Metal matrix composites (MMCs) exhibit improved strength but suffer from low ductility. Metal particles reinforcement can be an alternative to retain the ductility in MMCs (Bauri and Yadav, 2010; Thakur and Gupta, 2007) [1,2]. However, processing such composites by conventional routes is difficult. The data presented here relates to friction stir processing (FSP) that was used to process metal ...

Many aluminum alloys with specific properties, like high strength, suffers from certain limitations in terms of cost and time of production, apart from the reduction in ductility. High strength accompanied by high ductility is possible with materials having fine and homogenous grain structures. Hence there arises a necessity to develop a processing technique that would produce a material with s...

Progress in sustainable manufacturing is a crucial element to minimise negative environmental impacts. The conventional fusion weld process used join aluminium alloys resulted coarse grain structure, inevitable defects, and severe joint softening. Friction stir processing (FSP) has the potential modify microstructure of materials structure improve mechanical properties. In this investigation, e...