| Microstructural investigation of friction stir welded 7050-T651 aluminium JQ Su, TW Nelson, R Mishra, M Mahoney Acta materialia 51 (3), 713-729, 2003 | 1318 | 2003 |
| Microstructure evolution during FSW/FSP of high strength aluminum alloys JQ Su, TW Nelson, CJ Sterling Materials Science and Engineering: A 405 (1-2), 277-286, 2005 | 583 | 2005 |
| Microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded SAF 2507 super duplex stainless steel YS Sato, TW Nelson, CJ Sterling, RJ Steel, CO Pettersson Materials Science and Engineering: A 397 (1-2), 376-384, 2005 | 391 | 2005 |
| Friction stir processing of large-area bulk UFG aluminum alloys JQ Su, TW Nelson, CJ Sterling Scripta materialia 52 (2), 135-140, 2005 | 356 | 2005 |
| Heterogeneity of crystallographic texture in friction stir welds of aluminum DP Field, TW Nelson, Y Hovanski, KV Jata Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 32, 2869-2877, 2001 | 319 | 2001 |
| Friction model for friction stir welding process simulation: Calibrations from welding experiments M Assidi, L Fourment, S Guerdoux, T Nelson International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 50 (2), 143-155, 2010 | 318 | 2010 |
| Recrystallization in type 304L stainless steel during friction stirring YS Sato, TW Nelson, CJ Sterling Acta materialia 53 (3), 637-645, 2005 | 234 | 2005 |
| A review of friction stir welding of steels: Tool, material flow, microstructure, and properties FC Liu, Y Hovanski, MP Miles, CD Sorensen, TW Nelson Journal of Materials Science & Technology 34 (1), 39-57, 2018 | 220 | 2018 |
| Nature and evolution of the fusion boundary in ferritic-austenitic dissimilar weld metals, Part 1-Nucleation and growth TW Nelson, JC Lippold, MJ Mills WELDING JOURNAL-NEW YORK- 78, 329-s, 1999 | 184 | 1999 |
| Nature and evolution of the fusion boundary in ferritic-austenitic dissimilar metal welds—part 2: on-cooling transformations TW Nelson, JC Lippold, MJ Mills Welding Research 10, 267-277, 2000 | 168 | 2000 |
| Hydrogen-induced cracking along the fusion boundary of dissimilar metal welds MD Rowe, TW Nelson, JC Lippold WELDING JOURNAL-NEW YORK- 78, 31-s, 1999 | 154 | 1999 |
| Formability and strength of friction-stir-welded aluminum sheets MP Miles, TW Nelson, BJ Decker Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 35, 3461-3468, 2004 | 142 | 2004 |
| Grain refinement of aluminum alloys by friction stir processing JQ Su, TW Nelson, CJ Sterling Philosophical Magazine 86 (1), 1-24, 2006 | 138 | 2006 |
| Torque based weld power model for friction stir welding JW Pew, TW Nelson, CD Sorensen Science and Technology of welding and joining 12 (4), 341-347, 2007 | 132 | 2007 |
| Friction stir welding using a superabrasive tool TW Nelson, CD Sorensen, S Packer, PA Felter US Patent 6,648,206, 2003 | 131 | 2003 |
| A new route to bulk nanocrystalline materials JQ Su, TW Nelson, CJ Sterling Journal of Materials Research 18 (8), 1757-1760, 2003 | 130 | 2003 |
| Friction stir welding of polymeric materials TW Nelson, CD Sorenson, CJ Johns US Patent 6,811,632, 2004 | 128 | 2004 |
| Effect of microstructure on properties of friction stir welded Inconel Alloy 600 YS Sato, P Arkom, H Kokawa, TW Nelson, RJ Steel Materials Science and Engineering: A 477 (1-2), 250-258, 2008 | 125 | 2008 |
| Development of nanocrystalline structure in Cu during friction stir processing (FSP) JQ Su, TW Nelson, TR McNelley, RS Mishra Materials Science and Engineering: A 528 (16-17), 5458-5464, 2011 | 112 | 2011 |
| Relation between precipitate-free zone width and grain boundary type in 7075-T7 Al alloy B Cai, BL Adams, TW Nelson Acta materialia 55 (5), 1543-1553, 2007 | 100 | 2007 |
