The surface microstructure of a metallic material influences the properties such as surface hardness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and other organic matter activities. Friction stir processing (FSP) is used in the surface modification owing to its advantages, such as low thermal effects and negligible interfacial reaction, over the liquid state processing routes. Aluminium matrix surface composites fabricated using FSP with different reinforcement species can be useful in improving the corrosion behavior of the material. The surface modification can also be a beneficial step to improve the anti-bacterial nature of the additively manufactured parts. FSP can also be used to produce internal channels for efficient sinks.
Amit Arora
Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
Dr. Amit Arora is Associate Professor of Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He leads the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group at IIT Gandhinagar which works in the area of numerical modeling of welding and joining processes, additive manufacturing processes, and friction stir welding and processing including tool wear during FSW, numerical modeling of dissimilar FSW, and mechanical and electrochemical characterization of friction stir surface composites. Recent works have been published in journals such as Wear, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Heat and Mass Transfer.