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27 Citations
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17 January 2020

There is an increase in reducing the weight of structures through the use of aluminium alloys in different industries like aerospace, automotive, etc. This growing interest will lead towards using dissimilar aluminium alloys which will require weldin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,502 Views
46 Pages

A Review of Orbital Friction Stir Welding

  • Francisco B. Ferreira,
  • Igor Felice,
  • Isaque Brito,
  • João Pedro Oliveira and
  • Telmo Santos

31 May 2023

Friction stir welding is a solid-state joining process widely used in several industrial applications. One of its variants, orbital friction stir welding, is of key importance in fundamental industries such as oil and gas and aerospace. For orbital f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,573 Views
16 Pages

Evolution of Microstructure in Friction Stir Processed Dissimilar CuZn37/AA5056 Stir Zone

  • Anna Zykova,
  • Andrey Chumaevskii,
  • Anastasia Gusarova,
  • Denis Gurianov,
  • Tatiana Kalashnikova,
  • Nickolai Savchenko,
  • Evgeny Kolubaev and
  • Sergei Tarasov

10 September 2021

Dissimilar friction stir processing on CuZn37/AA5056 was performed to study structural and phase evolution of a friction stir zone. Formation of 5–10 μm intermetallic compounds (IMCs) such as Al2Cu was the main type of diffusion reaction between copp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
10,629 Views
19 Pages

Analysis and Comparison of Friction Stir Welding and Laser Assisted Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy

  • Sabina Luisa Campanelli,
  • Giuseppe Casalino,
  • Caterina Casavola and
  • Vincenzo Moramarco

18 December 2013

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining process; i.e., no melting occurs. The welding process is promoted by the rotation and translation of an axis-symmetric non-consumable tool along the weld centerline. Thus, the FSW process is perfo...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,773 Views
6 Pages

7 November 2023

To fabricate joints of dissimilar materials such as alumnium and titanium with excellent joint properties with limited defects, there is a need to use effective joining techniques. Friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir spot welding (FSSW) are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,096 Views
13 Pages

The Effect of Vibration during Friction Stir Welding on Corrosion Behavior, Mechanical Properties, and Machining Characteristics of Stir Zone

  • Sajad Fouladi,
  • Amir H. Ghasemi,
  • Mahmoud Abbasi,
  • Morteza Abedini,
  • Amir Mahyar Khorasani and
  • Ian Gibson

10 October 2017

Different methods have been applied to refine various characteristics of the zone (or nugget) obtained by friction stir welding (FSW). In the current research, joining components are vibrated normal to the weld line during FSW to refine the zone micr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,343 Views
17 Pages

29 August 2023

This research focuses on the computational modelling and comparative analysis of friction stir welding (FSW) and stationary shoulder friction stir welding (SSFSW) applied to AA6061-T6 aluminium alloy. SSFSW, an FSW variant, employs a stationary shoul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
3,885 Views
12 Pages

Investigation into the Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding of AA5052 and AA6061 Aluminum Alloys Using Pin-Eccentric Stir Tool

  • Yu Chen,
  • He Wang,
  • Huaying Li,
  • Xiaoyu Wang,
  • Hua Ding,
  • Jingwei Zhao and
  • Fenghe Zhang

26 June 2019

Friction stir welding with different pin-eccentric stir tools (the pin eccentricities were 0, 0.4, and 0.8 mm, respectively) was successfully utilized for joining dissimilar aluminum alloys AA5052 and AA6061, and the influences of pin eccentricity on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
2,861 Views
25 Pages

A Novel Friction Stir Deposition Technique to Refill Keyhole of Friction Stir Spot Welded AA6082-T6 Dissimilar Joints of Different Sheet Thicknesses

  • Mohamed M. Z. Ahmed,
  • Mohamed M. El-Sayed Seleman,
  • Essam Ahmed,
  • Hagar A. Reyad,
  • Naser A. Alsaleh and
  • Ibrahim Albaijan

30 September 2022

Joining dissimilar sheet thicknesses of AA6082-T6 alloys by friction stir spot welding (FSSW) provides many advantages in automotive and aerospace applications. The formed keyhole at the end of the FSSW process is one of the typical features after th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
83 Citations
7,246 Views
44 Pages

