Friction Stir Welding (FSW) has gained wide acceptance as a reliable joining process for aerospace hardware as witnessed by its recent incorporation into the Delta Launch vehicle cryotanks. This paper describes the development of nondestructive evaluation methods and techniques used to verify the FSW process for NASA's Space Shuttle.


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    Title :

    Nondestructive Inspection Techniques for Friction Stir Weld Verification on the Space Shuttle External Tank


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    ASM 2003 Fall Conference ; 2003 ; Pittsburg, PA, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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