Ibrahim Sabry

Banha University

Traditional materials used in mechanical structures should be swapped out for less expensive alternatives that are both strong and simple to produce. ABS+, or poly (acrylonitrile-co-butadiene-co-styrene), is a substitute material used in 3D printing. The quick changes in model size and forms during the prototype stage and the comparably inexpensive...

The purpose of investigating friction stir welding for flange joints is to provide a strong and suitable alternative to arc welding, resulting in enhanced mechanical characteristics of welded joints. One major challenge in commercializing friction stir welding( FSW) for flange joints is the complexity of weld path and fixture design. In this study,...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is gaining traction as a preferred technique due to its potential to reduce heat input and enhance the mechanical properties of welded joints. However, the path to commercializing FSW for flange joints is not without challenges. Two primary obstacles are the complexity of the welding path and the intricate design require...

The selection of the best location for a facility is generally a complex process especially when considering multiple criteria in the selection process. The costs associated with purchasing the land and related constructions makes the location selection problem a long-term investment decision. Hence, the problem should be analysed carefully with a...

The mechanical characteristics of composite materials play a crucial role in advancing technology. The present investigation employed the stir-casting method to produce hybrid aluminum matrix composites. Silicon carbide and aluminum oxide were selected as reinforcements in order to improve mechanical performance. Aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) w...

The optimization of parameters is crucial in the joining process, particularly in welding, to attain connections with exceptional mechanical properties. In the present study, the welding of aluminium 6061 was conducted with a TIG, an acronym for tungsten inert gas, is formally referred to as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) technique, employing a su...

The selection of welding process parameters is a tedious operation that demands the process evaluation. Multi criteria decision-making strategies for assessing friction stir welding (FSW) process parameters are scanty. Therefore, a comparative study between five different multi-criteria decision-making methods was applied within friction stir weldi...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state welding method that involves joining two workpieces by applying pressure and significant plastic deformation close to their melting temperatures. The impact of rotation speed, travel speed, axial force, maximum temperature, and tool wear in the friction stir welding (FSW) process is significant. The pres...

The ability to eliminate contaminants from the surface without an external source is a characteristic feature of self-cleaning textile fabrics. This advanced application of science is environmentally friendly because it saves on laundry, water, electricity, and other resources and money. In the past, the self-cleaning feature was typically acquired...

Because of its capacity to make components of complicated designs with less production time and expense, additive manufacturing (AM) technologies like as fused deposition modelling (FDM) have been widely employed in today's manufacturing industries such as transportation, aerospace, and medical. However, in order to get the greatest quality of prin...

sigma is a tool that may be used in any business to improve the performance of existing processes, products, and components. Six-sigma is a quality tool that is used to increase productivity, reduce faults, and make processes more cost-effective. In addition, the six-sigma technique uses statistical techniques to assist maximize profitability, incr...

It is an underlying fact for the case of the joining process especially welding to have optimized parameters to achieve joints with outstanding mechanical characteristics. In the current article, using stir-cast aluminum-based alloy (Al 6061) is stir-cast with Al 6061/5%wt. silicon carbide, Al 6061/10%wt. silicon carbide, and Al 6061/18%wt. silicon...

Standard friction stir welding process parameters have a considerable impact on the quality of functional parts produced by underwater friction stir welding (UWFSW) with additive water. Hybrid statistical techniques may be used to optimize operating parameters in order to improve the aim function. The tensile strength (UTS)of parts fabricated with...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state welding process, which has a significant role in solid-state welding processes for nonferrous alloys. Conventional arc welding processes for aluminum alloys such as metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) are replaced by FSW. The effect of FSW parameters such as rotational and traverse speeds,...

The selection of welding process parameters is a difficult operation that proves the need for process evaluation. Several decision-making strategies have been presented for assessing friction stirring welding (FSW) process parameter selection difficulties considering the process up and down. It should be noted that few comparative studies have been...

The location selection of facilities became a major interest for the organizations to establish their planned business for a long period of time. The choice of the best location among a set of candidate locations is a complex process. Although the multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are applicable for location selection problems, diffe...

This book is designed to help the engineer understand the principles of metal forming and analyze forming problems – both the mechanics of forming processes and how the properties of metals interact with the processes. The book is devoted to fundamentals of mechanics and materials; the middle to analyses of bulk-forming processes such as drawing, e...

Demand for metal matrix composites (MMCs) is expected to increase in these applications, such as ‎in the aerospace and automotive sectors. Adequate joining techniques, which are important for ‎structural materials, have not yet been developed for Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs), however. ‎This work aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of ‎friction st...

The relationships between the industrial facilities, the capacity available for these facilities and the costs involved are the main factors in deciding the correct selection of a facility planning. In general, an issue of facility planning is considered to be an unstructured problem of decision-making. The objective of this work is to provide a su...

