Effect of Friction Coefficient in Friction Stir Welding of B4C Reinforced AA5083 Metal Matrix Composites and Use of Fuzzy Clustering Technique for Weld Strength Prediction

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Coating type</td><td class="align_center">Coated tool</td><td class="align_center">Characteristics of coating</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="4">TiN</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="4"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2024/9880686/figures/9880686.fig-inline.001.svgz" name="9880686.fig-inline.001" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td><td class="align_center">Colour: gold</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Average hardness: 2300 Hv</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Friction coefficient: 0.69</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Coating thickness: 4 microns</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="4">AlCrN</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="4"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2024/9880686/figures/9880686.fig-inline.002.svgz" name="9880686.fig-inline.002" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td><td class="align_center">Colour: gray</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Average hardness: 3100 Hv</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Friction coefficient: 0.35</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Coating thickness: 4 microns</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="4">DLC</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="4"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2024/9880686/figures/9880686.fig-inline.003.svgz" name="9880686.fig-inline.003" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td><td class="align_center">Colour: black</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Average hardness: 3500 Hv</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Friction coefficient: 0.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Coating thickness: 4 microns</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Effect of Friction Coefficient in Friction Stir Welding of B4C Reinforced AA5083 Metal Matrix Composites and Use of Fuzzy Clustering Technique for Weld Strength Prediction 

Table 1 | Effect of Friction Coefficient in Friction Stir Welding of B4C Reinforced AA5083 Metal Matrix Composites and Use of Fuzzy Clustering Technique for Weld Strength Prediction 