding Using Different Marker Materials ♦ Screening for Process Variable Sensitivity in Refill Spot Welding of 6061 Aluminum Sheet ♦ Numerical Simulation of a Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding Process ♦ Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Composition Variation across the Interface for FSW 6061 Al Alloy Weldments ♦ Investigation of Laser Deposition of High Temperature Refractory Pin Tools for Friction Stir Welding ♦ Liquid Metal Embrittlement of MP-159 Pin Tools

Session VI
Stir Zone Temperatures during Friction Stir Processing ♦ Friction Stir Processing of D2 Tool Steel for Enhanced Blade Performance ♦ The Relationship between Friction Stir Process Parameters and Microstructure of Investment Cast Ti-6Al-4V ♦ Friction Stir Processing of a Cast WE43 Magnesium Alloy ♦ Friction Stir Microstructural Modification of Investment Cast F357 ♦ Corrosion in Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar Aluminum Alloy Joints of 2024 and 7075 ♦ Investigation to Restore the Exfoliation Resistance of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy 2024


Friction Stir Welding & Processing V (2009)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 15-19, 2009

Session I
A Microstructure Processing Relationships in Friction Stir Processing [FSP] of NiAl Bronze ♦ Microstructural Evolution during Friction Stir Welding of Near-Alpha Titanium ♦ Physical Simulation of Friction Stir Processed Ti-5111 ♦ Fatigue Crack Growth in Friction Stir Welded Ti-5111 ♦ Faster Temperature Response and Repeatable Power Input to Aid Automatic Control of Friction Sitr Welded Copper Canisters ♦ The Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Session II
Texture and Microstructural Evolution during the Linear Friction Welding of Ti-6Al-4V ♦ Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Welded 1.3wt%N Containing Steel ♦ Friction Taper Stud Welding of Creep Resistant 10CrMo910 ♦ Exploring Geometry Effects for Convex Scrolled Shoulder, Step Spiral Probe FSW Tools ♦ Friction Stir Welding of "T" Joints in HSLA-65 Steel ♦ Quantifying Post-Weld Microstructures in FSW HSLA-65 ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Dual Phase Steel

Session III
Effects of Rotation Speed and Welding Speed on Material Flow and Stir Zone Formation During FSW/P ♦ Bending Limits in Friction Stir Processed 5083 Aluminum Plate ♦ Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an Al-Mo in situ Nanocomposite Produced by Friction Stir Processing ♦ Control of Structure in Conventional Friction Stir Welds through a Kinematic Theory of Metal Flow

Session IV
Friction Stir Spot Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels ♦ Mechanical Evaluation of Friction Stir Spot Welded Advanced High Strength Steels ♦ Low Z-force Friction Stir Spot Welds Conventional Tool & Process Development Approach ♦ Friction Stir Form Welding of Aluminum Tubes ♦ Friction Stir Spot Welding of AA6016 Aluminum Alloy ♦ Evaluation of Swept Friction Stir Spot Welding in 2219-T62 ♦ Energy Generation during Friction Stir Spot Welding [FSSW] of Al 6061-T6 Plates

Session V
Aging Weapons Systems Repair using Friction Stir Welding and Processing ♦ The Role of Friction Stir Welding in the Nuclear Fuel Plate Fabrication ♦ Corrosion in 2XXX-T8 Aluminum Alloys ♦ Correlation between Ultrasonic Phased Array and Feedback Force Analysis of Friction Stir Welds ♦ Corrosion and Fatigue Evaluation of Swept Friction Stir Spot Welding through Sealants and Surface Treatments

Session VI
Monotonic and Cyclic Deformation Behavior of Friction Stir Welded [FSW] Mg/Mg- and Al/Mg-Joints ♦ Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding of AA2024-T3 and AA7075-T6 Aluminium Alloys ♦ Fatigue Behavior of Friction Stir Welded [FSW] Aluminium Joints ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Sc-Modified Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy Extrusions ♦ Reducing Tool Axial Stresses in HSLA-65 During the Plunge ♦ Investigation of a Donor Material in Friction Stir Welding


Friction Stir Welding & Processing VI (2011)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, February 27-March 3, 2011

High Temperature Materials I
Development of Co-Based Alloy FSW Tool for High-Softening-Temperature Materials ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Alloy 22 ♦ Effect of Processing Parameters and Post-Weld Microstructure on Friction Stir Welded HSLA-65 Charpy V-Notch Impact Toughness ♦ Friction Stir Processing of Cast Inconel 718 ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloy MA956 ♦ Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Processed Grade 40 Grey Cast Iron

