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Friction stir processing
About: Friction stir processing is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2977 publications have been published within this topic receiving 62158 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, five-pass friction stir processing (FSP) with 50% overlap was conducted on cast A356, and the results showed that overlapping FSP did not exert significant effect on the size and distribution of the Si particles.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the increasing demand of lightweight structures with exceptional properties elicits materials processing and manufacturing technologies to tailor blanks in order to achieve or enhance those properties.
Abstract: Increasing demand of lightweight structures with exceptional properties elicits materials processing and manufacturing technologies to tailor blanks in order to achieve or enhance those pre...
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TL;DR: In this article, the Al2Cu particles are distributed quite homogeneously in the composite and the composite possesses enhanced Youngs modulus, good compressive strength, and reasonably good ductility.
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TL;DR: In this paper, friction stir processing (FSP) was used to produce copper-graphite surface composites and five tools with different pin profile were employed in order to achieve a comprehensive dispersion.
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15 Mar 2011-Materials Science and Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructures, wear property and micro-hardness of AZ91 Mg alloy/alumina particle reinforced nano-composite produced by friction stir processing (FSP) were investigated.
Abstract: The microstructures, wear property and micro-hardness of AZ91 Mg alloy/alumina particle reinforced nano-composite produced by friction stir processing (FSP) were investigated. The initial microstructures of the AZ91 were composed of irregularly distributed β-phases (Al12Mg17), while the FSPed specimens were characterized by the homogeneous distribution of alumina particles, the recrystallized grain structure and the dissolution of β-phase. The results showed an improvement in the hardness, wear property of the FSPed zone as results of more grain refinement and pinning effect of nano-alumina particles as compared to those of the base metal. The hardness of the FSPed zone was a higher and more homogeneously distributed and the wear resistance as evaluated by Dry sliding wear tests, was superior, as compared with the base metal.
156 citations