Design and development of simplified fixture for FSW.

Abstract

Friction stir welding process have been well accepted in the field of Welding. While performing FSW on experimental basis the plate size considered is 100 x 100 x T, here T is thickness of plate. The facts found while designing and experimenting were interesting. The development phase have given exposure to points which have not been considered while constructing fixtures for holding plates while carrying experimentations. The effects found on plate while changing parameters have also changes the results. Here design have been trialed for various experiments and on basis of practical understanding of problem physics one design have been finalized for further experimentations. Experimentations have been carried and with Multiphysics problem have been solved. On basis of practical and Multiphysics data design have been presented.