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The objective of this paper is to present an investigation on the effect of low velocity impact damage on the fatigue strength of friction stir welds in aluminium alloys 2198-T851 and 2024-T351. Three parts of work have been carried out. First, laboratory coupons representing thin sheet butt welds were tested under low velocity impacts at various incident energy levels and two impact locations. Performance...