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Session 6: Friction Stir Welding: Process Understanding and Tool Design
Location: Willow Ballroom (Callaway Gardens Resort)
(Please check final room assignments on-site).
Session Description:

Session Chairs:Dr. Linda Horton Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Johnnie J. DeLoach Naval Surface Warfare Center, West Bethesda, MD
2:00 PMA Novel Tool Design for Friction Stir Spot Welding
2:25 PMTool Design in Friction Stir Processing: Dynamic Forces and Material Flow
2:50 PMExperimental Characterization of Tool Heating during Friction Stir Welding
3:15 PMTorque and Plunge Force during Friction Stir Welding Plunge Phase
3:40 PMDynamic Response of Friction Stir Welding Forces and Relationship to Weld Quality
4:05 PMParametric Quantification of Friction Stir Welding
4:30 PMQuantifying the Material Processing Conditions for an Optimized FSW Process