Feasibility of joining AZ31B magnesium metal matrix composite by friction welding

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1672-1676

  Srinivasan, M ^a   Loganathan, C ^b   Balasubramanian, V ^c   Nguyen, Q B ^d   Gupta, M ^d   Narayanasamy, R ^e  

^a SARANATHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering   (India)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CASTING PROCESS; FORGING PRESSURES; FRACTURE MODE; FRICTION PRESSURE; JOINING PROCESS; MAGNESIUM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; MAGNESIUM NANO-COMPOSITES; MICROHARDNESS TESTS; ROTATIONAL FRICTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSION TESTS; WELDING PARAMETERS;

FRICTION; FRICTION WELDING; HARDNESS TESTING; JOINING; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 78649820230     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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