Objective Friction Stir Welding (FSW) technology will be developed for joining of dissimilar materials and composites through a generic, research-oriented project focusing on three material combinations. The materials selected for evaluation are industrially relevant combinations but are also representative of classes of dissimilar materials. In the first phase of the project, trial welds will be manufactured for each material combination, allowing key material and process issues to be identified. The objective is to establish a systematic understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with FSW for each material combination. In the second phase, additional joints will be manufactured using a white range of process conditions. Assessment of key metallurgical and mechanical aspects of the welds combined with modeling of FSW, will allow a set of "process guidelines" to be established for each material combination. These guidelines, which are based on fundamental principles, can then be used to gauge the appropriate welding conditions for other dissimilar materials. The knowledge gained will also be applied to the commercially important topic of weld repair using FSW techniques.A research matrix review, assembling the information collected in the preliminary joining of the dissimilar and composite materials trial runs, including weld integrity assessment on the mechanical and metallurgical properties which covered monotonic tensile testing, location of failure, microhardness profiles across the welds, chemical identification of alloy phases, defect characterization, and residual stresses measurements on the surfaces along tracks crossing over the welded region, has been provided. The integrated understanding of both materials and process parameters influence on them is paramount for the modelling objectives of the project. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY EU contribution No data Address Frederiksborgvej 399 Roskilde Denmark See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address Strada torino 50 10043 Orbassano See on map Total cost No data COUNCIL FOR THE CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE RESEARCH COUNCILS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Rutherford appleton laboratory chilton OX11 0QX Didcot,harwell,chilton See on map Total cost No data EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Willy-messerschmitt-strasse Ottobrunn See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE Portugal EU contribution No data Address Km 3,av. professor doutor cavaco silva, n 33, talaide,t 2780920 Oeiras See on map Total cost No data INTEGRIDADE, SERVICOS DE MANUTENCAO E INTEGRIDADE ESTRUTURAL LDA. Portugal EU contribution No data Address Rua francisco antonio silva 2780 Oeiras See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Grosvenor street M1 7HS Manchester See on map Total cost No data University of Cambridge United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Trumpington street CB2 1PZ Cambridge See on map Total cost No data