Seventy years of Hall-Petch, ninety years of superplasticity and a generalized approach to the effect of grain size on flow stress

RB Figueiredo, M Kawasaki, TG Langdon - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The grain size, and therefore the grain boundary density, is known to play a major role in the
flow stress of metallic materials. A linear relationship to the inverse of the square root of the …

Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

Y Cao, S Ni, X Liao, M Song, Y Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bulk nanostructured (ns)/ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials possess very
high strength, making them attractive for high strength, lightweight and energy efficient …

Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of HCP titanium via multi-modal grain induced extra< c+ a> dislocation hardening

L Gu, A Meng, X Chen, Y Zhao - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
According to Considère necking criterion, enhancing strength of a material will decrease its
elongation to failure, ie ductility, even if the strain hardening rate remains unchanged …

Metal matrix composites reinforced by nano-particles—a review

R Casati, M Vedani - Metals, 2014 - mdpi.com
Metal matrix composites reinforced by nano-particles are very promising materials, suitable
for a large number of applications. These composites consist of a metal matrix filled with …

Methods for improving ductility of tungsten-a review

C Ren, ZZ Fang, M Koopman, B Butler… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pure tungsten and tungsten alloys with minor alloying additions are known to be brittle at
room temperature and have high ductile-to-brittle transition temperatures (DBTT). Improving …

Principles of equal-channel angular pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement

RZ Valiev, TG Langdon - Progress in materials science, 2006 - Elsevier
During the last decade, equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) has emerged as a widely-
known procedure for the fabrication of ultrafine-grained metals and alloys. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Deformation mechanisms in ultrafine-grained metals with an emphasis on the Hall–Petch relationship and strain rate sensitivity

RB Figueiredo, TG Langdon - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrafine-grained materials display almost no strain hardening, an enhanced strain rate
sensitivity and grain boundary offsets during plastic deformation. It is expected that …

Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys

PV Liddicoat, XZ Liao, Y Zhao, Y Zhu… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Increasing the strength of metallic alloys while maintaining formability is an interesting
challenge for enabling new generations of lightweight structures and technologies. In this …

Nanostructuring of metals by severe plastic deformation for advanced properties

R Valiev - Nature materials, 2004 - nature.com
Despite rosy prospects, the use of nanostructured metals and alloys as advanced structural
and functional materials has remained controversial until recently. Only in recent years has a …

Paradox of strength and ductility in metals processed bysevere plastic deformation

RZ Valiev, IV Alexandrov, YT Zhu… - Journal of Materials …, 2002 - cambridge.org
It is well known that plastic deformation induced by conventional forming methodssuch as
rolling, drawing or extrusion can significantly increase the strength of metalsHowever, this …