Friction Stir Welding and Friction Spot Stir Welding Processes of Polymers—State of the Art

  • Francesco Lambiase,
  • Hamed Aghajani Derazkola and
  • Abdolreza Simchi

15 May 2020

In the last decade, the friction stir welding of polymers has been increasingly investigated by the means of more and more sophisticated approaches. Since the early studies, which were aimed at proving the feasibility of the process for polymers and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
4,157 Views
19 Pages

29 March 2019

In the present study, silicon carbide nanoparticles were incorporated into AZ31B magnesium alloy welded joints using the friction stir welding technique at five different stir zone volume fractions. The volume percentage of nano-SiC was varied from 0...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,875 Views
15 Pages

23 November 2020

The effect of friction stir welding on microstructure and corrosion property was studied in Fe-30Mn-3Al-3Si (wt.%) twinning-induced plasticity steel using both an electron backscattered diffractometer and electrochemical testing (i.e., polarization t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
133 Citations
26,299 Views
22 Pages

Friction Stir Processing of Particle Reinforced Composite Materials

  • Yong X. Gan,
  • Daniel Solomon and
  • Michael Reinbolt

11 January 2010

The objective of this article is to provide a review of friction stir processing (FSP) technology and its application for microstructure modification of particle reinforced composite materials. The main focus of FSP was on aluminum based alloys and c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
97 Citations
12,343 Views
14 Pages

19 February 2019

Friction stir processing (FSP) is a novel solid-phase processing technique that is derived from friction stir welding (FSW). The microstructure of the base metal can be modified with the friction heat and stir function during processing. It can be us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,042 Views
9 Pages

Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding of AA2519 and AA5182

  • Ivan S. Zuiko,
  • Sergey Malopheyev,
  • Sergey Mironov and
  • Rustam Kaibyshev

8 December 2022

In this study, the friction-stir welding (FSW) technique was successfully applied for joining of AA2519 to AA5181 alloy. Microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar FSW joints were investigated by optical microscopy, microhardness, and ten...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,305 Views
19 Pages

Joining of Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic Polymer Composites by Friction Stir Welding—A Review

  • Miguel A. R. Pereira,
  • Ivan Galvão,
  • José Domingos Costa,
  • Ana M. Amaro and
  • Rui M. Leal

7 March 2022

The objective of the current work is to show the potential of the friction stir welding (FSW) and its variants to join fibre-reinforced thermoplastic polymer (FRTP) composites. To accomplish that, the FSW technique and two other important variants, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,510 Views
31 Pages

Evaluating Performance of Friction Stir Lap Welds Made at Ultra-High Speeds

  • Todd Lainhart,
  • Joshua Sheffield,
  • Jeremy Russell,
  • Jeremy Coyne and
  • Yuri Hovanski

Friction stir lap welding has been utilized across research and industry for over a decade. However, difficulties in welding in the lap configuration without an interface-related defect have prevented the process from moving beyond low feed rates (ge...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,843 Views
37 Pages

Analysis of Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys

  • Ikram Feddal,
  • Mohamed Chairi and
  • Guido Di Bella

9 May 2025

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining technique that has gained widespread adoption, particularly for aluminum alloys, due to its ability to produce high-quality welds without melting base materials. This comprehensive review focuses o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,165 Views
11 Pages

17 April 2021

Friction stir processing (FSP), a severe plastic deformation process, was applied on pure Cu to obtain a stir zone with a very fine grain size. Yet, when FSP is used, the stir zone is as wide as the diameter of the shoulder at the upper surface of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
844 Views
13 Pages

21 August 2025

In this study, under varying PDSP (plunging depths of stirring pin) and process parameters, refill friction stir spot welding tests were performed on 6061-T6 aluminum alloy, relying on a stirring tool with a 12 mm sleeve diameter and an 8 mm stirring...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,808 Views
14 Pages

30 October 2023

Mechanical property changes in friction stir welding can directly affect the rebalance of the stress field in friction stir welding. This means that it reveals a high relevance with the residual states of friction stir welding. Here, we propose a sub...

