| Advances in friction stir welding for aerospace applications D Burford, C Widener, B Tweedy 6th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), 7730, 2006 | 68 | 2006 |
| Friction stir welding tool having a counterflow pin configuration DA Burford US Patent 7,942,306, 2011 | 51 | 2011 |
| Friction stir welding tool having a scroll-free concentric region DA Burford US Patent 8,016,179, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| High-rotational speed friction stir welding with a fixed shoulder CA Widener, JE Talia, BM Tweedy, DA Burford Proceedings of the 6th international symposium on friction stir welding …, 2006 | 36 | 2006 |
| Mandrel tool probe for friction stir welding having physically-separate spiraled surfaces DA Burford US Patent 8,579,180, 2013 | 33 | 2013 |
| Evaluation of post-weld heat treatments to restore the corrosion resistance of friction stir welded aluminum alloy 7075-T73 vs. 7075-T6 CA Widener, DA Burford, B Kumar, JE Talia, B Tweedy Materials science forum 539, 3781-3788, 2007 | 32 | 2007 |
| Factors affecting the properties of swept friction stir spot welds BM Tweedy, CA Widener, JD Merry, JM Brown, DA Burford SAE Technical Paper, 2008 | 31 | 2008 |
| A theoretical sensitivity analysis for full- dome formability tests: parameter study forn, m, r, and μ DA Burford, K Narasimhan, RH Wagoner Metallurgical Transactions A 22 (8), 1775-1788, 1991 | 30 | 1991 |
| The effect of surface treatments on the faying surface of friction stir spot welds B Tweedy, C Widener, D Burford Friction stir welding and processing IV, Warrendale (PA), TMS, 333-340, 2007 | 25 | 2007 |
| Influence of shoulder configuration and geometric features on FSW track properties DA Burford, B Tweedy, CA Widener Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Friction Stir Welding, 10-13, 2006 | 25 | 2006 |
| Effect of plasticized material flow on the tool feedback forces during friction stir welding E Boldsaikhan, DA Burford, P Gimenez Proc. Conf. On ‘Friction stir welding and processing VI’, San Francisco, CA …, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| Evaluation of friction stir weld process and properties for aerospace application: e-NDE for friction stir processes D Burford, PG Britos, E Boldsaikhan, J Brown 6th annual technical review meeting, FAA Joint Advanced Materials …, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
| System and associated friction stir welding (FSW) assembly, controller and method for performing a friction stir welding operation DA Burford, EH Fenn, DR High, RM Kay US Patent 7,255,258, 2007 | 24 | 2007 |
| Effect of fit-up tolerances on the strength of friction stir welds C Widener, B Tweedy, D Burford 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials …, 2006 | 23 | 2006 |
| Static strength comparison of riveted versus friction stir welded stiffened panels B Tweedy, S Sellmeyer, A Jahn, D Burford 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials …, 2006 | 22 | 2006 |
| Investigation of mechanical properties of AA6082-T6/AA6063-T6 friction stir lap welds F Baratzadeh, E Boldsaikhan, R Nair, D Burford, H Lankarani Journal of Advanced Joining Processes 1, 100011, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube nanocomposites into 2024-T3 Al substrates via friction stir welding process HE Misak, CA Widener, DA Burford, R Asmatulu Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 136 (2), 024501, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Controlled speed friction stir tool probe bodies having non-linear, continuous, monotonically-decreasing curved axial profiles and integrated surface features DA Burford US Patent App. 14/796,868, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| Effects of tool design and friction stir welding parameters on weld morphology in aluminum alloys CA Widener, DA Burford, S Jurak Materials Science Forum 638, 1261-1266, 2010 | 16 | 2010 |
| Fatigue crack growth in integrally stiffened panels joined using friction stir welding and swept friction stir spot welding DA Burford, BM Tweedy, CA Widener Journal of ASTM International 5 (4), 1-18, 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
