A comprehensive review on optimal welding conditions for friction stir welding of thermoplastic polymers and their composites

SH Iftikhar, AHI Mourad, J Sheikh-Ahmad, F Almaskari… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir spot welding (FSSW) techniques are becoming
widely popular joining techniques because of their increasing potential applications in …

Recent trends in parametric influence and microstructural analysis of friction stir welding for polymer composites

S Kumari, D Bandhu, A Muchhadiya… - Advances in Materials …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past several years, friction stir welding (FSW) of polymers and their composites has
received a lot of interest. In this respect, an effort has been made to explore the articles on …

Detecting process anomalies in the GMAW process by acoustic sensing with a convolutional neural network (CNN) for classification

M Rohe, BN Stoll, J Hildebrand, J Reimann… - … of Manufacturing and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Today, the quality of welded seams is often examined off-line with either destructive or non-
destructive testing. These test procedures are time-consuming and therefore costly. This is …

Vibration-assisted friction stir welding of AA 2024-T3 plates

I Sabry, AHI Mourad… - Pressure Vessels …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this research, the weldability of AA 2024-T3 plates using vibration-assisted friction stir
welding (VaFSW) is primarily inspected. The vibration imparted to the fixture holding the …

Recent developments in processing and characterization of metal foam

A Zahoor, AHI Mourad - … Engineering Congress and …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Metal foam is a novel class of metals that is inspired by naturally occurring, functionally
graded, cellular structures like wood and bones. Owing to the diverse physical and …

Review on the current progress of thixoforming process

S Shitole, AHI Mourad - Pressure Vessels and …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Thixoforming is comparatively a recent semi-solid metal forming process that potentially
uses the rheological behaviour of certain metals with non-dendritic microstructures. In …