Improvement in Tribological Properties of Surface Layer of an Al Alloy by Friction Stir Processing
Soheyl Soleymani, Amir Abdollah-zadeh, Sima Ahamd Alidokht
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DOI: 10.4236/jsemat.2011.13014   PDF    HTML     6,345 Downloads   11,732 Views   Citations

Abstract

An innovative technique, friction stir processing (FSP) was employed to modify the surface layer of Al5083 alloy. The FSP passes of 1 to 4 were applied on alloy samples. The processed samples were subjected to microstructural analysis and dry sliding wear test. FSP resulted in microstructural refinement and improvement in wear resistance of Al5083. Moreover, the results indicated that the more number of FSP passes were found to be more effective in improvement of wear resistance, due to more microstructural refinement. It was also found that the load bearing capacity of samples significantly improved with increasing the number of FSP passes

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S. Soleymani, A. Abdollah-zadeh and S. Alidokht, "Improvement in Tribological Properties of Surface Layer of an Al Alloy by Friction Stir Processing," Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2011, pp. 95-100. doi: 10.4236/jsemat.2011.13014.

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