...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...

... are natural consequences of the interfacial melting. National Science Foundation GOALI program and the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division—Award Number CMMI-1537471. References [1] Martinsen , K. , Hu , S. J. , and Carlson , B. E. , 2015 , “ Joining...

...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...

... , A. , and Vieregge , A. , 2000 , “ Recent Development in Aluminium Alloys for the Automotive Industry ,” Mater. Sci. Eng. A , 280 ( 1 ), pp. 37 – 49 . 10.1016/S0921-5093(99)00653-X [2] Martinsen , K. , Hu , S. J. , and Carlson , B. E. , 2015 , “ Joining of Dissimilar Materials ,” CIRP Ann...

...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 High-efficiency welding can significantly improve production efficiency and is mainly embodied in the following two aspects: the substantial improvement of welding speed in thin plate welding and the significant enhancement of deposition efficiency in large and thick plate welding...

... energy, and therefore, promotes the formation of a localized weld. 1 Corresponding author. 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...

...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...

... March 18, 2018; published online May 21, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Donggang Yao. 05 11 2017 18 03 2018 Additive manufacturing Injection molding Rapid prototyping Welding Polymer fabrication processes Solid freeform fabrication Joining Despite its disruptive potential...

..., the process is similar to resistance spot welding that has been extensively studied [ 7 – 9 ]. Both processes utilize resistive heat to join the material clamped in between two electrodes. Bipolar tissue hemostasis has been used in many medical specialties including gynecologic, urologic, cardio-thoracic...

..., 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...

... , G. L. F. , Brown , I. H. , and Linton, V. M. , 2003 , “ Friction Stir Welding of Magnesium Alloy AZ31B to Aluminium Alloy 5083 ,” Sci. Technol. Weld. Joining. , 8 ( 6 ), pp. 462 – 464 . 10.1179/136217103225009134 [2] Sato , Y. S. , Park , S. , Michiuchi , M...

... 26 01 2018 Metrology Modeling and simulation Welding Sensing 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...

... 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...

.... , Threadgill , P. L. , and Nichols , E. D. , 1999 , “ Feasibility of Friction Stir Welding Steel ,” Sci. Technol. Weld. Joining , 4 ( 6 ), pp...