Effects of Friction Stir Process Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Aluminum Powder Metallurgy Parts

Subject Areas : Materials synthesis and charachterization

Mohsen Abbasi-Baharanchi ¹ , Fathallah Karimzadeh ² , Mohammad Hossein Enayati ³

1 - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2016-02-05 Accepted : 2016-03-03 Published : 2016-03-01

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