Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is effective in producing bulk ultrafine-grained and
nanostructured materials with large densities of lattice defects. This field, also known as …

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 …

Friction stir welding and processing enabled the creation of stronger joints, novel ultrafine-
grained metals, new metal matrix composites, and multifunctional surfaces at user-defined …

Magnesium and aluminum alloys continually attract interest as lightweight structural
materials for transport applications. However, joining these dissimilar alloys is very …

Over the 2010s technological improvements allowed metal additive manufacturing to
graduate from a prototyping tool to a widespread, full-scale manufacturing process. Among …

At present aluminium-magnesium alloys are widely used in various engineering
applications due to its light weight and superior properties. Joining is considered as one of …

The growing demand for lightweight materials in the automotive and aerospace industries
has driven research on joining dissimilar lightweight alloys, particularly Al and Mg alloys …

Friction stir welding (FSW), a highly efficient solid-state joining technique, has been termed
as “green” technology due to its energy efficiency and environment friendliness. It is an …

Beam-based processes are popularly used for metal additive manufacturing, but there are
significant gaps between their capabilities and the demand from industry and society …

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new solid-state joining process. This joining
technique is energy efficient, environment friendly, and versatile. In particular, it can be used …