Friction Stir Welding and Processing

Prof. Dr. Yongxian Huang is the dean of the Department of Welding Technology and Engineering and the vice director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2008. His research focuses on the basis and applications of friction stir welding, processing, additive manufacturing, and derived technologies. He has published 160 scientific papers and 100 granted patents. He has won provincial/ministerial level science/technology/teaching awards for 4 times.Dr. Yuming Xie is an assistant professor of Harbin Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2022. His research focuses on the deformation-driven metallurgy principles and numerical modelling of friction stir welding. He has published 50 scientific papers and 20 granted patents.Dr. Xiangchen Meng is an associate professor of Harbin Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2020. His research focuses on the solid-state welding, additive manufacturing, and remanufacturing of lightweight and dissimilar materials. He has published 100 scientific papers and 20 granted patents.

• Introduction.- Inherent issues of friction stir welding.- Self-supporting friction stir welding.- Non-weld thinning friction stir welding.- Dissimilar metals friction stir welding.- Thermoplastic polymer matrix composites friction stir welding.- Mechanical bonding behavior of friction stir welding.- Modeling of friction stir welding.- Friction stir processing.