...Yu Ming Zhang; Yu-Ping Yang; Wei Zhang; Suck-Joo Na Welding is a major manufacturing process that joins two or more pieces of materials together through heating/mixing them followed by cooling/solidification. The goal of welding manufacturing is to join materials together to meet service...

.... , Hu , S. J. , and Carlson , B. E. , 2015 , “ Joining of Dissimilar Materials ,” CIRP Ann. , 64 ( 2 ), pp. 679 – 699 . 10.1016/j.cirp.2015.05.006 [2] Nandan , R. , DebRoy , T. , and Bhadeshia , H. K. D. H. , 2008 , “ Recent Advances in Friction-Stir Welding–Process...

...Bastian Geißler; Tobias Laumer; Andrea Wübbeke; Thomas Frick; Volker Schöppner; Michael Schmidt Laser transmission welding is a well-known joining technology for welding thermoplastics. Although the process is already used industrially, fundamental process-structure-property relationships...

...Xun Liu; Sheng Zhao; Kai Chen; Jun Ni In this study, the friction stir welding (FSW) of aluminum alloy 6061-T6511 to TRIP 780 steel is analyzed under various process conditions. Two FSW tools with different sizes are used. To understand the underlying joining mechanisms and material flow behavior...

... 19 07 2018 Welding Joining Many industrial applications need heat resistant steel due to its capabilities of operating in high temperatures and pressures as well as good corrosion resistance. Submerged arc welding (SAW) is mainly used to weld such kind of steels, specifically...

...Kai Chen; Xun Liu; Jun Ni A hybrid friction stir resistance spot welding (RSW) process is applied for joining aluminum alloy 6061 to TRIP 780 steel. Compared with conventional RSW, the applied current density is lower and the welding process remains in the solid state. Compared with conventional...

.... 4 contains the discussions; and Sec. 5 concludes this paper. Friction stir scribe (FSS) welding, a recent derivative of FSW invented and developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has enabled joining of materials with vastly different melting points by simultaneously producing...

...YunWu Ma; GuanZhong He; Ming Lou; YongBing Li; ZhongQin Lin Friction self-piercing riveting (F-SPR) process has shown advantages over fusion welding, solid state welding, and traditional mechanical joining processes in joining dissimilar materials. Because of the thermo-mechanical nature of F-SPR...

...Brandon P. Smith; Mahdi Ashrafi; Mark E. Tuttle; Santosh Devasia This paper investigates an out-of-autoclave (OoA), embedded-resistive heating method to precisely control the bondline temperature when curing high strength adhesives for joining composite adherends. A challenge with OoA methods...

... Joining Fig. 2 Illustration of exponential response process of pulse current Equations (1) – (7) were calculated for the ideal rectangular wave shown in Fig. 1 , and thus, presented great errors in the actual output. To correct the errors, a correction coefficient K was added. K...

... energy, and therefore, promotes the formation of a localized weld. Manuscript received March 21, 2018; final manuscript received May 21, 2018; published online June 28, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Zhijian J. Pei. 21 03 2018 21 05 2018 Welding Joining Ultrasonic welding (UW) has...

...C. Zhang; H. Li; M. Q. Li Solid-state hot press bonding is an advanced joining process wherein two specimens can be joined under high pressure for a period of time at an elevated temperature. The main step in hot press bonding is the void closure process. In the present study, a three-dimensional...

...%3ACN031901150/The-mechanical-theory-of-adhesion-A-seventy-year/ [26] Uehara , K. , and Sakurai , M. , 2002 , “ Bonding Strength of Adhesives and Surface Roughness of Joined Parts ,” J. Mater. Process. Technol. , 127 ( 2 ), pp. 178 – 181 . 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00122-X [27] Sekercioglu...

... denatured tissue zone size. 1 Corresponding author. Manuscript received October 27, 2017; final manuscript received February 25, 2018; published online April 2, 2018. Editor: Y. Lawrence Yao. 27 10 2017 25 02 2018 Biomedical manufacturing Welding Joining Bipolar...

..., poses significant challenges to the existing joining technologies, especially in regard to single-sided joint access. To address this issue, the current study applied the friction stir blind riveting (FSBR) process to join 1.2 mm-thick AA6022-T4 aluminum alloy to 3 mm-thick Aural-2 cast aluminum...

... Assembly Modeling and simulation Welding Joining Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining process that is capable of welding similar and dissimilar metals. The solid-state nature of the process signifies the fact that the temperature during the FSW process remains below the melting...

... Monitoring Joining Diagnostics Fine-scale characterization of surface variation is crucial for high-performance quality control of numerous manufacturing processes, such as ultrasonic metal welding and high-precision machining [ 1 , 2 ]. Such information can enhance manufacturers' understanding...

... of the welded joints were examined using optical and scanning electron microscope. The transient temperatures near the faying surfaces and horn-workpiece interfaces were recorded to understand the weld growth mechanism. It was found that it is feasible to join 4-mm-thick lapped carbon fiber reinforced nylon 66...

... to divide realistic mechanical parts into subparts that can be joined together through additive manufacturing or linear friction welding (LFW). The optimization method presents possible manufacturing alternatives to an engineering designer where optimality is defined as a minimization of cost. The paper...

... States government purposes. 24 04 2017 28 06 2017 Materials processing Control Machine tool dynamics Metrology Nontraditional manufacturing processes Welding Sensing Monitoring Automation Joining Diagnostics Electric Power Research...