“…The cycle time of RFW was set to 60 s, which includes a frictional time of 30 s, a welding time of 20 s, and a cooling time of 10 s. The welding parameters include axial load of 17 N, feed rate of 0.1 mm/min, and burn-off length of 2 mm. During RFW, the temperature history in the weld joint was recorded using an infrared thermal imager [29] (BI-TM-F01P, Panrico trading Inc., New Taipei City, Taiwan). After RFW, shore A surface hardness tests (MET-HG-A, SEAT Inc., New Taipei City, Taiwan), impact tests (780, Instron Inc., MA, USA), and three-point bending tests (RH-30, Shimadzu Inc., Kyoto, Japan) were carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties of the welded parts.…”