Friction Stir Welding - University of South Carolina (ME)

Dr. Wei Tang

Research Associate

Tel.:	(803)777-0753
Office:	A 136
Building:	Department of Mechanical Engineering (USC) 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208
E-mail:	tang@engr.sc.edu

Education

B.S. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong Univeristy, P. R. China
M.S. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong Univeristy, P. R. China
Ph. D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong Univeristy, P. R. China

Research Interests

Friction stir welding technique and development
Ultrasonic nondestructive testing with numerical signal analysis
Fracture mechanics and failure analysis of welded joints

Professional Experience

November 1999, Present: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Research Associate
January 1998 - October 1999: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Texas at El Paso, Post Doctor
January 1997 - December 1998: Department of Mechanical Engineering. Tsinghua University, P. R. China, Post doctor

Honor

Science and Technique Advanced State Award, Beijing, China, 1996
National Tengfei academic award, China, 1996

Representative Publications

W. Tang, X. Guo, J. C. McClure, L.E. Murr, and A. Nunes, Heat Input and Temperature Distribution in Friction Stir Welding, Journal of Materials Processing and Manufacturing Science Vol. 37, No. 2, Pp.163-172, 1999
J. C. McClure, Z. Feng, W. Tang, etc., A thermal model of friction stir welding. Trends in Welding Research, proceedings of the 5th International Conference, Pine Mountain, Georgia, June1-5, 1998
W. Tang and Y. W. Shi, Detection and classification of welding defects in friction welded joints using ultrasonic non-destructive method, Insight, Vol. 39, No. 2, Pp: 88-92, 1997
W. Tang, Y. W. Shi and B. S. Chen, The time-frequency analysis in ultrasonic non-destructive testing of friction welded joints, Ultrasonic International 97, 2-4, July 1997, Delft, The Netherlands
W. Tang and Y. W. Shi, Influence of technical parameters on the impact toughness and welding defects of friction welded joints bonding with similar and dissimilar materials, The 3rd Asia pacific Conference on Materials Processing, Nov., 1997, Hong Kong
W. Tang and Y. W. Shi, Influence of crack depth and strength matching on deformation and plastic zone at crack tip for welded joint specimen, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 74, Pp. 77-87, 1996
W. Tang and Y. W. Shi, Influence of crack depth and strength matching on fracture toughness for welded joints, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 51, No.4, Pp.649-659, 1995
W. Tang, Y. W. Shi and Y. J. Chen, Ultrasonic non-destructive testing of welded joints with weak bonding of low carbon steel, Insight, Vol. 37, No. 7, Pp. 523-526, 1995
W. Tang and Y. W. Shi, Influence of strength matching and crack depth on the fracture parameters of welded joints, Mis-matching of Welds, ESIS 17, Eds. K. -H. Schwalbe and M. Cocak, Mechanical Engineering Publications, London, 433-443, 1994
W. Tang and Y. W. Shi, An investigation of the plastic rotational factor during bonding process for three-point bending specimens, Computers & Structures, 43(4): 709-712, 1992

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Mechanical Engineering

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