%0 journal article %@ 0921-5093 %A Vilaca, P., Quintino, L., dos Santos, J., Zettler, R., Sheikhi, S. %D 2007 %J Materials Science and Engineering A %P 501-508 %R doi:10.1016/j.msea.2006.09.091 %T Quality assessment of friction stir welded joints via an analytical thermal model, iSTIR %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2006.09.091 %X The results show maximum thermal efficiency for intermediate FSW conditions, and that the evolution of the thermal efficiency is in accordance with the evolution of the assessed mechanical properties.