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29 April 2020

In this study, a novel sensorless method is developed to estimate the friction in a ball screw system using asynchronous experimental data for a worktable position (WP) and the servo motor torque current (SMTC), which is collected by the FOCAS librar...

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23 Citations
6,210 Views
17 Pages

Correlation between Lubricating Oil Characteristic Parameters and Friction Characteristics

  • Yanshuang Wang,
  • Qingguo Qiu,
  • Pu Zhang,
  • Xudong Gao,
  • Zhen Zhang and
  • Pengcheng Huang

In order to help one to judge the friction properties of lubricating oils without tests, this paper intends to establish the correlation between the characteristic parameters of lubricating oils and the friction properties. The elastohydrodynamic and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thin Films for Tribological Applications)
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14 Citations
3,141 Views
13 Pages

Wear and Friction Characteristics of 65Mn Steel for Spike-Tooth Harrow

  • Zhiguo Lu,
  • Chuanyu Du,
  • Qingcai Chen,
  • Tianying Niu,
  • Na Wang and
  • Wanli Song

10 March 2021

The friction and wear characteristics of spike-tooth material (65Mn steel) of Spike-Tooth Harrow in a two-stage peanut harvester were studied in this paper. The friction and wear tests of pin and disc on 65 manganese steel were carried out on the tri...

(This article belongs to the Section Corrosion, Wear and Erosion)
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14 Citations
2,839 Views
13 Pages

Test and Analysis on Friction Characteristics of Major Cotton Stalk Cultivars in Xinjiang

  • Bingcheng Zhang,
  • Rongqing Liang,
  • Jiali Li,
  • Yaping Li,
  • Hewei Meng and
  • Za Kan

The friction characteristic parameters of cotton stalks are important basic physical parameters required to establish the crushing mechanics model and study the separation machinery of film residue mixtures. In this paper, the friction characteristic...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
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19 Citations
3,577 Views
16 Pages

Field Investigation of the Static Friction Characteristics of High-Yielding Rice during Harvest

  • Zheng Ma,
  • Yongle Zhu,
  • Shuren Chen,
  • Souleymane Nfamoussa Traore,
  • Yaoming Li,
  • Lizhang Xu,
  • Maolin Shi and
  • Qian Zhang

24 February 2022

Background: Following the popularization of high-yielding rice in China, fast and efficient mechanized harvesting proved challenging. In addition, the physical characteristics of rice grains and stems are substantially affected during harvest by the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations and Practices of Agricultural Green Mechanized Production Technology)
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13 Citations
2,985 Views
22 Pages

A spherical hinge structure is a key swivel bridge element that must be considered when evaluating friction characteristics and lubrication properties to meet the rotation requirement. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based spherical hinge sliders and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additives for Lubricating Oil and Grease: Mechanism, Properties and Applications)
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2 Citations
1,650 Views
14 Pages

22 October 2024

Based on the technical issues encountered during underground pipe jacking construction in the Jining area, a series of ring shear tests were conducted on silty clay below the groundwater level to investigate the interfacial friction characteristics u...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
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4 Citations
2,636 Views
21 Pages

11 December 2023

In this paper, a dynamic simulation analysis model was established for CMGB (control moment gyroscope bearing) under the conditions of time-varying moment. The influences of the moment’s response time, axial preload, and working temperature on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Condition Monitoring and Simulation Analysis of Bearings)
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2 Citations
1,449 Views
29 Pages

Load Characteristics and Friction Torque Analysis of Triple-Row Wheel Hub Bearings

  • Wei Xiong,
  • Guilai Zheng,
  • Haibo Zhang,
  • Min Yu and
  • Xiaomeng Wang

Aiming at analyzing the load characteristics and friction torque of triple-row hub bearings for new energy vehicles, this work established a comprehensive theoretical and experimental methodology for predicting the internal load distribution and fric...

