Strength-ductility trade-off is usually an inevitable scenario in most engineering materials,
including metal matrix composites (MMCs) where reinforcement particles significantly …

A new forging process termed pre-hardening forming (PHF) process is proposed. The billets
are subjected to pre-hardening treatment, then preheated, and finally forged without …

Aluminum alloys utilization has been continuously increasing in marine, aerospace and
automotive industries, owing to its perceptible properties with respect to optimum weight …

The interfacial precipitation of reinforced particles has a critical influence on particle-
reinforced aluminum-matrix composites. In this study, TiB 2 interfacial precipitation of 6 wt …

The effects of silver (Ag) alloying and a retrogression re-aging heat treatment on the
mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of the Al–Zn–Mg–Cu aluminum alloy were …

In the present work, spark plasma sintering experiments were conducted on the atomized Al-
Zn-Mg-Cu alloy powders and TiB 2/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu composite powders under different …

In this study, the quantitative results from both electron backscattered diffraction and
transmission electron microscope analyses provided the fundamental insight into the …

In this paper, the tensile properties and stress corrosion resistance of two Al-Zn-Mg-Cu
alloys were tested by tensile test and slow stress rate tensile test. The microstructures of the …

In this paper, in-situ nanoparticles ZrB 2 were introduced to improve the mechanical
properties of Friction Stir Welding (FSW) joints in 7N01 matrix composites. The …

The structural-functional integrated TiB 2/Al–Mg-Gd composite was fabricated by the powder
metallurgy-based methods, including atomized composite powder fabrication, spark plasma …