Numerical simulation of the thermo-mechanical behavior of 6061 aluminum alloy during friction-stir welding

In this work, a finite-element model was elaborated to simulate the thermomechanical behavior of 6061 aluminum alloy during friction-stir welding (FSW

Mechanisms of abnormal grain growth in friction-stir-welded aluminum alloy 6061-T6

The relationship between the temperature conditions during friction-stir welding (FSW), the stir-zone microstructure, and the thermal stability of welded aluminum-alloy 6061 joints was established. To facilitate interpretation of the microstructural data, temperature distributions generated during FSW were quantified using a finite-element-modeling approac