Research Article

Very High Cycle Fatigue Crack Initiation Mechanism in Nugget Zone of AA 7075 Friction Stir Welded Joint

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Optical micrographs of showing the microstructure along the cross section of (a) various microstructural zones, (b) enlarged view of each zone, and (c) variation of grain size in the NZ.
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