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14 Citations
2,892 Views
19 Pages

2 November 2022

The purpose of this paper is to study the oil film and friction characteristics of valve plates with a micro-textured surface and to explore the influence of textures of different shapes and sizes on the valve plates. Firstly, on the basis of thermoh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ultra-Precision Manufacturing Technology)
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13 Citations
3,552 Views
15 Pages

8 October 2023

As nanotechnology has developed, some nano-additives have been employed to improve the performance of lubricants. The mechanisms of nano-additives still need to be investigated. The wear characteristics of Fe3O4 nano-additive lubricant were investiga...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress and Challenges in Lubrication: Green Tribology)
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17 October 2026

Accurately predicting pipe jacking thrust and addressing the limited applicability of existing frictional resistance models under rock formation conditions are key technical challenges in pipe jacking through sandstone formations. Based on a pipe jac...

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17 Citations
3,447 Views
14 Pages

31 March 2022

In pipe jacking, the continued growth of friction resistance around the pipe may cause problems, such as an insufficient jacking force, soil collapse, and even land subsidence, which seriously endangers the structural safety of the pipe and surroundi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Underground Space Technology)
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7 Citations
3,432 Views
21 Pages

16 August 2021

Multiple sets of spring, spring seat structures are uniformly arranged in circumferential short spring dual mass flywheel (DMF), which generally have a symmetrical structure. The internal springs and spring seats are constrained by the shape of the p...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
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27 Citations
7,010 Views
13 Pages

Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Turbulent Flow through a Circular Tube with Ball Turbulators

  • Wei Yuan,
  • Guoyun Fang,
  • Xiaoqing Zhang,
  • Yong Tang,
  • Zhenping Wan and
  • Shiwei Zhang

13 May 2018

One of the most commonly used methods of heat transfer enhancement is flow turbulization. This effect can be achieved, e.g., by placing special turbulizing elements into the channel. In this paper, the effects of ball turbulators (BTs) on the heat tr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Active Flow Control Technologies for Energy and Propulsive Systems)
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9 Citations
2,654 Views
25 Pages

21 October 2021

The surface of 40CrNiMo steel, which is commonly used for the sprag clutch wedge, is prone to wear. In this study, hardening of the matrix material was conducted by broadband-laser scanning at various scanning speeds. The hardness distribution and st...

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3 Citations
2,683 Views
19 Pages

Study on Friction and Wear Characteristics of Axial Piston Pump Valve Plate Pairs Modified with Different Surface Energies

  • Yingna Liang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Miaomiao Shen,
  • Zhepeng Zhang,
  • Hao Xing,
  • Cunyuan Wang and
  • Dianrong Gao

10 March 2024

To explore the friction and wear performance of the valve pair with different wetting combinations under various working conditions in hydraulic oil lubrication, a low surface energy modification method was adopted in this paper to improve the surfac...

(This article belongs to the Section Corrosion, Wear and Erosion)
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3 Citations
2,634 Views
18 Pages

A textured surface topography can be used to improve the lubrication performance of bearings. These improvements are closely related to the design of the textured topography. Therefore, studying the effect of the textured topography of rolling bearin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribology of Textured Surfaces)
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1 Citations
1,760 Views
19 Pages

Research on the Lubrication and Friction Characteristics of New Water-Lubricated Bearings Made of PEEK Material in Salt-Sand Water Environments

  • Huabing Jing,
  • Nan Wang,
  • Jiayun Qi,
  • Zhenfeng Zhang,
  • Mingjin Zhang,
  • Jia Wang,
  • An Liu,
  • Yu Cheng and
  • Peng Wang

24 October 2025

During the actual service process, water-lubricated bearings on ships are often in complex operating environments such as low speed, heavy load and salt-sand water areas. To meet the requirements of high load-bearing capacity, long service life and t...

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13 Citations
2,147 Views
17 Pages

1 September 2023

The friction and wear tests of high-speed railway braking materials for a variety of braking speeds (600, 400, and 200 rad/min) at 65% and 98% RH RH (RH: relative humidity) were carried out utilizing a friction-testing machine and humidity generator....