High Temperature Materials II
Reliable Sealing of Copper Canisters through Cascaded Control of Power Input and Tool Temperature ♦ Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of a Hardenable Alloy Steel in "Dry" and "Wet" Environments ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Industrial Steels ♦ Mechanical Properties of Thick Section Titanium 6A1-4V Friction Stir and Electron Beam Welds ♦ Transformation and Deformation Texture Study in Friction Stir Processed API X80 Steel ♦ Evolution of Stir Zone Microstructure during FSP of Cast NiAl Bronze ♦ Wear Testing of Friction Stir Spot Welding Tools for Joining of DP 980 Steel ♦ Tungsten Based Tool Material Development for the Friction Stir Welding of Hard Metals ♦ Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction to Characterize the Texture and Microstructure of Friction Stir Welded AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Aluminium and Magnesium Alloys I
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded (FSW) AA5454-Joints ♦ Characterization of Friction Stir Welded Sc-Modified Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy Extrusions through Differential Scanning Calorimetry ♦ Development of Tatsumaki Friction Stir Welding ♦ Effects of Forge Axis Force and Backing Plate Boundary Condition on FSW of AA6056 ♦ Friction Stir Welded "A" Frame for Dual Function Test Fixture ♦ Investigation of Lazy S Feature in Self-reacting Tool Friction Stir Welds

Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys II
Novel Techniques for Corner Joints Using Friction Stir Welding ♦ Investigation of the Material Shear Layer in Bobbin Tool Friction Stir Welding ♦ Effect of Tool Geometry and Process Condition on Static Strength of Magnesium Friction Stir Lap Linear Weld ♦ Effect of Tool Feature on the Joint Strength of Dissimilar Friction Stir Lap Welds ♦ Friction Stir Fabrication of Spar T-Joints Made from 7075 Aluminum ♦ A Study of a Versatile Method to Attach a Portable FSW System to an Aluminum Structure Using Adhesives ♦ Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welding Joints of 6082-T6 with 6063-T6 ♦ Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Friction Stir Welded Mg/Al- and Mg/Mg-Joints ♦ Mechanical Properties of Al and Mg Alloy Welds Made by Friction Stir Lap Welding ♦ Evaluation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum/Copper Friction Stir Butt Welds

Friction Stir Processing
Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Processed, Friction Stir Welded, and Gas Metal Arc Welded AA5083 Aluminum Plate ♦ Mechanical Interlock of Thin Metallic Wire Using Friction Stir Forming ♦ Friction Consolidation of Aluminum Chips ♦ Obtaining Sub-Micron Grain Size in AM60 Magnesium Alloy Using Friction Stir Processing ♦ Effect of Friction Stir Processing on Corrosion Behavior of AA5083 Aluminum Alloy ♦ Evaluation of Rotational Speed and Post Annealing Effect on the Microstructural Homogeneity of Friction Stir Processed 5083 Aluminum Alloy ♦ Friction Stir Processing as a Base Metal Preparation Technique for Modification of Fusion Weld Microstructures

Process Modeling and Verification
Effect of Plasticized Material Flow on the Tool Feedback Forces during Friction Stir Welding ♦ Investigation of Methods to Control Friction Stir Weld Power with Spindle Speed Changes ♦ A Comparison of Experimental Data and Model Predictions with Constitutive Laws Commonly Used to Model Friction Stir Welding ♦ Long Range Oscillations in Friction Stir Welding Tool Travel Speed ♦ Tool Load and Torque Study for Portable Friction Stir Welding in Aluminum ♦ Towards Process Control of Friction Stir Welding for Different Aluminum Alloys

Friction Stir Spot Welding
Mechanical and Microstructural Investigation of Dissimilar Resistance and Friction Stir Spot Welds in AA5754-H22 and AA6082-T6 Aluminium Alloys and 22MnB5 Hot-Stamped Boron Steel ♦ Effect of Coating on Mechanical Properties of Magnesium Alloy Friction Stir Spot Welds ♦ FSSW of Mg to Al with a Cold Sprayed Interlayer ♦ Swept FSSW in Aluminum Alloys through Sealants and Surface Treatments


Friction Stir Welding & Processing VII (2013)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 3-7, 2013

