[HTML][HTML] Friction stir welding/processing of metals and alloys: A comprehensive review on microstructural evolution

A Heidarzadeh, S Mironov, R Kaibyshev, G Çam… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The unique combination of very large strains, high temperatures and high strain rates
inherent to friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir processing (FSP) and their dependency …

Recent advances in aluminium matrix composites reinforced with graphene-based nanomaterial: A critical review

PL Kumar, A Lombardi, G Byczynski… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, aluminium (Al) matrix reinforced with graphene-based nanomaterial (GN)
composites (AGNCs) have emerged as a potential candidate for various applications due to …

Mechanical and tribological properties of aluminum-based metal-matrix composites

A Lakshmikanthan, S Angadi, V Malik, KK Saxena… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review article focuses on the aluminum-based metal matrix composites (Al-based
MMCs). Studies or investigations of their mechanical and tribological properties performed …

A review of friction stir processing of structural metallic materials: Process, properties, and methods

AP Zykova, SY Tarasov, AV Chumaevskiy… - Metals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Friction stir processing (FSP) has attracted much attention in the last decade and contributed
significantly to the creation of functionally graded materials with both gradient structure and …

Mechanical and tribological characterization of industrial wastes reinforced aluminum alloy composites fabricated via friction stir processing

H Kumar, R Prasad, P Kumar, SP Tewari… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The fabrication of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites via melt based processes
poses issues like aggregation, wettability and formation of detrimental phases which may …

A review on microstructures and properties of graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix composites fabricated by friction stir processing

H Zhang, B Zhang, Q Gao, J Song, G Han - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adding reinforcement is an effective way to improve the properties of aluminum alloy.
Graphene is an ideal reinforcement for the fabrication of aluminum matrix composites …

Modeling and optimization of process parameters of the piston alloy-based composite produced by FSP using response surface methodology

M Akbari, P Asadi, MRM Aliha, F Berto - Surface Review and Letters, 2023 - World Scientific
In this paper, A356/B4C composites were fabricated using the friction stir processing (FSP)
method. The process's input parameters, including rotational and transverse speed, were …

Recent progress in graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix composites

J Su, J Teng - Frontiers of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Recent years witnessed a growing research interest in graphene-reinforced aluminum
matrix composites (GRAMCs). Compared with conventional reinforcements of aluminum …

Solidification processing of cast metal matrix composites over the last 50 years and opportunities for the future

PK Rohatgi, P Ajay Kumar, NM Chelliah, TPD Rajan - JOM, 2020 - Springer
This paper reviews the progress of solidification processing of cast metal matrix composites
over 50 years since their original discovery, which was first published in 1969. Current use …

20th century uninterrupted growth in friction stir processing of lightweight composites and alloys

AK Srivastava, AR Dixit, M Maurya, A Saxena… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The demand for tailored properties of the materials and lightweight characteristic
accelerates the development of metal matrix composites (MMCs). The conventional methods …