Cool engineering simulation of friction-stir welding

Most major aircraft manufacturers use friction-stir welding (FSW) to join aluminum parts. The trick is that the aluminum never reaches its melting point and hence nasty aluminum oxides never form. One of our Predictive Engineering engineers worked to develop a simulation package that can simulate the weld process and also predict its efficiency and cleanliness (minimal defects). That quick simulation is a huge advantage for our FSW-using clients. Please visit us at , and for our computational fluid dynamics CFD consulting work, please visit