<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is one of the most effective solid state joining processes and it has numerous potential applications in many industries. The simulation process can provide the evolution of physical quantities such as temperature, metallurgical phase proportions, stress and strain which can be easily measured during welding. The numerical modelling requires the modelling of a complex interaction between thermal, metallurgical and mechanical phenomena. The aim of this paper is to describe the thermal-fluid simulation of FSW using the finite element method. In the theoretical part of the paper heating is provided by the material flow and contact condition between the tool and the welded material. The thermal-fluid results from the numerical simulation for aluminium alloy using SYSWELD are also presented in this paper.</p></abstract>

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is one of the most effective solid state joining processes and it has numerous potential applications in many industries. The simulation process can provide the evolution of physical quantities such as temperature, metallurgical phase proportions, stress and strain which can be easily measured during welding. The numerical modelling requires the modelling of a complex interaction between thermal, metallurgical and mechanical phenomena. The aim of this paper is to describe the thermal-fluid simulation of FSW using the finite element method. In the theoretical part of the paper heating is provided by the material flow and contact condition between the tool and the welded material. The thermal-fluid results from the numerical simulation for aluminium alloy using SYSWELD are also presented in this paper.

FSW Numerical Simulation of Aluminium Plates by Sysweld - Part I

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Nám. slobody 17, 812 31 Bratislava, Slovakia

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is one of the most effective solid state joining processes and it has numerous potential applications in many industries. The...

FSW Numerical Simulation of Aluminium Plates by Sysweld - Part I

Data publikacji: 19 sie 2016

Zakres stron: 47 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2016-0010

Słowa kluczowe
Friction Stir Welding (FSW), aluminium alloy, Finite element method, thermo-fluid model

© 2016 Jančo Roland et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

FSW Numerical Simulation of Aluminium Plates by Sysweld - Part I

Data publikacji: 19 sie 2016

Zakres stron: 47 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2016-0010

Słowa kluczoweFriction Stir Welding (FSW), aluminium alloy, Finite element method, thermo-fluid model

© 2016 Jančo Roland et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Friction Stir Welding (FSW), aluminium alloy, Finite element method, thermo-fluid model