[HTML][HTML] A review of challenges and opportunities in micropillar compression studies in Mg alloys

A Kodam, MS Gundi, YL Chiu, IP Jones… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper provides an overview of the micropillar compression technique as applied
to magnesium (Mg) and its alloys. It explores the influence of various factors, such as pillar …

[HTML][HTML] Twinning aspects and their efficient roles in wrought Mg alloys: A comprehensive review

SSA Shah, M Liu, A Khan, F Ahmad… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2024 - Elsevier
Twinning is widely recognized as an effective and cost-efficient method for controlling the
microstructure and properties of wrought Magnesium (Mg) alloys. Specifically, twins play a …

300 MPa grade biodegradable high-strength ductile low-alloy (BHSDLA) Zn-Mn-Mg alloys: An in vitro study

ZZ Shi, XM Li, SL Yao, YZ Tang, XJ Ji, Q Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 300 MPa grade biodegradable Zn-(0.6, 0.8) Mn-(< 0.1) Mg alloys with yield
strengths> 300 MPa and elongations> 15% have been developed, which are designated as …

Identifying the effect of coherent precipitates on the deformation mechanisms by in situ neutron diffraction in an extruded magnesium alloy under low-cycle fatigue …

D Xie, ZH Li, TT Sasaki, YF Gao, ZY Lyu, R Feng… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
As a new class of heat-treatable magnesium alloys, the low-alloyed Mg-Al-Ca-Mn alloy has
great engineering potential because of its excellent extrudability and high strength by the …

Improvement of deep drawing formability of Mg-6Al-1Zn magnesium alloy sheets with high strength utilizing aging precipitation

X Huang, M Bian, Y Chino - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of aging precipitation on microstructure, deep drawing formability and tensile
properties, were investigated for Mg-6Al-1Zn (AZ61) alloy sheets. The alloy aged at 175° C …

Twinning pathways enabled by precipitates in AZ91

B Leu, MA Kumar, KY Xie, IJ Beyerlein - Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
While precipitates have been shown to substantially strengthen magnesium alloys by
blocking the glide of dislocations inside the grain, the interactions between these …

Investigation of twin growth mechanisms in precipitate hardened AZ91

B Leu, K Xie, IJ Beyerlein - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, an elasto-viscoplastic fast-Fourier-transform (EVP-FFT) model with a dislocation-
density (DD) based hardening law is employed to study the growth of a {10 1¯ 2} tensile twin …

Embedding strain-rate sensitivities of multiple deformation mechanisms to predict the behavior of a precipitate-hardened WE43 alloy under a wide range of strain rates

J Weiss, Y Su, BA McWilliams, IJ Beyerlein… - Mechanics of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A rare earth Mg alloy, WE43, exhibits high strength, good ductility, low anisotropy, and
moderately high strain rate sensitivity. As such, the alloy is a viable candidate for high strain …

Twin suppression by atomic scale engineering of precipitate-matrix interfaces

XZ Jin, CY Wang, S Milenkovic, I Sabirov, IJ Beyerlein… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
This work aims to investigate the influence of solute segregation at particle-matrix interfaces
on the twin activity of aged Mg alloys. With that purpose a binary Mg-8Al alloy (wt%) and two …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic scale interactions of basal dislocations and twin boundaries with ultrathin precipitates in magnesium alloys

DF Shi, CY Wang, CM Cepeda-Jiménez… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to investigate the interaction of basal dislocations and twin
boundaries with ultrafine basal disk-shaped precipitates at the atomic scale in the the peak …