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Gianluca Buffa

Gianluca Buffa

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
38
Citations
5555
World Ranking
8086
National Ranking
297

Overview

Gianluca Buffa is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on mechanical engineering. Their research contributions mainly encompass advanced welding techniques, metal forming processes, and additive manufacturing technologies.

The scientist's recent publications reflect an emphasis on welding and materials processing. Selected papers include:

  • Joining by forming technologies: current solutions and future trends, 2022, International Journal of Material Forming
  • Uncovering Technological and Environmental Potentials of Aluminum Alloy Scraps Recycling Through Friction Stir Consolidation, 2020, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology
  • Sample building orientation effect on porosity and mechanical properties in Selective Laser Melting of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering A

Other notable works closely related to their field involve studies on aluminum and titanium alloys, as well as manufacturing process optimization. These cover topics such as friction welding, selective laser melting, and hybrid prediction-optimization approaches.

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

  • Livan Fratini
  • Davide Campanella
  • Gaetano Pollara
  • Dina Palmeri
  • Giuseppe Ingarao

Key publication venues for this scientist are those focused on manufacturing and material forming sciences, including:

  • CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology
  • International Journal of Material Forming
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Their research fields and subfields are predominantly situated within Engineering, with specialization in:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Materials Chemistry

Main research topics covered include:

  • Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • Bauxite Residue and Utilization

Best Publications

  • A continuum based fem model for friction stir welding—model development

    G. Buffa;G. Buffa;J. Hua;R. Shivpuri;L. Fratini

  • Design of the friction stir welding tool using the continuum based FEM model

    G. Buffa;G. Buffa;J. Hua;R. Shivpuri;L. Fratini

  • Friction stir welding of lap joints: Influence of process parameters on the metallurgical and mechanical properties

    G. Buffa;G. Campanile;L. Fratini;A. Prisco

  • Mechanical and metallurgical effects of in process cooling during friction stir welding of AA7075-T6 butt joints

    L. Fratini;G. Buffa;R. Shivpuri

  • CDRX modelling in friction stir welding of aluminium alloys

    Livan Fratini;Gianluca Buffa

  • On microstructural phenomena occurring in friction stir welding of aluminium alloys

    A. Barcellona;G. Buffa;L. Fratini;D. Palmeri

  • Using a neural network for predicting the average grain size in friction stir welding processes

    Livan Fratini;Gianluca Buffa;Dina Palmeri

  • In-process heat treatments to improve FS-welded butt joints

    L. Fratini;G. Buffa;R. Shivpuri

  • Numerical procedure for residual stresses prediction in friction stir welding

    G. Buffa;A. Ducato;L. Fratini

  • Mechanical and microstructural properties prediction by artificial neural networks in FSW processes of dual phase titanium alloys

    Gianluca Buffa;Livan Fratini;Fabrizio Micari

  • FEM based prediction of phase transformations during Friction Stir Welding of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy

    Gianluca Buffa;Antonino Ducato;Livan Fratini

  • Material flow in FSW of AA7075–T6 butt joints: numerical simulations and experimental verifications

    L. Fratini;G. Buffa;D. Palmeri;J. Hua

  • CDRX modelling in friction stir welding of AA7075-T6 aluminum alloy : Analytical approaches

    G. Buffa;L. Fratini;R. Shivpuri

  • On the influence of tool path in friction stir spot welding of aluminum alloys

    Gianluca Buffa;Livan Fratini;Mario Piacentini

  • On the improvement of material formability in SPIF operation through tool stirring action

    G. Buffa;D. Campanella;L. Fratini

  • On the FSW of AA2024-T4 and AA7075-T6 T-joints: an industrial case study

    F. Acerra;G. Buffa;Livan Fratini;G. Troiano

  • Process mechanics in Friction Stir Extrusion of magnesium alloys chips through experiments and numerical simulation

    Dario Baffari;Gianluca Buffa;Davide Campanella;Livan Fratini

  • Investigations on the linear friction welding process through numerical simulations and experiments

    Livan Fratini;Gianluca Buffa;Davide Campanella;Dario La Spisa

  • On the thermo-mechanical loads and the resultant residual stresses in friction stir processing operations

    G. Buffa;L. Fratini;S. Pasta;R. Shivpuri

  • Finite element studies on friction stir welding processes of tailored blanks

    G. Buffa;L. Fratini;R. Shivpuri

Frequent Co-Authors

Livan Fratini
Livan Fratini University of Palermo
Rajiv Shivpuri
Rajiv Shivpuri The Ohio State University
Marion Merklein
Marion Merklein University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Antonino Squillace
Antonino Squillace University of Naples Federico II
Gianluca Sarà
Gianluca Sarà University of Palermo
Andrea Ghiotti
Andrea Ghiotti University of Padua
Stefania Bruschi
Stefania Bruschi University of Padua
Chunze Yan
Chunze Yan Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Luigino Filice
Luigino Filice University of Calabria
Anthony P. Reynolds
Anthony P. Reynolds University of South Carolina

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