Most industrial alloys contain a matrix phase and dispersed second-phase particles. Several
thermomechanical processing (TMP) steps are usually needed to produce a final product …

Aluminium alloys are being increasingly utilised in the automotive and aerospace industries
to reduce the weight of vehicles. Extensive research has been conducted to overcome the …

Reducing the weight of automobiles is a major contributor to increased fuel economy. The
baseline materials for vehicle construction, low-carbon steel and cast iron, are being …

Ultrafine-grained materials display almost no strain hardening, an enhanced strain rate
sensitivity and grain boundary offsets during plastic deformation. It is expected that …

On this seventy-fifth anniversary of the first scientific report of true superplastic flow, it is
appropriate both to look back and examine the major developments that established the …

Velocity is probably the most important parameter in manufacturing, influencing
performance, cost, productivity, energy and resources efficiency as well as safety and …

This study presents age-hardenable, fine-grained AlMgZnCu crossover alloys intended for
superplastic and quick plastic forming processes. The study utilizes T-phase (Mg 32 (Al, Zn) …

The effect of a novel thermo-mechanical process route on quench-induced precipitates
morphology and mechanical properties of high strength AA7075 aluminum alloy is …

In the present work low-cycle fatigue experiments were carried out on thermo-mechanically
processed AA6082 and AA7075 sheets to evaluate mechanical properties under cyclic …

Within the last century aluminum alloys have played a strategic role in the manufacturing
and development of lightweight aircraft structures. Years of continuous research has led to …