  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
11,040 Views
19 Pages

14 December 2018

The application fields of friction stir welding technology, such as aerospace and transportation, has high safety requirements and fatigue is the dominant failure mode for weldments. It is of great significance to understand the fatigue properties of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,419 Views
10 Pages

Friction Stir Welding of 5754 Aluminum Alloy with Cover Sheet

  • Daxin Ren,
  • Fanyu Zeng,
  • Yi Liu,
  • Liming Liu and
  • Zhubin He

31 May 2019

Friction stir welding can realize high-strength aluminum alloy joints. In this study, friction stir welding with cover sheet (CFSW) is proposed to solve the thinning caused by the tool shoulder and reduce the heat-affected zone. The microstructures a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,706 Views
19 Pages

Investigation of Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Welded Specimens of AA6061-T6 Alloy with Friction Stir Welding and Parallel-Friction Stir Welding Methods

  • Amir Ghiasvand,
  • Mohammad Mahdi Yavari,
  • Jacek Tomków,
  • John William Grimaldo Guerrero,
  • Hasan Kheradmandan,
  • Aleksei Dorofeev,
  • Shabbir Memon and
  • Hesamoddin Aghajani Derazkola

12 October 2021

The present study investigates the effect of two parameters of process type and tool offset on tensile, microhardness, and microstructure properties of AA6061-T6 aluminum alloy joints. Three methods of Friction Stir Welding (FSW), Advancing Parallel-...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,085 Views
47 Pages

17 May 2023

A review of the state of research in the field of friction stir welding and processing has been carried out. The features of plastic flow in friction stir welding and their connection with the processes of adhesion friction are shown. The main direct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,525 Views
13 Pages

Friction Stir Spot Welding-Brazing of Al and Hot-Dip Aluminized Ti Alloy with Zn Interlayer

  • Xingwen Zhou,
  • Yuhua Chen,
  • Shuhan Li,
  • Yongde Huang,
  • Kun Hao and
  • Peng Peng

8 November 2018

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of Al to Ti alloys has broad applications in the aerospace and automobile industries, while its narrow joining area limits the improvement of mechanical properties of the joint. In the current study, an Al-coating wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,886 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Stir-Frying on Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Oat Protein Isolates

  • Xia Wang,
  • Yang Lei,
  • Hamad Rafique,
  • Liang Zou and
  • Xinzhong Hu

11 July 2023

The heat treatment required for the deactivation of enzymes was carried out on crop species such as oats. Stir-frying, a frequently employed method for enzyme inactivation to preserve their desirable shelf life, can result in diminished nutritional v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,356 Views
16 Pages

Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of AZ31B to AA6061 Dissimilar Joints Fabricated by Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding

  • Venukumar Sarila,
  • Harisivasri Phanindra Koneru,
  • Muralimohan Cheepu,
  • Bharat Kumar Chigilipalli,
  • Venkata Charan Kantumuchu and
  • Muthukumaran Shanmugam

Dissimilar friction stir spot welds (FSSW) between the magnesium and aluminum alloys are joined, using a novel approach called refill friction stir spot welding. The present work aims to evaluate the macrostructural and mechanical properties of refil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
4,801 Views
15 Pages

Microstructure Development in Additive Friction Stir-Deposited Cu

  • Jonathan L. Priedeman,
  • Brandon J. Phillips,
  • Jessica J. Lopez,
  • Brett E. Tucker Roper,
  • B. Chad Hornbuckle,
  • Kristopher A. Darling,
  • J. Brian Jordon,
  • Paul G. Allison and
  • Gregory B. Thompson

19 November 2020

This work details the additive friction stir-deposition (AFS-D) of copper and evaluation of its microstructure evolution and hardness. During deposition, a surface oxide is formed on the deposit exterior. A very fine porosity is formed at the substra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,085 Views
18 Pages

30 April 2014

Recognition of the friction stir welding process is growing in the aeronautical and aero-space industries. To make the process more available to the structural fabrication industry (buildings and bridges), being able to model the process to determine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,174 Views
13 Pages

Remanufacturing the AA5052 GTAW Welds Using Friction Stir Processing

  • Ghasem Azimi Roeen,
  • Sajjad Ghatei Yousefi,
  • Rahmatollah Emadi,
  • Mohsen Shooshtari and
  • Saeid Lotfian

