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Numerical Analysis of Joint Temperature Evolution During Friction Stir Welding Based on Sticking Contact

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A three-dimensional numerical model for friction stir welding was developed by using the ABAQUS software based on a fully sticking friction. The temperature measurement was performed to validate the reliability of the model. The simulated thermal histories are in good agreement with the experiments. Simulated results show that the rotation speed has no influence on the time to reach the peak temperature in the workpiece, while the welding speed has significant effect on the time to reach the peak temperature at points away from the plunging center. The value of this peak temperature also changes somewhat. Moreover, the peak temperature in the workpiece tends to reach a quasi-steady state at the beginning of the moving stage; but the temperature at some distance away from the weld does not reach the quasi-steady state during the welding.

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The authors would like to appreciate financial supports from the Ao-Xiang Star Project of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), the Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing (NPU, China) (Grant No. 69-QP-2011), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University by the Ministry of Education of China (NECT-08-0463), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51005180) and the 111 Project (B08040).

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    Wenya Li, Zhihan Zhang & Jinglong Li

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Y. J. Chao

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Li, W., Zhang, Z., Li, J. et al. Numerical Analysis of Joint Temperature Evolution During Friction Stir Welding Based on Sticking Contact. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 21, 1849–1856 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-011-0092-0

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