Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys

X Li, L Lu, J Li, X Zhang, H Gao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Inspired by the gradient structures of biological materials, researchers have explored
compositional and structural gradients for about 40 years as an approach to enhance the …

High-entropy alloys with heterogeneous microstructure: processing and mechanical properties

P Sathiyamoorthi, HS Kim - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Engineering metallic materials are an essential class of materials for a variety of industrial
applications due to their competitive mechanical properties, especially strength and ductility …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of tailoring strain delocalization for strength-ductility synergy

H Wu, G Fan - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we systematically proposed the strategy of tailoring strain delocalization to
evade long-standing strength-ductility trade-off dilemma. The scientific contribution is to …

Geometrically necessary dislocations and related kinematic hardening in gradient grained materials: A nonlocal crystal plasticity study

X Zhang, J Zhao, G Kang, M Zaiser - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
Gradient grained metals whose microstructure is characterized by a spatially graded grain
size distribution show a better strength-ductility combination than their homogeneous …

Mechanical properties and deformation mechanism in Mg-Gd alloy laminate with dual-heterostructure grain size and texture

S Liu, D Xia, H Yang, G Huang, F Yang, X Chen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterostructures can effectively break the traditional strength-ductility trade-off dilemma.
However, how the texture of materials with heterostructure under hetero-deformation …

On strain hardening mechanism in gradient nanostructures

J Li, GJ Weng, S Chen, X Wu - Heterostructured Materials, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Experiments have shown that a gradient design, in which grain size spans over four orders
of magnitude, can make strong nanomaterials ductile. This chapter presents a developed …

[HTML][HTML] Gradient and lamellar heterostructures for superior mechanical properties

X Wu, Y Zhu - MRS Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
Heterostructured (HS) materials are a novel class of materials with mechanical properties
that are superior over their conventional homogeneous counterparts. They are composed of …

Evading the strength and ductility trade-off dilemma in titanium matrix composites through designing bimodal grains and micro-nano reinforcements

J Chen, Y Han, S Li, Z Wei, J Le, H Shi, G Huang, W Lu… - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Synchronous improvement of strength and ductility is a challenging and longstanding
problem in the further development and engineering applications of titanium matrix …

Surface mechanical attrition treatment of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel yields gradient nanostructure with superior strength and ductility

S Ghosh, N Bibhanshu, S Suwas… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface severe plastic deformation (S 2 PD) of additively manufactured/three-dimensional
(3D) printed metallic parts is gaining increased attention as a post-manufacturing operation …

Multiple mechanism based constitutive modeling of gradient nanograined material

J Zhao, X Lu, F Yuan, Q Kan, S Qu, G Kang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gradient nano-grained (GNG) materials, inside which grain size increases gradually from
nano-scale in the surface to micro-scale in the substrate, have shown synergetic strength …