Friction stir welding has seen significant growth in both technology implementation and scientific exploration. This book covers all aspects of friction stir welding and processing, from fundamentals to design and applications. It also includes an update on the current research issues in the field of friction stir welding, and a guide for further research. A collection of papers from the 2007 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition held in Orlando, Florida, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

Table of Contents:
Preface. Editors. Session I. Friction Stir Welding?After a Decade of Development (William Arbegast). Friction Stir Welding of an Aluminum Coal Hopper Railcar (Casey Allen, Dana Medlin, Clark Oberebt, Haven Mercer, and William Arbegast). Development of Design Curves for Tensile Strength and Fatigue Characteristics of 7075 T73 Aluminum FSW Butt Joints (Srikanth Kandukuri, William J. Arbegast, Anil K. Patnaik, and Casey D. Allen). Relationships between Process Variables Related to Heat Generation in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum (Kevin Colligan). Session II. Analysis of Self-Reacting Friction Stir Welds in a 2024-T351 Alloy (Tomasz Neumann, Rudolf Zettler, Pedro Vilata, Jorge dos Santos, and Luisa Quintino). Development of a Torque-Based Weld Power Model for Friction Stir Welding (Jefferson Pew, Tracy Nelson, and Carl D. Sorensen). Eulerian Simulation of Friction Stir Welding in 7075 Aluminum (L. Fourment, S. Guerdoux, Michael Miles, and T. W. Nelson). Transport Phenomena in Friction Stir Welding (Lyne St-Georges, Véronique Dassylva-Raymond, László Kiss, and Alexandre Perron). Phase Space Analysis of Friction Stir Weld Quality (Enkhsaikhan Boldsaikhan, Antonette Logar, Edward Corwin, Jeff McGough, and William Arbegast). Specific Energy and Temperature Mechanistic Models for Friction Stir Processing of Al?F357 (P. Kalya, K. Krishnamurthy, Rajiv Mishra, and John Baumann). A Numerical Study of the Plunge Stage in Friction Stir Welding Using ABAQUS (Saptarshi Mandal, Justin Rice, and Abdelmageed A. Elmustafa). Minimizing Lack of Consolidation Defects in Friction Stir Welds (Srikrishna Chimbli, Dana Medlin, and William Arbegast). Session III. Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Tailor-Welded Blanks (Yen-Lung Chen). Formability and Springback Evaluation of Friction Stir Welded Automotive Sheets (Wonoh Lee, Junehyung Kim, Daeyong Kim, Chongmin Kim, Michael L. Wenner, Kazutaka Okamoto, R.H. Wagoner, and Kwansoo Chung). Formability Analysis of Locally Surface-Modified Al 5052 Sheets (Chang Lee, Suk Hoon Kang, Heung Nam Han, Sung-Joon Kim, and Kyu Hwan Oh). Numerical Simulation of the Static and Dynamic Response of Corrugated Sandwich Structures Made with Friction Stir Welding and Superplastic Forming (Karim Muci-Kuchler, Sajith Kumar Annamaneni, Darrell R. Herling, and William J. Arbegast). Effect of Processing Parameters on Microstructure of the FSW Nugget (Joseph Querin, A.M. Davis, and Judy A. Schneider). riction Stir Lap Joining of Al 7075 with Sealant (Tim Li, George Ritter, Nick Kapustka, and Richard Lederich). Friction Stir Lap Welds of AA6111 Aluminum Alloy (Manasij Yadava, Rajiv Mishra, Y.L. Chen, X.Q. Gayden, and Glenn Grant). Friction Stir Welding of an Aerospace Grade Magnesium Alloy (Xinjin Cao, M. Jahazi, and M. Guerin). Friction Stir Joining of Thermoplastics (Saritha Mattapelli, William J. Arbegast, and Robb Winter). Friction Stir Welding of Bulk Metallic Glasses ? Vitreloy 106A (Rakesh Suravarapu, Katharine M. Flores, William J. Arbegast, and Stanley M. Howard). Session IV. Friction Stir Welding of HSLA-65 Steel (Peter Pao, Richard W. Fonda, Harry N. Jones, C.R. Feng, and D.W. Moon). Characterization of Dual Phase Steel Friction-Stir Weld for Tailor-Welded Blank Applications (Seung Hwan Park, Satoshi Hirano, Kazutaka Okamoto, Wei Gan, Robert H. Wagoner, Kwansoo Chung, and Chongmin Kim). Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Welded 304 Stainless Steel Using W-Based Alloy Tool (Yutaka Sato, Masahiro Muraguchi, and Hiroyuki Kokawa). Friction Stir Welding of X-65 Steel (Tracy Nelson, Sterling Anderson, and David J. Segrera). Tool Mushrooming in Friction Stir Welding of L80 Steel (Wei Gan, Tim Li, and Shuchi Khurana). Properties and Structure of Friction Stir Welded Alloy 718 (Carl D. Sorensen, Ben Nelson, and Sam Sanderson). Microstructural Evolution in Ti 5-1-1-1 Friction Stir Welds (Richard Fonda, Keith E. Knipling, C. R. Feng, and D.W. Moon). Effects of Friction Stir Welding on the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Invar 36 (Bharat Jasthi, Stanley Howard, Casey Allen, and William Arbegast). Session V. Study of Plunge Motion during Friction Stir Spot Welding Temperature and Flow Pattern (Harsha Badarinarayan, Frank Hunt, Kazutaka Okamoto, and Shigeki Hirasawa). Spot Friction Welding of Thin AZ31 Magnesium Alloy (Tsung-Yu Pan, Michael L. Santella, P.K. Mallick, and Alan Frederick). The Effect of Surface Treatments on the Faying Surface of Friction Stir Spot Welds (Bryan Tweedy, Christian Widener, and Dwight Burford). Friction Stir Spot Welding of 6016 Aluminum Alloy (Rajiv Mishra, S. Webb, Timothy Freeney, Y.L. Chen, X.Q. Gayden, Glenn Grant, and Darrell Herling). Preliminary Study of Material Flow in Friction Stir Spot Welding Using Different Marker Materials (Karim Muci-Kuchler, Sindhura Kalagara, and William J. Arbegast). Screening for Process Variable Sensitivity in Refill Spot Welding of 6061 Aluminum Sheet (Clark Oberembt, Casey Allen, William Arbegast, and Anil Patnaik). Numerical Simulation of a Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding Process (Sindhura Kalagara, and Karim Muci-Kuchler). Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Composition Variation across the Interface for FSW 6061 Al Alloy Weldments (Karanam Bhanumurthy, Nitin Kumbhar, and B. P. Sharma). Investigation of Laser Deposition of High Temperature Refractory Pin Tools for Friction Stir Welding (Bharat Jasthi, Aaron C. Costello, William Arbegast, and Stanley Howard). Liquid Metal Embrittlement of MP-159 Pin Tools (Charles Standen, Bharat Jasthi, Dana Medlin, and William Arbegast). Session VI. Stir Zone Temperatures during Friction Stir Processing (Terry McNelley, Keiichiro Oh-ishi, Alexander P. Zhilyaev, Srinivasan Swaminathan, Christian B. Fuller, Blair London, and Murray W. Mahoney). Friction Stir Processing of D2 Tool Steel for Enhanced Blade Performance (Carl D. Sorensen, Tracy Nelson, Scott M. Packer, and Charles Allen). The Relationship between Friction Stir Process Parameters and Microstructure of Investment Cast Ti-6Al-4V (Adam Pilchak, Z. Tim Li, James J Fisher, Anthony P. Reynolds, Mary Juhas, and James Williams). Friction Stir Processing of a Cast WE43 Magnesium Alloy (Timothy Freeney, Rajiv Mishra, Glenn Grant, and Ravi Verma). Friction Stir Microstructural Modification of Investment Cast F357 (S. Jana, Rajiv Mishra, H. N. Chou, and Darrell Herling). Corrosion in Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar Aluminum Alloy Joints of 2024 and 7075 (Christian Widener, Dwight Burford, Jorge E. Talia, and Bryan Tweedy). Investigation to Restore the Exfoliation Resistance of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy 2024 (Christian Widener, Dwight Burford, Jorge E. Talia, and Bryan Tweedy). Author Index. Subject Index.