Underwater friction stir welding, a new variant of friction stir welding process in which the weld coupons and tool-specimen interface are completely immersed in the water, has been successful to achieve wide popularity among researchers recently. In most of the studies, the underwater friction stir welding process is limited to join the flat plate...

— The qualities of functional parts produced by underwater friction stir welding (UWFSW) with additive water are significantly reliant on standard FSW process parameters. To improve the goal function, hybrid statistical tools can be used to optimize operation parameters. This work investigates the tensile strength(σUTS)of tests ASTM D638-14 specifi...

The relationships between the industrial facilities, the capacity available for these facilities and ‎the costs involved are the main factors in deciding the correct selection of a facility planning. In general, an ‎issue of facility planning is considered to be an unstructured problem of decision-making. The objective of this work is to provide a...

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 specimens in VaFSW differentiates this state-of-art process from the conventional friction stir welding (FSW) technique. For large-scale welding applications, it is i...

Underwater weld repairs on aluminum alloy piping systems and/or installations would be a particular advantage. UWFSW trials were carried out on Al 6063 alloy using a milling machine. Tool rotational speeds rangs about 480–1800 rpm, with a speed of traverse of rpm. Various mechanistic measurements were utilized to explore the mechanical characterist...

This work provides a method to help optimize the underwater friction stir welding (UFSW) process of pipes based on the fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (FMCDM) methodology. In the optimization phase ambiguity and vagueness are dealt with using linguistic variables parameterized by triangular fuzzy numbers. In the UFSW an important considerati...

This work investigates the tensile strength (σUTS) of tests ASTM D3039 specified parts manufactured using UWFSW by Al 6082- T6 material. Three parameters were varied in the fabrication of test specimens: rotational speed from 1000 to 1800 rpm, traveling speed from 4 to 10 mm/s, and shoulder diameter from 10 to 20 mm. Using a polynomial fitting mod...

This paper is the first to optimize the friction stir welding (FSW) process considering the Clamp Pitch (mm) and Clamping Torque effect using the Various combinations of parameters were constructed using factorial design and responses, resulting in a comprehensive factorial analysis. Conspicuous changes in the tensile strength, yield strength, hard...

The properties of additive underwater friction stir welding (UWFSW) practical components are strongly dependent on the different process parameters of standard friction stir welding (FSW). Hybrid computational methods to improve the objective feature will maximize the method parameters. The present research discusses the tensile strength(UTS) of AS...

Friction stir welding is an innovative method for welding technology and it provides several benefits in terms of joint strength, especially over traditional welding. This work focuses on the optimization of the multi-response parameters of Friction Stir Welding (FSW). A Taguchi based Gray relational and Hybrid GRA-ANN process has been introduced i...

This work compared the parameters of friction stir welding (FSW) and under water friction welding (UWFSW) on the weld joint, such as tool rotation speed, transverse speed, and wall thickness, and compare the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) weld joint using the experimental work for FSW and UWFSW was performed using a new modified fixture to elimina...

The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. Since it was first identified, COVID-19 has infected more than one hundred million people worldwide, with more than two million fatalities. This study focuses on the interpretation of the distribut...

The aim of this article is to create a new technique for predicting discontinuity formation, its place and magnitude during aluminium alloy (AA6061) friction stir welding (FSW). The effectiveness of the technique was demonstrated using visual inspection, hardness and tensile test of the friction stir welded joints. The measured current was analysed...

The heat treatment of friction stir tailor-welded aluminum joints is one important key process to improve the efficiency of joint strength and ductility as well as fracture locations, since almost all of the welded parts are subjected to a forming process. Therefore, the effect of heat treatment on microstructural characterization and mechanical pr...

The improvement in the mechanical properties of composites is always an essential requirement for technological development. In this work, hybrid aluminum matrix composites fabricated using the stir casting technique. Silicon carbide and graphite used as reinforcement to improve the mechanical properties. AMCs produced by adding various volume frac...

This paper addresses the development of a fuzzy model for weld quality prediction. Significant underwater friction stir welding parameters affecting the weld quality are rotational speed, traverse speed, and tool shoulder diameter‎. Welding experiment is performed on AA 1050 aluminium pipes by central composite design to attain maximum tensile stre...

Accepted: 12 September 2019 This paper presents a new welding quality evaluation approach depending on the analysis by the fuzzy logic and controlling the process capability of the friction stir welding of pipes (FSWoP). This technique has been applied in an experimental work developed by alternating the FSW of pipes process major parameters: rotat...

This paper explains the precept and methodology of FSW. It covers some of the technical sides which influence the process and quality of FSW joint. Large advance has been accomplished in friction stir welding (FSW) of aluminum in every side of tool manufacture, microstructure properties estimate in the last decennia. With the development of reliabl...

It is an underlying fact for the case of the joining process especially welding to have optimized parameters in order to achieve joints with outstanding mechanical characteristics. In the current work, aluminium 6061 pipes were welded using gas metal arc welding process with appropriate ER 4043 electrode and argon shielding gas. Optimum welding par...