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14 Citations
3,058 Views
17 Pages

11 February 2023

The reasonable design of biomimetic non-smooth surfaces is a novel and effective way to solve problems such as the poor lubricity and serious friction and wear of friction pairs of seawater axial piston pumps. Inspired by cross-scale, second-order co...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Manufacturing and Surface Technology)
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13 Citations
3,797 Views
21 Pages

23 October 2021

In this work, the lubrication mechanism and friction-wear characteristics of the friction pair between carbon-fiber-reinforced polyether ether ketone (CF/PPEK) and 316L stainless steel with a micro-hemispherical pit textured surface at different slid...

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18 Citations
3,476 Views
18 Pages

Based on the basic mechanism and bionics principle that texture affects the dynamic pressure effect of lubricating medium, a V-shaped texture that converges along the sliding direction is designed. Through numerical simulation, the optimal geometric...

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3 Citations
2,064 Views
17 Pages

Static Characteristics of Friction Block Teeth of Coiled Tubing Drilling Robot

  • Shuo Han,
  • Xiaohua Xiao,
  • Jianguo Zhao,
  • Xin Zhao and
  • Ruifan Yang

22 July 2023

Conventional downhole traction robots only provide axial traction, while coiled tubing drilling (CTD) robots must not only overcome the axial force but also overcome the reaction torque generated by the drill bit breaking the rock. Therefore, the too...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Research on Oil and Gas Equipment and Technology)
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6 Citations
3,369 Views
15 Pages

30 July 2022

The piezoelectric ultrasonic actuator is driven by the friction coupling between the stator and mover. Its friction pairs are very important, but there are few studies on the long-term output stability. Therefore, zirconia (ZrO2) is selected as a sta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Actuating, Sensing, Control, and Instrumentation for Ultra Precision Engineering)
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4 Citations
2,936 Views
16 Pages

Being a key component of the transmission system, the needle bearing’s performance and service life affects the overall service life of mechanical equipment. This study takes needle bearings composed of AISI 52100 steel as the research object a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribological Characteristics of Bearing System, 2nd Edition)
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13 Citations
2,355 Views
14 Pages

Friction-Wear and Noise Characteristics of Friction Disks with Circular Texture

  • Biao Ma,
  • Weichen Lu,
  • Liang Yu,
  • Cenbo Xiong,
  • Guoqiang Dang and
  • Xiaobo Chen

14 May 2024

The reduction of friction-induced noise is a crucial research area for enhancing vehicle comfort, and this paper proposes a method based on circular pit texture to achieve this goal. We conducted a long-term sliding friction test using a pin-on-disc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolution of the Working Performance of Special Materials)
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1 Citations
1,560 Views
17 Pages

3 October 2024

Ultra-high-strength steels have been considered an essential material for aviation components owing to their excellent mechanical properties and superior fatigue resistance. When machining these steels, severe tool wear frequently results in poor sur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cutting Processes for Materials in Manufacturing)
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10 Citations
9,218 Views
14 Pages

9 March 2015

Sintered metal porous media currently plays an important role in air bearing systems. When flowing through porous media, the flow properties are generally represented by incompressible Darcy-Forchheimer regime or Ergun regime. In this study, a modif...

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22 Citations
4,985 Views
13 Pages

15 September 2019

Copper-based friction material (CFM) and paper-based friction material (PFM) are the two most commonly used clutch friction materials. The friction and wear characteristics of these two kinds of friction materials under dry conditions were investigat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction and Wear of Engineering Materials )
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10 Citations
4,640 Views
23 Pages

21 March 2023

In the short/vertical take-off and landing aircraft propulsion system, the vertical take-off/landing and rapid flight are switched through the engagement and disconnection of the dry friction clutch. The smooth and rapid connection of the friction cl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamic Stability Analysis of Aerospace Structures)
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5 Citations
1,763 Views
16 Pages

