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Continuous drive friction welding (FW) had found profound industrial applications as an economical solid state joining process. The welding parameters such as frictional pressure, upset pressure, burn off length and rotational speed were found to influence the quality of joints. In the present study, Al6061/SiCp rods were joined by friction welding. The welding trials were designed by using Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array. Tensile strength and micro hardness of the joints were observed as the quality characteristics after each trial. The urge for parameter design had prompted the disclosure of a new integrated methodology based on technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and grey relational analysis (GRA). The effectiveness of the proposed approach of T-GRA was validated by conducting a confirmation test and the field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) images of the fractured surface were also examined.
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R. Adalarasan received his M.E. degree in Production Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University in 2000 and currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India. He has authored more than 15 papers published in international journals and at international conferences. His research interests include welding processes, MMCs, optimization and meta-heuristics.
A. Shanmuga Sundaram is a citizen of India, born in Vellore, Vellore District, Tamilnadu on June 26, 1978. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class in the year 1999 from the Bharathiar University Tamilnadu. He obtained his Master’s degree with First Class in the field of Thermal Engineering from the University of Madras, Tamilnadu in the year 2000. He received his Ph.D. at Anna University, Chennai in 2009. He is currently working as Professor at Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chennai-600123, India. His research interests are thermal management of electronics, thermal energy storage and heat transfer.
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Adalarasan, R., Sundaram, A.S. Parameter design and analysis in continuous drive friction welding of Al6061/SiCp composites. J Mech Sci Technol 29, 769–776 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-0138-6
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