1 May 2021

Progress in sustainable manufacturing is a crucial element to minimise negative environmental impacts. The conventional fusion weld process used to join aluminium alloys resulted in coarse grain structure, inevitable defects, and severe joint softeni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,297 Views
18 Pages

Capturing Amyloid-β Oligomers by Stirring with Microscaled Iron Oxide Stir Bars into Magnetic Plaques to Reduce Cytotoxicity toward Neuronal Cells

  • Yuan-Chung Tsai,
  • Jing-Chian Luo,
  • Te-I Liu,
  • I-Lin Lu,
  • Ming-Yin Shen,
  • Chun-Yu Chuang,
  • Chorng-Shyan Chern and
  • Hsin-Cheng Chiu

30 June 2020

Soluble amyloid-β oligomers (oAβ42)-induced neuronal death and inflammation response has been recognized as one of the major causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In this work, a novel strategy adopting silica-coated iron oxide stir bar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,674 Views
20 Pages

Additive manufacturing of metal components is predominantly based on fusion-welding processes involving melting and solidification. However, processing high-strength aluminium alloys presents challenges, including reduced mechanical properties and in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,490 Views
26 Pages

A Review of the Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Materials between Aluminum Alloys and Copper

  • Yumeng Sun,
  • Wenbiao Gong,
  • Jiacheng Feng,
  • Guipeng Lu,
  • Rui Zhu and
  • Yupeng Li

14 April 2022

With the rapid development of various industries, the connection of copper and aluminum is in high demand. However, as a solid-phase connection technology, friction stir welding has a potential application prospect in the connection of copper and alu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,874 Views
16 Pages

10 January 2019

The grain size of high strength 7075 hot-rolled aluminum plates was refined by a friction stir process (FSP) to improve their mechanical properties. The results of the tensile ductility tests, which were conducted at various tool rotational speeds, i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
240 Citations
13,757 Views
22 Pages

A Review on AA 6061 Metal Matrix Composites Produced by Stir Casting

  • Ansar Kareem,
  • Jaber Abu Qudeiri,
  • Asarudheen Abdudeen,
  • Thanveer Ahammed and
  • Aiman Ziout

1 January 2021

In recent years, many alloys as well as composites of aluminium were developed for enhanced material performance. AA 6061 is an aluminium alloy that has extensive applications due to its superior material characteristics. It is a popular choice of ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,090 Views
15 Pages

Active and Passive Filling Stir Repairing of AISI 304 Alloy

  • Vincenzo Lunetto,
  • Dario Basile,
  • Valentino Razza and
  • Pasquale Russo Spena

11 August 2024

This study investigates active filling friction stir repair (AF-FSR) and passive filling friction stir repair (PF-FSR) for repairing AISI 304 stainless steel sheets, focusing on addressing the challenges posed by high melting point metals. The resear...

  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
13,182 Views
22 Pages

Investigation of Nondestructive Testing Methods for Friction Stir Welding

  • Hossein Taheri,
  • Margaret Kilpatrick,
  • Matthew Norvalls,
  • Warren J. Harper,
  • Lucas W. Koester,
  • Timothy Bigelow and
  • Leonard J. Bond

29 May 2019

Friction stir welding is a method of materials processing that enables the joining of similar and dissimilar materials. The process, as originally designed by The Welding Institute (TWI), provides a unique approach to manufacturing—where materi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,546 Views
12 Pages

On the Friction Stir Welding of Al 7075 Thin Sheets

  • Andreas Dimopoulos,
  • Achilles Vairis,
  • Nectarios Vidakis and
  • Markos Petousis

29 December 2020

The aim of this work was to weld thin sheets (2 mm) of Al 7075 in a butt joint configuration using friction stir welding and to identify the appropriate tool geometry and optimum process parameters. Two tools were produced with heat treatable low all...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
942 Views
13 Pages

Coaxial Wire Feeding-Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing

  • Mengmeng Liu,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Xiaohu Zhu,
  • Ximing Cheng and
  • Songmo Li

