Various methods have been employed to protect metals in assets from corrosion damage,
among which is the use of very efficient and economical organic coatings. The performance …

Refinement of grains and intermetallic phases in the as-solidified alloy structure offers
uniform structural properties, eliminates or minimizes common solidification defects …

In conventional processing, metals go through multiple manufacturing steps including
casting, plastic deformation, and heat treatment to achieve the desired property. In additive …

Grain refinement is critical to surpassing the bottlenecks of inherent hot tearing of high-
strength aluminum alloys fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM). In this study, a …

Twins and 9R phase (a structure containing a high density of stacking faults) have played
important roles in simultaneously improving strength and strain hardening capacity of low-to …

Additive manufacturing of high-strength Al alloys (such as 2xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx series alloys)
by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) encounters a challenge because of their high …

Process parameters and thermophysical and mechanical properties of alloys affect cracking
which remains a major challenge in metal printing. Cracks occur because of multiple …

Grain refinement is an effective way to avoid hot cracking of non-weldable high strength
aluminum alloys during additive manufacturing. In the present work, primary Al 3 Nb with the …

Vacuum roll cladding (VRC) based on friction stir welding (FSW) is applied to prepare
aluminum alloy thick plates, and the effect of rolling reduction ratios (60%, 70%, 80%) on the …

Abstract Al-Zn-Mg alloy is receiving a growing number of attentions due to the strategic
demand in the aerospace industry. But crack is a headache problem in Al-Zn-Mg alloy …