Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Schneider, A. Judith

Committee Member

Nunes Jr, C. Arthur

Committee Member

Gilbert, Jerome

Date of Degree

8-8-2009

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

Friction stir welding (FSWing) is a solid state, thermo-mechanical process that utilizes a non-consumable rotating weld tool to consolidate a weld joint. In the FSW process, the weld tool is responsible for generating both the heat required to soften the material and the forces necessary to deform and consolidate the former weld seam. Thus, weld tool geometry, material selection, and process parameters are important to the quality of the weld. To study the effects of the weld tool geometry on the resulting welds, a previous study was conducted using varying degree taper, microwave-sintered tungsten carbide (WC) weld tools to FSW Ti-6Al-4V. Fully consolidated welds were down selected for this study to evaluate the resulting mechanical properties and to document the microstructure. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to compare the parent material texture with that in the weld nugget. The purpose of this study is to quantify the temperatures obtained during FSWing by interpreting the resulting microstructure. This information is useful in process optimization as well as weld tool material selection.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15476

Comments

friction stir welding (FSW)||Ti-6Al-4V||tapered weld tool

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