Thermo-mechanical and metallurgical aspects in friction stir processing of AZ31 Mg alloy - A numerical and experimental investigation

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-290

  Albakri, A N ^a   Mansoor, B ^a   Nassar, H ^a   Khraisheh, M K ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

AZ31; CFD; Friction stir processing; Grain refinement; Mg; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPEED; STRAIN RATE;

ADVANCING SIDE; AZ31; AZ31 MG ALLOYS; BIMODAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CORRECTION FUNCTION; DEFECT-FREE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINE GRAINS; FINER GRAINS; FRICTION STIR PROCESSING; FULLY-COUPLED; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH STRAIN RATES; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL SOFTENING; METALLURGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RETREATING SIDE; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SHEET SURFACE; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84867830232     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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