Structure, properties, and residual stress of 304L stainless steel friction stir welds

  • A. P. Reynolds
  • , Wei Tang
  • , T. Gnaupel-Herold
  • , H. Prask

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Abstract

Alloy 304L stainless steel sheets, 3.2 mm thick, were joined by friction stir welding at a single welding speed using two different tool rotation rates. The resulting welds were overmatched relative to the base metal. Longitudinal residual stresses (tensile) were near the base metal yield strength. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1289-1294
Number of pages6
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume48
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2003
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Work performed at USC was partially supported by ONR contract #N00014-00-3-0008, with MTS Systems Corp. as the prime contractor and partially supported by the NSF, grant number DMI-9978611, program officer Dr. Delcie Durham.

Keywords

  • Friction stir welding
  • Microstructure
  • Residual stress
  • Steel

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