Surface Composites Produced by Friction Stir Processing
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Manufacturing and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 2693
Special Issue Editor
Interests: friction stir processing; surface modification; surface composites; metal matrix composites; composite characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
One of the factors determining a product՚s usable properties is its surface layer. This layer can be shaped in many ways by employing various surface treatment technologies. Friction stir processing (FSP) belongs to the solutions that in recent years have set new directions in the method of constituting surface layers for engineering materials. This technology makes it possible to not only make microstructural changes in the surface layer of the material but also produce a composite microstructure by introducing an additional phase in the form of particles or fibers into the modified zone. In the case of FSP technology, a very wide range of reinforcing materials can be used, the application of which in other technologies would be impossible, e.g., due to the lack of wettability or adverse interactions between the components.
The main purpose of this Special Issue is to collect the results of various investigations focused on the manufacturing of surface composites using FSP and the analysis of the effect of processing on the microstructure and properties of the surface layer. In the Special Issue, articles presenting new achievements and methodological solutions concerning the production of a composite microstructure in the surface layer of engineering materials as well as the shaping of the composite microstructure of the material, e.g., under intensive cooling, are welcome. The Special Issue is also dedicated to scientists who model and simulate the processes responsible for the formation of the composite microstructure during FSP and determining the properties of the composite.
Dr. Jozef Iwaszko
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Friction-stir-processed surface composites
- Surface metal matrix composites (MMCs)
- Surface polymer matrix composites (PMC)
- Characterization of composite microstructure