Field Compaction Characteristics of Ultra-Thin Porous Friction Course Based on Laboratory Simulation

  • Xiaobo Du,
  • Hongwei Lin,
  • Mutian Sun,
  • Wenchang Liu and
  • Hongchao Zhang

25 June 2024

As a preventive maintenance treatment, the ultra-thin porous friction course (UPFC) has been widely recognized and used in road maintenance because of its excellent performance and cost effectiveness. The Marshall compaction method (MCM) has been ado...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Long-Life Road Infrastructures: Materials and Structures)
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8 Citations
3,815 Views
14 Pages

19 March 2021

The hydrologic characteristic of a permeable friction course (PFC) pavement is dependent on the rainfall intensity, pavement geometric design, and porous asphalt properties. Herein, the hydrologic characteristic of PFC pavements of various lengths an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Permeable Pavement Systems: Advances and Challenges in Stormwater Management)
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3 Citations
2,528 Views
19 Pages

Dissimilar Friction Stir Lap Welding of Al to Mg: Characteristic Signal, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties

  • Yadong Zhao,
  • Yalong Luo,
  • Haixiao Zhang,
  • Xuefeng Guo,
  • Shuguang Wang,
  • Hongbao Cui,
  • Yangming Zhang,
  • Zhigang Wang and
  • Yafang Zhai

25 December 2020

The spindle characteristic signal (forces and vibrations) at different friction stir lap welding (FSLW) parameters were studied. The result indicated that the spindle force and vibration have different trends with the change of welding parameters. Fo...

(This article belongs to the Section Tribology)
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3 Citations
2,338 Views
18 Pages

This paper proposes a dynamic-projection-integrated particle-filtering-based identification strategy for the friction characteristic curve of a train wheelset under the slipping fault condition. This strategy aims to achieve the identification of the...

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2 Citations
1,422 Views
38 Pages

Investigation of Thermo-Mechanical Characteristics in Friction Stir Processing of AZ91 Surface Composite: Novel Study Through SPH Analysis

  • Roshan Vijay Marode,
  • Tamiru Alemu Lemma,
  • Srinivasa Rao Pedapati,
  • Sambhaji Kusekar,
  • Vyankatesh Dhanraj Birajdar and
  • Adeel Hassan

16 October 2025

The current study examines the influence of tool rotational speed (TRS) and reinforcement volume fraction (%vol.) of SiC on particle distribution in the stir zone (SZ) of AZ91 Mg alloy. Two parameter sets were analyzed: S1 (500 rpm TRS, 13% vol.) and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Machining and Tribology)
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11 Citations
4,280 Views
22 Pages

Study on the Influence of Environmental Conditions on Road Friction Characteristics

  • Atsushi Watanabe,
  • Ichiro Kageyama,
  • Yukiyo Kuriyagawa,
  • Tetsunori Haraguchi,
  • Tetsuya Kaneko and
  • Minoru Nishio

This study focuses on changes in the friction characteristics of paved roads under various conditions from the viewpoint of traffic safety. In general, the braking characteristics of road vehicles are examined using the μ–s characteristics o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction Assessment in Pavement Engineering)
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11 Citations
4,412 Views
20 Pages

28 February 2023

The proposed lubrication theory of textured journal bearing is a major innovation in the study of the tribological properties of surface morphology. When it comes to the study of surface topography, it is essential to consider the effect of surface r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Manufacturing Methods or Processing Methods in Micromachines)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,022 Views
16 Pages

15 July 2019

The surface topography and nanomechanical attributes of two samples of cotton fibers, namely, A and B, were characterized with various operation modes of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The surface topography and friction images of the fibers were...