Underwater friction stir welding has attained a wide popularity nowadays. This innovative process is a variant of the friction stir welding process in which the specimen and the specimen-tool interface are submerged completely inside the water. Even though the heat dissipated in a friction stir welding process is proved to be comparatively less t...

This is the first research to investigate the Underwater Friction Stir Welding of Pipes (UFSWoP). UFSWoP of Al 1050 pipes was carried out successfully by designing a new device that allows the underwater rotational motion of the pipe to be friction stir welded. An important consideration in the UFSWoP is the cooling effect on the surrounding water...

It is expected that the demand for Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) will increase in these applications in the aerospace and automotive industries sectors, strengthened AMC has different advantages over monolithic aluminium alloy as it has characteristics between matrix metal and reinforcement particles. However, adequate joining technique, which is i...

This paper is the first to optimize the friction stir welding process of pipes (FSWoP) considering the tool pin diameter effect using the multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques. Significant parameters of the FSWoP process have been considered in many optimization studies, however, the effect of the tool pin diameter has been never studied...

Friction stir welding of the pipes or curved bodies in aerospace components is tedious due to complex geometry, and hence, research articles related to it are rare. Primarily, this research investigated the nature of vertical welding force, torque and current on the weld quality during the friction stir welding of Aluminium 6061 (AA 6061) pipe at d...

T-welded joints are commonly seen in various industrial assemblies. An effort is made to check the applicability of friction stir welding for producing T-joints made of AA6063-T6 using a developed fixture. Quality T-joints were produced free from any surface defects. The effects of three parameters, such as the speed of rotation of the tool, axial...

This paper explains the precept and methodology of FSW. It covers some of the technical sides which influence the process and quality of FSW joint. Large advance has been accomplished in friction stir welding (FSW) of aluminum in every side of tool manufacture, microstructure properties estimate in the last decennia. With the development of reliabl...

Friction stir welding (FSW) of pipes is tedious due to complex geometry, and hence, research articles related to it are rare. Pipes have face defects will exhibit lower strength joints produced by FSW method. A reduction of 50% in strength is resulted due to the presence of a notch on the before-welded surface of the pipe. This issue can only be te...

A systematic approach was presented to discuss the modeling of tool geometry effects on the friction stir 6061 aluminum pipes welds using response surface methodology(RSM). The tool design with the different pin probe geometries tool designing was made for two pins of tools, based on two types of probes such as conical Pin, and triangular Pin. Then...

Aluminum can’t successfully be arc welded in an air environment, due to the affinity for oxygen. If fusion welded in normal atmosphere oxidization readily happens and this outcome in both slag inclusion and porosity in the weld, greatly reducing its mechanical properties. This work presents a systematic approach to develop the suggestion model by t...

The FSW process parameters such as tool rotational speed, travel speed, material thickness, play a major role in deciding the weld quality. The aim of this work was to investigate the mechanical properties in order to demonstrate the feasibility of friction stir welding for joining Al 6061 aluminum alloy welding was performed on pipe with different...

Six-Sigma is one of the most study management tools that used in problem-solving methodology that decreases cost also Six-Sigma process includes a collection of datum, measurement, and statistics to find out the different types of parameter. This paper presents an implementation of welding process technology that applied on MIG welding process by u...

The objective of this work was to investigate the mechanical and metallurgical properties in order to demonstrate the feasibility of friction stir welding (FSW) for joining of 6061Aluminum Alloy. Four rotational speeds, 720, 910, 1120, and 1400 r.p.m and three traverse speeds 16, 20, and 31.5 mm/min were applied. Metallographic examinations of fric...

Six-Sigma is one of the most study management tools that used in problem-solving methodology that decreases cost also Six-Sigma process includes a collection of datum, measurement, and statistics to find out the different types of parameters. This work focuses experimental surveillance on providing a clear connotation of an aluminum pipe welding by...

This paper presents a novel welding quality evaluation approach based on the analysis by the response surface methodology and controlling the friction stir welding (FSW) process of pipes. This method has been implemented in an experimental work developed by alternating the FSW process main parameters: tool rotation speed, travel speed and pipe wall...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new welding process that may have significant advantages compared to the fusion processes as follows: joining of conventionally non-fusion weldable alloys, reduced distortion and improved mechanical properties of weldable alloys joints due to the pure solid-state joining of metals. This work presents a sy...

This work presents a systematic approach to addition welded joints of 6061 aluminum pipe fabricated by friction stir welding of pipes has been investigated. 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) powder was added to weld interface. Welding was performed on the pipe with different material thickness 2 to 4mm, rotational speeds 1800 RPM and a tr...

In this paper, a comprehensive practical study in mechanical properties and cost welding of welded Aluminum 6061 pipe using three different types of welds, Metal Inert Gas (MIG), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) and Friction Stir Welding (FSW) with rotation speed (1800 RPM) and travel speed 4mm/min. The mechanical properties of the weld have been also inve...