Fatigue performances of critical structures are strongly affected by the microstructural (eg
grain, defect, inclusion, etc.) size effect, and it is thus important to quantify their detrimental …

Polycrystalline materials usually exhibit obvious preferred grain orientations (ie,
crystallographic texture) after rolling and heat treatments, leading to a certain crystalline …

In this work, the influences of shot peening (SP) on ultra-high strength steel were
investigated. For the characterization of the strengthened layer, an inclined specimen was …

The dynamic nano-mechanical property–δ phase microstructure relationships of GH4169
alloy (equivalent to the American brand Inconel 718) are investigated in this paper. GH4169 …

This study investigated the creep stability enhancement of Inconel 718 by induction heating
during the laser-directed energy deposition. The induction heating during the deposition …

This investigation aims to improve the properties of 304 L stainless steel (SS) substrates for
use in corrosion, mechanical, and biomedical applications by depositing ZnO thin films. The …

The basics of nanoindentation have been described in our earlier publications [1–3]. Hence,
they will not be repeated here. However, a great deal of the relevant details are incorporated …

Indentation, per se, has a similitude with the deliberate intrusion of a sharp and/or blunt
object into a surface. The process is somewhat similar to hammering a nail into a surface …