Nowadays, advanced aluminum matrix composites (AAMCs) are known as the dominant
emerging materials employable in different industrial sectors. The reason behind the use of …

Ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials are currently of high interest due to their
superior mechanical and functional properties. Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is one of …

A high density of lattice defects is introduced to materials by severe plastic deformation
(SPD). Numerous experimental techniques, in particular electron microscopy, X-ray, electron …

In this study, the evolution mechanism of surface gradient nanostructure induced by the
ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) in GH4169 superalloy was investigated. The …

This research addresses fundamentals regarding the temperature-dependent composition
of η phase in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys under high pressure torsion (HPT) to uncover kinetics and …

The present study aims to investigate the effect of friction stir processing (FSP) on the
microstructural evolutions and mechanical properties of a nonequiatomic interstitial high …

Processing science for nanocrystalline metals has largely focused on far-from-equilibrium
methods that can generate many grain boundaries with excess defect energy. Conversely …

Abstract The 2195 Al-Cu-Li alloy is widely utilized in the aerospace industry due to its
lightweight nature and high strength. Consequently, gaining a comprehensive …

In this critical note, the thermal stability behavior of ultra-fine grained (UFG) and nano-
structured (NS) metals and alloys produced through severe plastic deformation (SPD) …

This review highlights one of the amorphization processes of metals, alloys as well as metal
matrix composites (MMCs) and its benefits towards strength enhancements. The need for …