A brittle/ductile multilayered composite was designed and fabricated by reaction annealing
of pure Ti and Al foils, and comprised alternating α-Ti (Al) layer, α+ α 2 dual-phase layer, and …

Annealed interstitial-free steel (IF steel) and deformed IF steel sheets were stacked
alternatively into multi-layers to produce laminated IF steel through thermal-mechanical …

Strength and toughness are a couple of paradox as similar as strength-ductility trade-off in
homogenous materials, body-centered-cubic steels in particular. Here we report a simple …

The tensile fracture behavior of the sandwich-structured Ni/Cu/Ni composites was
investigated. The results reveal that an evident transition of the fracture behavior from the …

The microstructure design strategy of laminated structure was applied to improve the
mechanical properties of metal matrix composites (MMCs). The laminated composites were …

It has been shown that unlike its constituent nanocrystalline (NC) phase, a heterogeneous
lamella (HL) composite comprising NC and coarse-grain layers exhibits greatly improved …

Abstract Ti-6Al-4V/Al 3003/Ti-6Al-4V laminated composites were fabricated by hot roll
bonding. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the Ti/Al/Ti laminated composites …

In order to ameliorate the ductility and stabilize the uniform deformation of ultrafine-grained
(UFG) ferrite-cementite steel while retaining its high strength, a multiscale lamellar structure …

In this work, a surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) process was applied to AZ31B
magnesium alloy at room temperature. This method produced a gradient structure on the …

Gradient-structured metals have been reported to possess superior mechanical properties,
which were attributed to their mechanical heterogeneity. Here we report in-situ observation …