The degradation due to high friction, wear, and corrosion of mechanical components for
industrial applications has invoked substantial economic loss. In recent years, scientists and …

Abstract The hot forged Ti–6Al–4V alloy demonstrates well constructed microstructure and
balanced mechanical properties, which promotes its wide application in aviation field …

Ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials are currently of high interest due to their
superior mechanical and functional properties. Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is one of …

Laser shock peening (LSP) could improve fatigue resistance of metals, but the complex
surface microstructures created by LSP make it extremely challenging to predict the …

High entropy alloys (HEAs) are considered as new metallic materials with great application
prospects due to their excellent mechanical properties. Massive experimental studies have …

Shock tolerance is desirable for ceramic particles-reinforced metal matrix composites in
many applications, where the dislocation dynamics evolution under the extreme load is the …

In this study, an analytical model based on Hertzian contact theory and the Neuber plasticity
rule is established to predict the residual stresses generated by laser shock peening (LSP) …

A three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) method was used to investigate
the effect of residual stress on the stress-strain response of gradient nano-grained (GNG) …

Cold pilgering has been considered as one of the preferred fabrication technologies for high-
strength titanium alloy tube. However, the complex multi-pass thermo-mechanical loading …

Laser surface texturing is considered as a novelty and feasible technology to fabricate some
micro-feature due to the non-contact, high precision and processing efficiency. However, it is …