Increasingly strict fuel efficiency standards have driven the aerospace and automotive
industries to improve the fuel economy of their fleets. A key method for feasibly improving the …

High-performance heat treatable aluminum alloy sheet is widely used in aircraft and
automobile industries because of its excellent mechanical properties, including low density …

The tensile deformation behavior of Al-Mg-Si alloy under a pulsed electric current has been
investigated. Specimens subjected to three types of heat treatment, solution treatment …

Application of electric current, while deforming the material is known to aid the deformation
process due to electroplastic effect. The experimentally observed behaviour during the …

Electroplasticity refers to the application of controlled electric pulses during plastic
deformation of materials. The electroplasticity phenomenon in metallic materials has led to …

Titanium alloy formability can be noticeably improved by electrically assisted processing. In
this study, uniaxial electropulsing-assisted microtensile (EAMT) tests were performed on a …

The flow stress reduction during plastic deformation superposed with electric current,
commonly referred as 'electroplasticity'has been actively researched over the past few …

Abstract Effect of electric current on precipitation hardening for advanced high-strength steel
is investigated based on mechanical testing and microscopic observation. Complex-phase …

Electroplasticity is defined as the reduction in flow stress of a material undergoing
deformation on passing an electrical pulse through it. The lowering of flow stress during …

The interaction of moving electrons with dislocations during plastic deformation due to
electroplasticity improves the mechanical behaviour. Despite being actively researched over …