Friction Stir Processing
Microstructure Refinement and Homogenization of Non‐Deforming Constituent Distributions during FSW/P ♦ Nano‐Sized Grain Refinement Using Friction Stir Processing ♦ Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites via Friction Stir Processing ♦ Flow Behavior of SiC Particles as Tracer Material during the Fabrication of MMCs by Friction Stir Processing ♦ Processing, Microstructure and Mechanical Property Correlation in Al‐B4C Surface Composite Produced via Friction Stir Processing

Friction Stir Welding:  High Temperature Materials - I
Comparison between Friction Stir and Submerged Arc Welding Applied to Joining DH36 and E36 Shipbuilding Steel ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Pipeline Steels ♦ Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Processed HY80 Steel ♦ Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Characterization of a Multilayered Multipass Friction Stir Weld in Steel ♦ Effect of Welding Parameters on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Friction Stir Welded 11Cr‐Ferritic/Martensitic Steel ♦ Friction‐Stir‐Welding of Thick Carbon Steels Using a Co‐Based Alloy Tool ♦ Establishing W‐Based Friction Stir Welding Tool Life for Thick Section Steel Applications ♦ Assisted Friction Stir Welding of Carbon Steel: Use of Induction and Laser as Preheating Techniques ♦ Influence of Heat Input on Friction Stir Welding for the ODS Steel MA956

Friction Stir Welding:  High Temperature Materials - II
Microstructural and Mechanical Investigations of Friction Stir Welded Ti/Ti‐ and Ti‐Alloy/Ti‐Alloy‐Joints ♦ Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of FSW Lap Joint between Pure Copper and 1018 Mild Steel Using Refractory Metal Pin Tools

Friction Stir Welding:  Light Materials - I
Effect of Tool Pin Features and Geometries on Quality of Weld during Friction Stir Welding ♦ Effect of Friction Stir Processing on Armor Grade Materials ♦ Analysis of Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Friction Stir Butt Welded AA2024 ♦ Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of FSW Lap Joints ♦ Mechanical Properties of Repaired 7075‐T73 Friction Stir Weld Butt Welds ♦ Process Development of Integral Fasteners Using Friction Stir Spot Welding with “C‐Frame” End Effector on an Aircraft Cabin Door Made from AA6061‐T6 and AA2024‐T3 ♦ Effect of Post‐Weld Aging on the Corrosion Resistance and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy 7475‐T73

Friction Stir Welding:  Light Materials - II
On Friction Stir Welding of Mg‐Zn‐RE‐Rr Alloy Using Threaded Tools for Aerospace Application ♦ Magnesium Based Composite via Friction Stir Processing ♦ Effect of Initial Microstructure on the Microstructural Evolution and Joint Efficiency of a WE43 Alloy during Friction Stir Welding ♦ Microstructure in Dissimilar Friction Spot Weld of Al to Mg Alloys Observed by Stop‐Action Technique ♦ Optimization of Wear Rate of Friction Stir Welded Al‐B4C Composite

Friction Stir Welding and Processing:  Modeling and Controls
Three‐Dimensional Visualization of Metallic Flow and Control of FSW Joint Properties Using New FSP Technique ♦ System Parameter Identification for Friction Stir Processing ♦ Advances in Temperature Control for FSP ♦ Analysis of Tool Feedback Forces and Material Flow during Friction Stir Welding ♦ Paradigm Shift in Control of the Spindle Axis ♦ A Coupled Thermal/Material Flow Model of Friction Stir Welding Applied to Sc‐Modified Aluminum Alloys ♦ Material Flow and Texture in Friction Extruded Wire ♦ Application of Acoustic Emission Technique to Monitor Friction Stir Welding Process to Produce Defect Free Welds


Friction Stir Welding & Processing VIII (2015)

TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 15-19, 2015

High Temperature Materials I
A Study of Friction Stir Welding for Clad Pipelines ♦ Fatigue Assessment of Friction Stir Welded DH36 Steel ♦ Use of High‐Power Diode Laser Arrays for Pre‐ and Postweld Heating During Friction Stir Welding of Steels

High Temperature Materials II
Performance Enhancement of Co‐Based Alloy Tool for Friction Stir Welding of Ferritic Steel ♦ Stabilization of the Retained Austenite in Steel by Friction Stir Welding ♦ Study of Mechanical Properties and Characterization of Pipe Steel Welded by Hybrid (Friction Stir Weld + Root Arc Weld) Approach ♦ Improved Temperature and Depth Control During FSW of Copper Canisters Using Feedforward Compensation ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Steels Using a Tool Made of Iridium‐Containing Nickel Base Superalloy ♦ Heat Input and Post Weld Heat Treatment Effects on Reduced‐Activation Ferritic/Martensitic Steel Friction Stir Welds

