Identification of optimum friction stir spot welding process parameters controlling the properties of low carbon automotive steel joints

Friction stir spot welding is a novel solid state process that has recently received considerable attention from various industries including automotive sectors due to many advantages over the resistance spot welding. However to apply this technique, the process parameters must be optimized to obtai...

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Main Authors: A.K. Lakshminarayanan, V.E. Annamalai, K. Elangovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785415000034