Materials for extreme environments

S Eswarappa Prameela, TM Pollock, D Raabe… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Materials for extreme environments can help to protect people, structures and the planet.
Extreme temperatures in aeroplane engines, hypervelocity micrometeoroid impacts on …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructure feathers and ASB susceptibility under dynamic compression and its correlation with the ballistic impact of Mg alloys

A Malik, F Nazeer, SZH Naqvi, J Long, C Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The military and aerospace industries require lightweight and high stiffness materials, which
can reduce the CO 2 emission and total cost of the project. Magnesium alloys are one of the …

Achieving higher dynamic mechanical response by adjusting texture through twinning in a ZK61 Mg alloy

A Malik, UM Chaudry, T Yan, J Long, C Li… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, texture c-axis//ND of ZK61-T6 Mg alloy was reoriented towards c-axis//ED, TD
and tilted in between ED and TD in a ZK61-PC Mg alloy through cross pre-compression …

Strengthening magnesium by design: Integrating alloying and dynamic processing

SE Prameela, P Yi, Y Hollenweger, B Liu, J Chen… - Mechanics of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnesium (Mg) has the lowest density of all structural metals and has excellent potential
for wide use in structural applications. While pure Mg has inferior mechanical properties; the …

Spall strength in alloyed magnesium: A compendium of research efforts from the CMEDE 10-year effort

DD Mallick, SE Prameela, D Ozturk, CL Williams… - Mechanics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnesium alloys are an attractive material system for protection applications due to their
high specific strength and stiffness, but exhibit low ductility in these applications. The …

Effects of pretwins on texture and microstructural evolutions of AZ31 magnesium alloy during high temperature deformation

SM Fatemi, AAK Asl, H Paul - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effects of pretwins on the flow behavior, microstructure, and texture evolution
of a rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy during hot deformation along three different orthogonal …

Effect of pre-strain on extension twinning behavior in an extruded AZ31 Mg alloy observed by in-situ EBSD

N Xu, P Mao, L Zhou, Z Wang, F Wang, Z Liu… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of pre-strain on extension twinning behavior in an extruded AZ31 Mg alloy was
investigated in this study. Pre-compression along the radial direction (RD) and subsequently …

An overview of penetration behavior in magnesium alloys

JT Lloyd, PA Jannotti, TL Jones - Mechanics of Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The combination of alloying and thermo-mechanical processing are used to design
advanced magnesium alloys. In this work a comprehensive review of existing ballistic data …

Role of anisotropy in the ballistic response of rolled magnesium

PA Jannotti, NJ Lorenzo, TR Walter, BE Schuster… - Mechanics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rolled magnesium alloys exhibit pronounced tension-compression asymmetry as well as
anisotropy in yield and strain-hardening behavior. Although differences in the mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Ballistic response and failure mechanisms of gradient structured Mg alloy

Q Zhang, J Li, T Ren, B Ma, T Suo - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to their low density, high specific damping capacity and high shock absorbency,
magnesium (Mg) alloys have great potential for development as high-performance …