Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

IA Ovid'Ko, RZ Valiev, YT Zhu - Progress in materials science, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metallic materials having nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained structures
show exceptional mechanical properties, eg superior strength, that are very attractive for …

Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

Y Cao, S Ni, X Liao, M Song, Y Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bulk nanostructured (ns)/ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials possess very
high strength, making them attractive for high strength, lightweight and energy efficient …

The double-edge effect of second-phase particles on the recrystallization behaviour and associated mechanical properties of metallic materials

K Huang, K Marthinsen, Q Zhao, RE Logé - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Nanostructured aluminium alloys produced by severe plastic deformation: New horizons in development

I Sabirov, MY Murashkin, RZ Valiev - Materials science and engineering: A, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years, much progress has been made in the studies of nanostructured Al alloys for
advanced structural and functional use associated both with the development of novel …

Freezing solute atoms in nanograined aluminum alloys via high-density vacancies

S Wu, HS Soreide, B Chen, J Bian, C Yang, C Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Low-temperature decomposition of supersaturated solid solution into unfavorable
intergranular precipitates is a long-standing bottleneck limiting the practical applications of …

Principles of equal-channel angular pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement

RZ Valiev, TG Langdon - Progress in materials science, 2006 - Elsevier
During the last decade, equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) has emerged as a widely-
known procedure for the fabrication of ultrafine-grained metals and alloys. This review …

Grain boundaries in ultrafine grained materials processed by severe plastic deformation and related phenomena

X Sauvage, G Wilde, SV Divinski, Z Horita… - Materials Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Grain boundaries in ultrafine grained (UFG) materials processed by severe plastic
deformation (SPD) are often called “non-equilibrium” grain boundaries. Such boundaries …

Strengthening and strain hardening mechanisms in a precipitation-hardened high-Mn lightweight steel

MJ Yao, E Welsch, D Ponge, SMH Haghighat… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
We report on the strengthening and strain hardening mechanisms in an aged high-Mn
lightweight steel (Fe-30.4 Mn-8Al-1.2 C, wt.%) studied by electron channeling contrast …

Shearing and rotation of β ″and βʹ precipitates in an Al-Mg-Si alloy under tensile deformation: In-situ and ex-situ studies

M Yang, A Orekhov, ZY Hu, M Feng, S Jin, G Sha, K Li… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The interaction between dislocations and nano-precipitates during deformation directly
influences hardening response of precipitation-strengthening metals such as Al-Mg-Si …

Altered ageing behaviour of a nanostructured Mg-8.2 Gd-3.8 Y-1.0 Zn-0.4 Zr alloy processed by high pressure torsion

WT Sun, XG Qiao, MY Zheng, C Xu, S Kamado… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the ageing behaviour of a nanostructured Mg-8.2 Gd-3.8 Y-1.0 Zn-0.4 Zr (wt.%)
alloy produced by solution treatment followed by high pressure torsion (HPT) was …