Ravi Verma

TL;DR: In this paper, an Mg AZ31 alloy with modified microstructures was investigated to determine microstructural effects on room temperature mechanical properties acquired from low strain rate (∼10 −3 ǫs −1 ) tensile testing to failure.

TL;DR: In this paper, a fine-grained single-phase Mg-Zn-Al alloy (AZ31) was shown to have superplastic behavior with an elongation to failure ratio of 475% at 1 × 10−4 s−1 and non-superplastic behaviour with a deformation ratio of 160%, and the corresponding strain rate sensitivities were 0.5 and 0.2, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of FSP-induced texture on anisotropy in mechanical behavior is discussed, where the authors show that the texture results in much higher tensile stress and ductility, but lower uniform strain in the transverse direction, than in the processing direction.

TL;DR: In this article, a method for stretching magnesium-containing aluminum alloy sheet stock into intricate shapes such as are required in automotive body panels is described, where the sheet stock, at a temperature in the range of about 400° C. to about 510° C., is stretched under the pressure of a working gas into conformance with the surface of a forming tool.

TL;DR: In this article, material flow and local texture evolution during friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of AZ31 magnesium alloy was characterized by varying tool rotation rates and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements at various locations of the welded region.