Nowadays, magnesium (Mg) alloys are promising lightweight structural materials, especially
in transportation and aerospace fields, due to their inherent low density and high specific …

Due to its light weight and natural availability, magnesium has been received a great
attention. On the other hand, the intrinsic brittleness of magnesium usually restricts its …

Lightweight magnesium alloys are attractive as structural materials for improving energy
efficiency in applications such as weight reduction of transportation vehicles. One major …

It is well-established that Mg-3Al-1Zn (AZ31) alloy exhibits much better tensile ductility than
pure Mg. However, the underlying mechanisms for such difference still remain relatively …

The thermally activated pyramidal-to-basal (PB) transition of< c+ a> dislocations,
transforming glissile pyramidal dissociated core structures into sessile basal dissociated …

Solute accelerated cross-slip of pyramidal< c+ a> screw dislocations has recently been
recognized as a crucial mechanism in enhancing the ductility of solid-solution Mg alloys. In …

Twinning-mediated plasticity in hexagonal close-packed crystal structures offers great
potential for achieving lean Mg-based alloys with high strength and extended ductility …

High-performance ultra-lean binary Mg–Ca alloys are engineered by intelligent alloying and
thermo-mechanical processing using hot-extrusion. With Ca-alloying contents as low as 0.2 …

Herein, uniaxial compression experiments, with a series of true strains at different
temperatures (573–673 K) and strain rates (3× 10− 3-3× 10− 1 s− 1), are conducted on AZ31 …

In this study, the dislocation behavior of a polycrystalline Mg-5Y alloy during tensile
deformation was quantitatively studied by an in-situ tensile test, visco-plastic self-consistent …