Friction Stir Welding and Processing of Alloys
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 1988
Special Issue Editors
Interests: friction stir welding & processing; composite material processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Lubricants entitled Friction Stir Welding and Processing of Alloys. Friction stir welding (FSW) and processing (FSP) has gained increasing interest and importance since their invention almost two decades ago. Currently, FSW is used for joining various alloys in the shipbuilding, aerospace, automotive, and rail industries. This advanced solid-state joining technique has the potential to overcome the common issues associated with conventional fusion welding processes such as large distortions, solidification cracking, gas and shrinkage porosities, etc. FSP is a generic adaptation of FSW, where the tool is traversed along the desired path to modify the microstructure rather than joining two pieces. The FSP can be used either to modify the surface microstructure or to incorporate the second phase particles into the matrix material.
This Special Issue aims to bring together recent scientific advancements and innovations in the field of FSW and FSP with an emphasis on manufacturing and materials processing. High-quality contributions that demonstrate substantial advancements in FSW/P, variants, and applications will be considered for publication in this issue. The desired topics of contributions include, but are not limited to:
- Friction stir welding and its variants such as friction stir spot welding (FSSW), refill FSSW, etc.;
- Friction stir processing and its variants such as friction stir alloying (FSA), friction stir extrusion (FSE), etc.;
- Friction stir additive manufacturing;
- Characterization of microstructure and mechanical properties;
- Surface properties such as surface hardness, wear, corrosion, etc.;
- Quality inspection;
- Equipment and tooling;
- Process monitoring, control, and automation;
- Modeling and simulation;
- Manufacturing applications.
Dr. Abhishek Sharma
Dr. Jinu Paul
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- friction stir welding (FSW)
- friction stir processing (FSP)
- friction stir alloying (FSA)
- alloy
- tribology
- wear
- tool wear
- metal matrix composite
- dissimilar welding
- microstruture
- mechanical properties