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20 Citations
4,590 Views
12 Pages

2 May 2022

In this study, the friction and wear characteristics of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were evaluated when using lubricants created by adding surfactants at various ratios to deionized (DI) water. When pure DI water is used as a lubricant, the repulsion...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Advanced Materials and Coatings)
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5 Citations
3,026 Views
13 Pages

3 November 2022

The relationship between clutch thermodynamic characteristics and contact states of friction components is explored numerically and experimentally. The clutch thermodynamic numerical model is developed with consideration of the contact state and oil...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
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3 Citations
2,791 Views
13 Pages

Experiment and Analysis on Friction Damage and Energy Loss Characteristics of Potatoes

  • Yaping Guo,
  • Shengshi Xie,
  • Weigang Deng,
  • Junru Li,
  • Zhenyu Shang,
  • Kailiang Lu,
  • Xiuzhi Gai and
  • Xinjie Ji

3 March 2023

In view of the problem that the research of potato friction damage is not sufficiently systematic and the characteristics of potato friction damage and energy loss are not clear, this paper investigates the initial height, potato mass, potato varieti...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
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10 Citations
3,404 Views
25 Pages

31 October 2022

Because of the operating environment and load, the main fault form of flywheel bearing is the friction fault between the cage and the rolling elements, which often lead to an increase in the friction torque of the bearing and even to the failure of t...

(This article belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
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11 Citations
2,864 Views
17 Pages

Prediction of Friction Coefficient Based on 3D Texture Characteristics of Road Surfaces

  • Matúš Kováč,
  • Matej Brna,
  • Peter Pisca and
  • Martin Decký

26 August 2024

Accurate assessment of road pavement friction is crucial for maintaining road safety. This study explores the prediction of the friction coefficient (µ) using 3D texture parameters of pavement surfaces. Measurements were conducted on 17 differe...

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2 Citations
4,356 Views
19 Pages

17 May 2023

Friction during contact between metals can be very complex in pulse current-assisted forming. Based on stamping process characteristics, a reciprocating friction tester was designed to study the friction characteristics between AA7075 aluminum alloy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aluminum Alloys and Aluminum-Based Matrix Composites)
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12 Citations
4,317 Views
20 Pages

Experimental Study on Friction and Wear Characteristics of Hydraulic Reciprocating Rotary Seals

  • Zongyi Zhang,
  • Dianrong Gao,
  • Tianyuan Guan,
  • Yingna Liang,
  • Jianhua Zhao,
  • Liwen Wang and
  • Jie Tang

8 September 2023

Wear is one of the main failure causes of hydraulic seals. Wear will lead to degradation in the mechanical properties and sealing properties of seals. Compared with hydraulic seals with one-way rotational motion, the hydraulic reciprocating rotary se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribology Problems in Rotating Machinery)
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6 Citations
3,002 Views
21 Pages

Friction Characteristics of Low and High Strength Steels with Galvanized and Galvannealed Zinc Coatings

  • Ji-Young Kim,
  • Seung-Chae Yoon,
  • Byeong-Keuk Jin,
  • Jin-Hwa Jeon,
  • Joo-Sik Hyun and
  • Myoung-Gyu Lee

15 October 2024

As vehicle body structures become stronger and part designs more complex for lightweight, controlling frictional properties in automotive press forming has gained critical importance. Friction, a key factor in formability, is influenced by variables...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterization of Metallic Materials: Microstructure, Forming and Heat Treatment (Second Edition))
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3 Citations
2,316 Views
12 Pages

In a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), the braking system is composed of friction braking and regenerative braking. When a driver presses the brake pedal, each braking system collaborates and applies braking torque. The friction brake is a hydraulic sys...

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14 Citations
4,615 Views
13 Pages

The purpose of this study is to improve the mechanical durability and surface frictional characteristics of polymer/ceramic-based composite materials. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/glass bubble (GB) composite specimens are prepared at various weight ra...

(This article belongs to the Section Tribology)
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1 Citations
2,181 Views
24 Pages

30 September 2022

Friction stir welding requires an optimized process because the quality of the weld can vary depending on the dynamic characteristics of the welding tool. In addition, controlling the structural deflection of the base material according to the load o...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

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