Achieving superior strength and ductility in 7075 aluminum alloy through the design of multi-gradient nanostructure by ultrasonic surface rolling and aging

Z Xiong, Y Jiang, M Yang, Y Zhang, L Lei - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
… A commercially rolled 7075-T6 aluminum alloy rod (diameter: 40 mm… dislocation strengthening
and synergistic strengthening are … of matrix and surface gradient structure results in GNDs …

Design of pure aluminum laminates with heterostructures for extraordinary strength-ductility synergy

X Chen, B Zhang, Q Zou, G Huang, S Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
… the rule-of-mixture. To explain the reasons behind it, the evolution of geometrically necessary
dislocations and strain gradient at … lamellar structure produced high HDI strengthening and …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off of an aluminum matrix composite by novel core-shell structured reinforcing particulates

X Zhang, T Chen, S Ma, H Qin, J Ma - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
… reinforced aluminum based composites is still far from … However, we find that when the slope
in each stage, ie, the … of this inverse relationship and show a good synergy of S and T. This …

Elevating strength–ductility synergy in aluminum matrix composites by multiscale and dual-structured reinforcing particulates

X Zhang, W Lu, T Chen - Journal of Materials Research, 2023 - Springer
… A strategy towards improving the strength–ductility synergy … distribution determined from
the EBSD inverse pole figures … where k is the Hall–Petch slope (0.07 MN·m −3/2 [40]), d is the …

Achieving a heterogeneous lamella-structured aluminum alloy with excellent synergy of strength and ductility by powder thixoforming

X Zhang, Y Wang, T Chen, H Xu, J Ma - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
… an aluminum alloy, the resulting synergistic strengthening led … of the CG lamellas was far
beyond that of the FG lamellas (Fig… in this work triggered severe strain gradients and thus larger …

Architecture of high-strength aluminum–matrix composites processed by a novel microcasting technique

C Shao, S Zhao, X Wang, Y Zhu, Z Zhang… - NPG Asia …, 2019 - nature.com
… As important lightweight structural materials, cast aluminum … ), mesoscale strain-gradient
strengthening, and microscale … For example, the regions far from the interface show a strain …

Effect of gradient microstructures on strengthening and toughening of AZ31

M Jamalian, DP Field - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2020 - Elsevier
… EBSD data of gradient structure was produced via severe shot … , d) orientation map (color-coded
inverse pole figure). (For interpretation of … Synergetic strengthening by gradient structure

Nanostructured Metals with an Excellent Synergy of Strength and Ductility: A Review

P Pu, T Chen - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
… In summary, in addition to conventional TB strengthening, the HNT structure can serve as …
volume fraction of the gradient structure and can obtain a “clean” structure, thus exhibiting …

[HTML][HTML] A novel through-length gradient structure assisted strength-ductility synergy in hot-rolled tungsten

X Li, N Xiong, L Zhang, X Qu - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
… varying microstructures with increasing depth from the surface. In this work, a novel through-length
gradient structure (TLGS) is achieved … Synergetic strengthening by gradient structure

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of coarse grain Cu–Al alloy via a macro dual-cable structure

K Zhou, Y Zhao, Q Mao, R Zhang, S Li, G Sun… - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
… a macro dual-cable structured Cu–Al alloy rod with an inner … call “dual-cable structure” but
gradient structure because the … sandwich structure material, although additional strengthening