Aluminum and Magnewium Alloys
FSW of High Strength 7XXX Aluminum Using Four Process Variants ♦ FSW of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks Across Machine Platforms ♦ Natural Aging in Friction Stir Welded 7136‐T76 Aluminum Alloy ♦ The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Properties of Friction Stir Processed AA7075‐O with and without Nano Alumina Additions

Dissimilar Materials
Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Lightweight Metals with Addition of Adhesive ♦ Dissimilar Aluminum‐Steel FSW Lap Joints ♦ Fatigue Behavior of Friction Stir Linear Welded Dissimilar Aluminum‐to‐Magnesium Alloys ♦ Friction Stir Lap Welding of Aluminum ‐ Polymer Using Scribe Technology ♦ Friction Stir Scribe Welding of Dissimilar Aluminum to Steel Lap Joints ♦ Coating Design for Controlling β Phase IMC Formation in Dissimilar Al‐Mg Metal Welding ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel to an Aluminum‐Copper Alloy

Friction Stir Processing
Friction Stir Processing of Direct‐Metal‐Deposited 4340 Steel ♦ Manufacturing a Surface Composite Material Made of Nanoceramic Particles of TiC and Aluminum Alloy 7075 by Means of Friction Stir Processing ♦ Microstructural Evaluation of Cold Spray Deposited WC with Subsequent Friction Stir Processing

Friction Stir Related Technologies
Friction Stir Welding Technology for Marine Applications

Simulations and Measurements
Prediction of Joint Line Movement and Temperatures in Friction Stir Spot Welding of DP 980 Steel ♦ Application of Acoustic Emission as an Effective Tool to Monitor FSW of AA2024‐T3 Aluminum Alloy ♦ On the Material Behavior at Tool/Workpiece Interface During Friction Stir Welding: A CFD Based Numerical Study ♦ Friction Stir Welding of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy with 6061‐T6 Aluminum Alloy: Influence of Processing Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties

Poster Session
Assessment of Friction Stir Weld Quality by Analyzing the Weld Bead Surface Using Both Digital Image Processing and Acoustic Emission Techniques ♦ Development of FSW Simulation Model‐Effect of Tool Shape on Plastic Flow ♦ Temperature Distribution and Welding Distortion Measurements After FSW of A1 6082‐T6 Sheets


Friction Stir Welding & Processing IX (2017)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, February 26 - March 2, 2017 <Program>

High Temperature Materials I
Effect of Thermal Aging on the Corrosion and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded 250 Grade Maraging Steel ♦ Friction Stir Processing of 304L Stainless Steel for Crack Repair ♦ Influence of Underwater Operation on Friction Stir Welding of Medium Carbon Steel ♦ Feasibility of Iridium Containing Nickel Based Superalloy Tool to Friction Stir Spot Welding of High Strength Steel

High Temperature Materials II
Development of Friction Stir Processing for Repair of Nuclear Dry Cask Storage System Canisters ♦ Performance of Tungsten-Based Alloy Tool Developed for Friction Stir Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel ♦ Investigation of Process Parameters for Friction Stir Processing (FSP) of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Derivative Technologies
Solid-State Joining of Thick-Section Dissimilar Materials Using a New Friction Stir Dovetailing (FSD) Process ♦ Joining Aerospace Aluminum 2024-T4 to Titanium by Friction Stir Extrusion ♦ Dissimilar Metal T-Joint of Aluminum and Steel Formed by Friction Stir Extrusion

Lightweight Applications
Friction Stir Welding of Thick Section Aluminium Alloys—New Techniques ♦ Friction Stir Weld Lap Joint Properties in Aeronautic Aluminium Alloys ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Thick Aluminium Welds—Challenges and Perspectives ♦ High-Speed FSW Aluminum Alloy 7075 Microstructure and Corrosion Properties ♦ Flow Features in Shoulder Zone During Scroll Tool Friction Stir Welding Thick 6061 Aluminum Plates

Dissimilar Applications
Joining Dissimilar Material Using Friction Stir Scribe Technique ♦ Influence of Stir Flow on Joint Quality During Friction Stir Lap Al-to-Cu Welding ♦ A Numerical Simulation for Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys Joined by Friction Stir Welding ♦ Realization of Ultrasound Enhanced Friction Stir Welded Al/Mg- and Al/Steel-Joints: Process and Robustness, Mechanical and Corrosion Properties

