Coupled Thermo-Flowing 3D Steady State Model of Friction Stir Welding Process

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The coupled thermo-flowing 3D steady-state model of friction stir welding model is established based on fluid mechanics. With analyzing the impact of pin shoulder and pin on heat producing, the model considers the influence of pin on the heat producing processing. The model applies viscoplastic constitutive equations to describe the material, and turbulence model to simulate the material flowing behavior. With the additional turbulence kinetic energy equations and flow boundary condition equations, the model is established. With Comsol Multiphysics finite analysis software, a process simulation was carried out, and the results reflect that the model can reveal the steady state characteristics of thermo and material flowing behavior of friction stir welding.

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