Strengthening magnesium by design: Integrating alloying and dynamic processing

SE Prameela, P Yi, Y Hollenweger, B Liu, J Chen… - Mechanics of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnesium (Mg) has the lowest density of all structural metals and has excellent potential
for wide use in structural applications. While pure Mg has inferior mechanical properties; the …

Spall strength in alloyed magnesium: A compendium of research efforts from the CMEDE 10-year effort

DD Mallick, SE Prameela, D Ozturk, CL Williams… - Mechanics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnesium alloys are an attractive material system for protection applications due to their
high specific strength and stiffness, but exhibit low ductility in these applications. The …

Spall failure of ECAE Mg-Al alloys at extreme strain rates: influence of a refined precipitate and grain microstructure

CS DiMarco, P Lim, D Mallick, L Kecskes, TP Weihs… - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of advanced materials for extreme dynamic environments requires an
understanding of the links between the microstructure and the response of the material (ie …

Recrystallization mechanisms, grain refinement, and texture evolution during ECAE processing of Mg and its alloys

LJ Kecskes, NM Krywopusk, Y Hollenweger… - Mechanics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article presents key findings from a study of the microstructural evolution and grain size
refinement of equal-channel angular extrusion (ECAE)-processed Mg and Mg-based alloys …

The interplay between solute atoms and vacancy clusters in magnesium alloys

P Yi, TT Sasaki, SE Prameela, TP Weihs, ML Falk - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Atomic-scale calculations indicate that both stress effects and chemical binding contribute to
the redistribution of solute in the presence of vacancy clusters in magnesium alloys, leading …

Enhanced precipitation and recrystallization in a Mg-Zn alloy during low-temperature extrusion

SE Prameela, E Lipkin, J Chen, L Kecskes, Z Xu… - Procedia …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lightweight magnesium (Mg) alloys have great potential to be used in a variety of structural
applications. However, Mg's hexagonal crystal lattice and the limited number of deformation …

Unlocking the strengthening potential of magnesium alloys using deformation-induced clustering and precipitation

S Eswarappa Prameela, T Sasaki, P Yi, M Falk… - Magnesium Technology …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Light metals of Aluminum (Al) and Magnesium (Mg) hold great promise in many
structural applications [–]. However, the overall progress in strengthening these metals has …