It is well known that when coarse-grained metals undergo severe plastic deformation to be transformed into nano-grained metals, their ductility is reduced. However, there are no ductile fracture criteria developed based on grain refinement. In this paper, we propose a new relationship between ductile fracture and grain refinement during deformation, considering factors besides void nucleation a...

The service life of technical components is often limited by the fatigue strength deployed materials. accumulative roll bonding (ARB) process, which has ability to produce ultrafine‐grained (UFG) laminated metal composites with tailored properties, offers a unique method significantly enhance materials that are cyclically loaded in three‐point bending. Detailed microstructural investigations re...

A microstructure consisting of ultrafine grained (UFG) ferrite with average grain size of ~ 0.7 µm and dispersed nano-sized carbides was produced by cold-rolling and tempering of the martensite starting microstructure in a low carbon steel. Subsequently, fine grained dual phase (DP) steel consisting of equiaxed ferrite grains with average size of ~ 5 µm and martensite islands with average size ...

Friction Surfacing Cladding (FSC) is a relatively new solid state process to deposit thin metallic clad layers on substrates. It employs a hollow rotating tool that supplies the clad material. Frictional and viscous heating take place that soften the clad material and enhance the bonding of the clad material to the substrate. Thin layers of commercially pure aluminium can be deposited well on a...

Low-temperature friction-stir welding (FSW) was successfully applied for the joining of Al-Mg-Mn alloy with an ultrafine-grained microstructure. The low-temperature conditions preserved fine-grained microstructure and nano-scale second-phase particles in stir zone thus provided nearly-100% joint efficiency produced welds. deformation behavior welded joints studied via digital image correlation ...