Spark plasma sintering (SPS), also known as pulsed electric current sintering (PECS) or
field-assisted sintering technique (FAST), belongs to a class of powder metallurgy …

Recently, various additive manufacturing (AM) methods with a wide range of capabilities
have been employed to produce metallic objects. Metals are a popular choice among AM …

Aluminium and magnesium matrix composites are attractive lightweight materials with
strength surpassing that of the corresponding matrix metals. Recent years have seen …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a transformative manufacturing approach capable of building
parts with freeform and complex geometries. Polymers come with a wide range of material …

Accurate fatigue life predictions of titanium alloy components requires an understanding of
how the machining affected metallurgical and micro-mechanical subsurface condition …

The microstructural features and mechanical properties of composites formed by spark
plasma sintering (SPS) of Al+ 20 vol.% Fe and Al+ 20 vol.% Fe66Cr10Nb5B19 (glassy alloy) …

The rational variation of properties with location in a unitized component can confer highly
desirable traits such as site-specific mechanical properties. To achieve voxel level control …

Joining ceramics with ceramics and/or metals is of immense importance to widen the
application horizons of ceramics and metals. Solid-state joining is restrained by the high …

Titanium alloys are a key part of an armour designer's toolset due to their high ballistic mass
efficiency. However, titanium's high cost has restricted its use in military land-based vehicles …

Research on glass nanocomposites (GNCs) has been very active in the past decades.
GNCs have attracted—and still do—great interest in the fields of optoelectronics, photonics …