Friction Stir Spot Welding: A Review on Joint Macro- and Microstructure, Property, and Process Modelling

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a very useful variant of the conventional friction stir welding (FSW), which shows great potential to be a replacement of single-point joining processes like resistance spot welding and riveting. There have been many reports and some industrial applications about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: X. W. Yang, T. Fu, W. Y. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/697170