Enhanced mechanical properties and electrical conductivity in ultrafine-grained Al alloy processed via ECAP-PC

MY Murashkin, I Sabirov, VU Kazykhanov… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - Springer
The objective of this work is to study the effect of grain refinement using equal channel
angular pressing with parallel channels (ECAP-PC) on microstructure, mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of pre-ageing treatment on second nucleating of GPII zones and precipitation kinetics in an ultrafine grained 7075 aluminum alloy

J Luo, H Luo, S Li, R Wang, Y Ma - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
To clarify the influence of a pre-ageing treatment on precipitation behaviors in the AA7075
aluminum alloys with ultrafine grain (UFG) structure, the alloys were pre-aged prior to a …

Development of ultrafine grained high strength Al–Cu alloy by cryorolling

T Shanmugasundaram, BS Murty, VS Sarma - Scripta Materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
In the present paper, the microstructure and mechanical properties of a precipitation
hardening Al–Cu (2219) alloy subjected to cryorolling, low temperature annealing and …

Using ECAP to achieve grain refinement, precipitate fragmentation and high strain rate superplasticity in a spray-cast aluminum alloy

C Xu, M Furukawa, Z Horita, TG Langdon - Acta materialia, 2003 - Elsevier
An aluminum 7034 alloy, produced by spray casting and with an initial grain size of~ 2.1 μm,
was processed by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) at 473 K to produce an ultrafine …

The effect of severe plastic deformation on precipitation in supersaturated Al–Zn–Mg alloys

J Gubicza, I Schiller, NQ Chinh, J Illy, Z Horita… - Materials Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Experiments were conducted to examine the influence of equal-channel angular pressing
(ECAP) on the development of precipitation microstructures in two supersaturated Al–Zn–Mg …

Surface characteristics and microstructure evolution of a nickel-base single crystal superalloy treated by ultrasonic shot peening

Y Li, X Shang, M Zhai, L Yu, L Wang, S Zhao - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The surface characteristics and microstructure of a [100]-oriented single crystal superalloy
subjected to ultrasonic shot peening (USP) were investigated as a function of peening …

Optimizing the strength, ductility and electrical conductivity of a Cu-Cr-Zr alloy by rotary swaging and aging treatment

AH Huang, YF Wang, MS Wang, LY Song, YS Li… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A high performance Cu-Cr-Zr alloy with an ultimate tensile strength of 612 MPa, a uniform
elongation of 5% and an electrical conductivity of 84.7% IACS was achieved by the severe …

Strength, grain refinement and solute nanostructures of an Al–Mg–Si alloy (AA6060) processed by high-pressure torsion

G Sha, K Tugcu, XZ Liao, PW Trimby, MY Murashkin… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
The effects of high-pressure torsion (HPT) processing on an Al–Mg–Si alloy (AA6060) have
been investigated comprehensively. We show that the processing temperature has complex …

The formation of nanograin structures and accelerated room-temperature theta precipitation in a severely deformed Al–4 wt.% Cu alloy

Y Huang, JD Robson, PB Prangnell - Acta Materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
The grain size achievable and long-term stability of a severely deformed aluminium copper
alloy have been investigated when copper is used in solution to inhibit recovery. It is shown …

Impact of ultrafine-grained microstructure on the corrosion of aluminium alloy AA2024

JG Brunner, N Birbilis, KD Ralston, S Virtanen - Corrosion Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Ultrafine-grained microstructures produced by severe plastic deformation upon AA2024-
T351 were investigated with respect to pitting and intergranular corrosion. Refined …