31 August 2025

At present, most studies in the field of Wire-Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing (W-FSAM) adopt the side wire feeding method. However, the side wire feeding method has problems in that the wire feeding tube occupies working space and the tool is pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,449 Views
15 Pages

Research on the Friction Stir Welding of Sc-Modified AA2519 Extrusion

  • Robert Kosturek,
  • Lucjan Śnieżek,
  • Janusz Torzewski and
  • Marcin Wachowski

21 September 2019

The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of friction stir welding (FSW) parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties of Sc-modified AA2519 extrusion joints. The workpiece was welded by FSW in non-heat-treated condition with se...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,642 Views
31 Pages

11 December 2021

FSP (friction stir processing) technology is a modern grain refinement method that is setting new trends in surface engineering. This technology is used not only to modify the microstructure of the surface layer of engineering materials, but increasi...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
192 Views
8 Pages

23 January 2026

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a novel variant of Friction Stir welding (FSW), developed by Mazda Motors and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to join similar and dissimilar materials in a solid state. It is an economic and environmentally friendly alt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,739 Views
13 Pages

On the Fatigue Performance of Friction-Stir Welded Aluminum Alloys

  • Sergey Malopheyev,
  • Igor Vysotskiy,
  • Daria Zhemchuzhnikova,
  • Sergey Mironov and
  • Rustam Kaibyshev

23 September 2020

This work was undertaken in an attempt to ascertain the generic characteristics of fatigue behavior of friction-stir welded aluminum alloys. To this end, different alloy grades belonging to both the heat-treatable and non-heat-treatable types in both...

  • Review
  • Open Access
86 Citations
16,203 Views
73 Pages

A Review on Friction Stir Welding/Processing: Numerical Modeling

  • Mostafa Akbari,
  • Parviz Asadi and
  • Tomasz Sadowski

28 August 2023

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a manufacturing process that many industries have adopted to join metals in a solid state, resulting in unique properties. However, studying aspects like temperature distribution, stress distribution, and material flow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,087 Views
15 Pages

Friction Stir Welding of a TRIP Fe49Mn30Cr10Co10C1 High Entropy Alloy

  • Dmitry Shaysultanov,
  • Kazimzhon Raimov,
  • Nikita Stepanov and
  • Sergey Zherebtsov

30 December 2020

The effect of friction stir welding parameters on the structure and properties of Fe49Mn30Cr10Co10C1 high-entropy alloy welds was studied. Due to the development of the TRIP effect, the mechanical behaviour of this alloy was associated with the &gamm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,530 Views
19 Pages

Friction Stir Lap Welding of Inconel 625 and a High Strength Steel

  • Elisangela Pelizzari Bossle,
  • Buchibabu Vicharapu,
  • Guilherme Vieira Braga Lemos,
  • Cleber Rodrigo de Lima Lessa,
  • Luciano Bergmann,
  • Jorge Fernandez dos Santos,
  • Thomas Gabriel Rosauro Clarke and
  • Amitava De

10 January 2023

The joining of dissimilar hard metals such as high-strength steel and nickel-based alloy is required for shipbuilding and offshore applications to enhance the strength, fracture toughness, and corrosion resistance of the exposed parts. However, the j...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,497 Views
10 Pages

2 March 2019

Friction stir welding is a preferred solid state welding process for Al/Fe joints, and in friction stir lap welding, the plunge depth is the most critical parameter for joint strength. We compared three plunge depth control methods, namely convention...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,175 Views
28 Pages

27 February 2021

To reduce environmental impacts and ensure competitiveness, the fabrication and construction sectors focus on minimizing energy and material usage, which leads to design requirements for complex structures by joining of similar and dissimilar materia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,632 Views
20 Pages

Additive Friction Stir Deposition of a Tantalum–Tungsten Refractory Alloy

  • R. Joey Griffiths,
  • Alexander E. Wilson-Heid,
  • Marissa A. Linne,
  • Eleanna V. Garza,
  • Arnold Wright and
  • Aiden A. Martin

Additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) is a solid-state metal additive manufacturing technique, which utilizes frictional heating and plastic deformation to create large deposits and parts. Much like its cousin processes, friction stir welding and...

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