On the Issues of Asymmetry Observed in Heat Transfer & Material Flow in Friction Stir Welding

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In this paper, a standard CFD code, COMSOL is used to describe the 3-dimensional modeling of friction stir welding using threaded tool and based on fully sticking friction. A standard threaded tool profile is used for the full flow analysis including heat generation and heat flow. Temperature distribution is analyzed for full sticking and sliding condition. The effect of different operating parameters on the temperature distribution was performed.The importance of cell Peclet number is also investigated in the temperature distribution on advancing and retreading side. The results are in reasonable agreement with the predictions.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 622-623)

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289-293

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December 2012

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