The study of heterostructured materials (HSMs) answered one of the most pressing
questions in the metallurgical field:“is it possible to greatly increase both the strength and the …

Additive manufacturing (AM) has attracted much attention due to its capability in building
parts with complex geometries. Unfortunately, AM metals suffer from three major drawbacks …

Heterostructured materials are an emerging class of materials with superior performances
that are unattainable by their conventional homogeneous counterparts. They consist of …

Surface plastic deformation methods are prevalently applied to improve the fretting fatigue
(FF) property of titanium alloys. Understanding the intrinsic relation between surface plastic …

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is capable of producing complex parts, using a wide
range of functional metals that are otherwise very difficult to make and involve multiple …

Titanium and titanium alloys have been restricted in tribology-related field, because of their
disadvantages, such as low surface hardness, high friction coefficient and poor wear …

Engineering design methods based on the assumption of crack growth and the application
of fracture mechanics principles are commonly used in aerospace engineering for the …

Nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloys have great potential to be used as biomedical implants or
devices due to their unique functional properties (ie, shape memory properties and …

In this work, the influences of ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) on the surface
integrity and wear resistance of 300M steel samples were comprehensively studied. The …

Strong and tough materials are desired for lightweight, energy efficient applications such as
electric cars and aerospace applications. Recently, heterostructures are found to produce …