The Importance of Materials Data and Modelling Parameters in an FE Simulation of Linear Friction Welding

Table 1

Details of current LFW FE simulation publications, their material formulation, meshing used, and validation methods.

Publication	Software	Dimension	Finest mesh size [mm]	Material data	Validated results
Vairis and Frost [5]	ELFEN	2D	n/a	Tabular	Temperatures and shear stress
Li et al. [6]	ABAQUS	2D	0.5	Johnson-Cook	n/a
Ceretti et al. [10]; Fratini et al. [9], Fratini and La Spisa [11]	DEFORM	2D,; 3D	0.6; 0.5, 0.25	Tabular; Equation-based	Upset rate
Sorina-Müller et al. [12]	ANSYS	3D	0.125	Tabular	Upset rate
Turner et al. [13]	FORGE 2008	2D	0.25	Tabular & Norton-Hoff	Flash morphology, temperatures upset rates, and residual stress
Schroeder et al. [14]	DEFORM	2D	0.08	Tabular	Temperatures, upset rates, and flash morphology