... and there is a lack of knowledge on the mechanical performance of this configuration. This is one of the reasons why in the case of primary aeronautical structures, the major joining process continues to be the riveting process. However, this process has many non‐added value parts and operations, which can...

... aluminum alloy. Design/methodology/approach Friction stir welding is a solid‐state joining process, which emerged as an alternative technique to be used in high strength alloys that were difficult to join with conventional joining techniques. This technique has a significant effect on the local...

...) values (Sokou, 2010), using a Vickers microhardness tester. Alloys Joining processes Plasticity Hardness Welding Friction stir welding Onset of plasticity Yielding Microhardness Nanohardness Nanoindentation Aluminum alloys Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid‐state welding...

... axis was perpendicular to the welding direction) and the two specimens types mostly differ because of the resistant net section. Welding Fatigue Corrosion Joining processes FSW polished material was predicted by considering that the cracks started at the constituent particles...