Industrial Applications
Friction Stir Welding Process Development of AA7075 for Hot Stamping Applications ♦ A Novel Approach for Joining EN AW 1050 Stranded Wire and EN CW 004A Contact Elements by Friction Stir Spot Bonding ♦ Joining Al 6061 to ZE41A Mg Alloy by Friction Stir Welding Using a Cold Spray Transition Joint ♦ Refill Friction Stir Spot Joining for Aerospace Aluminum Alloys

Control and Simulation
Depth and Temperature Control During Friction Stir Welding of 5 cm Thick Copper Canisters ♦ Predicting Lap Shear Strength for Friction Stir Scribe Joining of Dissimilar Materials ♦ Simultaneous Independent Control of Tool Axial Force and Temperature in Friction Stir Processing ♦ Process Force Reduction During Robotic Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys with Reduced Tool Aspect Ratios

Poster Session
Friction Stir Processing of 2507 Super Duplex Stainless Steel: Microstructure and Corrosion Behaviour ♦ Effect of Heat Treatment on Friction-Stir-Processed Nanodispersed AA7075 and 2024 Al Alloys ♦ Numerical Analysis of FSW Employing Discrete Element Method


Friction Stir Welding & Processing X (2019)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 10-14, 2019 <Program>

Part I - Dissimilar Materials
Comparison of Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys Joined by Friction Stir Welding with Conventional and Bobbin Tools ♦ Promising High-Speed Welding Techniques for Joining Polymers to Metals and Underlying Joining Mechanisms ♦ Ultrasound Enhanced Friction Stir Welding (USE-FSW) of Hybrid Aluminum/Steel Joints ♦ Effect of Stress Concentration on Strength and Fracture Behavior of Dissimilar Metal Joints

Part II - High Melting Temperature Materials
Friction Stir Welding of Fibre-Reinforced Titanium Composites for Aerospace Structures ♦ Wear Mechanism for H13 Steel Tool During Friction Stir Welding of CuCrZr Alloy

Part III - Lightweight Materials
High-Speed Friction Stir Lap Welding of Al Alloys ♦ Friction Stir Welding of Lap Joints Using New Al–Li Alloys for Stringer-Skin Joints

Part IV - Simulation
Probing Tool Durability in Stationary Shoulder Friction Stir Welding ♦ On the Material Bonding Behaviors in Friction Stir Welding ♦ Investigation of Interfacial Diffusion During Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding

Part V - Controls and Inspection
Developing and Deploying FSW&P Through Standardization ♦ Advances in Signal Processing for Friction Stir Welding Temperature Control ♦ Intermittent Flow of Material and Force-Based Defect Detection During Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys

Part VI - Derivative Technologies
Copper-Graphite Composite Wire Made by Shear-Assisted Processing and Extrusion ♦ Joining AA7099 to Ni-Cr-Mo Steel Using Friction Stir Dovetailing ♦ Material Flow and Microstructure Evolution in Corner Friction Stir Welding of 5083 Al Alloy Using AdStir Technique ♦ Joining of Lightweight Dissimilar Materials by Friction Self-Piercing Riveting

Part VII - Friction Stir Processing
Achieving Forced Mixing in Cu-Based Immiscible Alloys via Friction Stir Processing ♦ Stationary Shoulder Friction Stir Processing: A Low Heat Input Grain Refinement Technique for Magnesium Alloy ♦ Friction Stir Processing (FSP) of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes and Boron Carbide Reinforced Aluminum Alloy (Al 5083) Composites ♦ Production of AlSi12CuNiMg/Al2O3 Micro/Nanodispersed Surface Composites Using Friction Stir Processing for Automotive Applications

Part VIII - Friction Stir Spot Welding
Welding Multilayer Materials by Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding ♦ Improving Porous TC4/UHMWPE Friction Spot Welding Joint Through Controlling Welding Temperature and Force

Part XI - Poster Session
Connecting Residual Stresses with Friction Stir Welding Conditions and Pseudo-Heat Index


Friction Stir Welding & Processing XI (2021)

