TY - JFULL AU - Armansyah and I. P. Almanar and M. Saiful Bahari Shaari and M. Shamil Jaffarullah and Nur’amirah Busu and M. Arif Fadzleen Zainal Abidin and M. Amlie A. Kasim PY - 2014/11/ TI - Temperature Distribution in Friction Stir Welding Using Finite Element Method T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 1698 EP - 1704 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999542 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 94, 2014 N2 - During welding, the amount of heat present in weld zones determines the quality of weldment produced. Thus, the heat distribution characteristics and its magnitude in weld zones with respect to process variables such as tool pin-shoulder rotational and traveling speed during welding is analyzed using thermal finite element analyses method. For this purpose, transient thermal finite element analyses are performed to model the temperatures distribution and its quantities in weld-zones with respect to process variables such as rotational speed and traveling speed during welding. Commercially available software Altair HyperWork is used to model three-dimensional tool pin-shoulder vs. workpieces and to simulate the friction stir process. The results show that increasing tool rotational speed, at a constant traveling speed, will increase the amount of heat generated in weld-zones. In contrary, increasing traveling speed, at constant tool pin-shoulder rotational speeds, will reduce the amount of heat generated in weld zones. ER -