By using surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) at room temperature, a gradient
structure (GS) is generated in the surface layer of bulk pure copper samples, which exhibits …

This chapter reports the influence of gradient structure volume fraction on the tensile
mechanical behaviors of pure copper processed by surface mechanical attrition treatment at …

A gradient-structured Cu sample composed of grain-size gradient surface layer (GSL) and
homogeneous coarse-grained (CG) core was fabricated by surface severe plastic …

In this paper, a series of Cu-Al alloys (2.2, 4.5, and 6.9 wt pct Al) with decreasing stacking
fault energy (SFE) were processed by surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) to …

This paper describes the effects of gradient structure on mechanical properties of Cu–Zn
alloys processed by surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) at liquid nitrogen …

Gradient structure (GS) is beneficial for metal materials to obtain excellent comprehensive
properties of strength and toughness, since the geometrically necessary dislocations …

Using surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT), a gradient structure composed of two
gradient structure (GS) layers and a coarse grain (CG) layer was generated from a Cu-5.7 wt …

Microstructural evolution and grain refinement in pure Cu subjected to surface mechanical
attrition treatment (SMAT) were investigated by means of systematic transmission electron …

The deformation mechanism and mechanical properties of pure copper and copper-zinc
alloys with low stacking fault energy (SFE) were investigated primarily. In this paper, pure Cu …

The microstructure, hardness and tensile properties have been studied in copper processed
by high pressure surface rolling (HPSR) both in the as-deformed condition and after …