TMS Annual Meeting, Virtuial Meeting, March 15-18, 2021 <Program>

Lightweight Materials and High Entropy Alloys
Case Study: Implementation of FSW in the Colombian Rail Transport Sector ♦ Three-Sheet Al Alloy Assembly for Automotive Application ♦ Characterization and Analysis of Effective Wear Mechanisms on FSW Tools ♦ Friction Stir Lap Welding Between Al and FeCoCrNiMn High Entropy Alloy ♦ Modified Friction Stir Welding of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu Aluminum Alloy

High Melting Temperature Materials
Low-Force Friction Surfacing for Crack Repair in 304L Stainless Steel

Control and Non-destructive Examination
Real-Time Measurement of Friction Stir Tool Motion During Defect Interaction in Aluminum 6061-T6 ♦ Preliminary Investigation of the Effect of Temperature Control in Friction Stir Welding ♦ Transitioning FSW to a Controlled Production Process ♦ Removing Rotational Variations from Shoulder Thermocouples in Friction Stir Welding

Dissimilar
Dissimilar Joining of ZEK100 and AA6022 for Automotive Application ♦ Fracture Mechanics Approach to Improve Fatigue Strength of a Dissimilar Metal T-Lap Joint by Friction Stir Welding ♦ Effect of Diffusion on Intermetallics at Interface During Friction Stir Welding of Stainless Steel and Pure Titanium

Derivative Technologies for Dissimilar
Process Robustness of Friction Stir Dovetailing of AA7099 to Steel with In Situ AA6061 Interlayer Linking

Modeling: Process and Properties
The Development of FSW Process Modelling for Use by Process Engineers ♦ Effect of Tool Geometries on “Heat-Input” During Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys ♦ Experimental and Numerical Investigations of High Strain Rate Torsion Tests of Al-Based Alloys at Elevated Temperatures

Spot Technologies
Advances in Refill Spot Welding Productivity ♦ Characterization of Intermetallics Formation in µFSSW of Dissimilar Al/Cu Alloy Sheets ♦ Temperature Distribution During Friction Stir Spot Welding of Thin AA 6082-T6 and AA 5082-O Sheets


Friction Stir Welding & Processing XII (2023)

TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 19-23, 2023 <Program>

Additive Friction Stir Deposition
Hybrid Manufacturing: Combining Additive Friction Stir Deposition, Metrology, and Machining ♦ Closed-Loop PID Temperature Control of Additive Friction Stir Deposition ♦ A Feasibility Study on Friction Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of AA6060

Friction Stir Processing
Enhanced Tensile and Tear Toughness Properties of Thin-Wall Vacuum-Assisted High-Pressure Die-Cast Aural-5 Alloy by Friction Stir Processing ♦ Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Thick Al-6061 Alloy ♦ Graphite-Reinforced 6201 Aluminum Alloy Fabricated by In-Situ Friction Stir Processing: Process, Microstructure, and Mechanical/Electrical Properties

Modeling and Validation
Analysis of Torque Data from Friction Stir Welds in Aluminum Alloys

FSW of High Temperature Materials
Assessing Manufacturability of the Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) 14YWT Alloy Fuel Cladding Tube Using SolidStir™ Technology ♦ Effect of Welding Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Lap Welds of an Ultrahigh Strength Steel ♦ Effect of Locally Beta-Transformed Area on Fatigue Crack Propagation Resistance in a FSWed Ti-6Al-4V

Spot Technologies
Joining of High Strength Low Ductility AA7055 by Friction Self-piercing Rivet ♦ 2D Axisymmetric Modeling of RFSSW Repair and Experimental Validation ♦ Production Evaluation of Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding ♦ Embedded Anchoring of Multi-Material Assemblies by Friction-Riveting Process

Tooling and Process Monitoring
Linking Tool Features to Process Forces ♦ Friction Stir Welding Operating Window for Aluminum Alloy Obtained by Temperature Measurement ♦ The Performance of a Force-Based General Defect Detection Method Outside of Calibration ♦ The Role of Fracture Properties on Lap Joint Strength of Friction Stir Welded AA7055-T6 Sheets

Dissimilar and Non-ferrous
High Speed Butt Joining of 1″ Thick 2139-T8 ♦ Joining Cast Mg AZ91 and Wrought Al 6082 Through Friction Stir Welding ♦ A Simulation Study on Material Flow and Mixing Mechanism in Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding of AA6061 and AZ31 Alloys ♦ Mechanism of Joint Formation in Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum to Steel

Derivative Technologies
Submerged Bobbin Tool (SBT) Tunneling Technology