Most of the challenges experienced by many engineering materials originate from the
surface which later leads to total failure, hence affecting the resultant mechanical properties …

Tungsten is a refractory metal with the highest melting point of all metals, which is
considered as a promising candidate material for plasma-facing materials in the future …

Achieving ultra-high strength without sacrificing too much ductility is the focus of attention in
nanostructured materials. Here, the strengthening mechanism and property enhancement of …

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is one of the methods used to achieve the low-temperature
densification of refractory metal materials. In this study, powder prepared through a wet …

Tungsten is facing extremely harsh irradiation environmental challenges as plasma-facing
materials. In this work, W-0.3 wt% Y 2 O 3 composites fabricated by nano in-situ composite …

Extensive efforts have been devoted in both the engineering and scientific domains to seek
new designs and processing techniques capable of making stronger and tougher materials …

Abstracts Pure W with grain size of 1.77 μm, ultrafine-grained W-10wt.% Cr-2wt.% Ti (W-10
C-2 T) alloy with grain size of 161 nm and W-10wt.% Cr-4wt.% Ti (W-10 C-4 T) alloy with …

This research presents the modification of the microstructure on the surface of a dual phase
steel (DP) using three different treatments: surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) …

By means of the surface mechanical-attrition treatment (SMAT), a nano-crystalline surface
layer of about 25 µm was prepared on the iron plate. The grain size exhibits a gradient …

In the present study, the mechanical and wear behaviour of the surface-mechanically treated
high-manganese (high-Mn) twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel were investigated. The …