Materials resistance to edge fracture in intricate shape forming is commonly quantified by
hole expansion ratio (HER). Hole expansion test is normally used to evaluate HER. To date …

Hardness is a powerful property to evaluate the deformation behavior of materials. It serves
as confident quality control for several processes, especially in the heat treatment of metals …

As one of the representative characteristics of plastic deformation, microstructural plastic
strain inhomogeneity has triggered a broad interest in uncovering the corresponding …

Safety evaluation of resistance spot welds necessitates the accurate measurement of local
constitutive properties. This study employed miniature mechanical tests to investigate the …

Compositional and microstructural heterogeneity are characteristics of modern multiphase
steels. However, the quantitative characterization of these heterogeneities is rarely …

The stress-strain behavior of ferrite and austenite in a commercial 2205 duplex stainless
steel was investigated by using nanoindentation test and microstructure-based finite …

A new inverse method was developed to predict the stress–strain behaviors of constituent
phases in a multi-phase steel using the load–depth curves measured in nanoindentation …

The influence of microstructure on the fracture toughness of two industrially processed 1000
MPa dual-phase (DP) steel grades is investigated. Crack initiation and propagation …

Metastable high entropy alloys (MHEAs) are attractive materials due to their exceptional
mechanical properties, particularly in addressing the challenge of the strength-ductility trade …

Cerium and magnesium strengthened aluminum alloys, or Al-Ce-Mg, is a recently
developed alloy family that exhibits good mechanical properties at elevated temperatures …