Lightweight aluminum (Al) alloys have been widely used in frontier fields like aerospace and
automotive industries, which attracts great interest in additive manufacturing (AM) to process …

In the global pursuit of energy conservation, reduction in consumption and emissions, as
well as lightweighting, 5xxx-series aluminum alloys have emerged as a promising …

Corrosion is a significant issue that contributes negatively to the degradation of materials
most especially metals. To ensure proper maintenance, enhance reliability and prevent …

For the development of new energy automobile industry and the trend of automobile
lightweight have put forward a huge demand for high-strength lightweight materials, so …

In this study, a new Al-LPM composite coating was in-situ deposited on the Al alloy via a
facile one-pot hydrothermal method. Morphological and compositional characterizations …

Grain size and aging state are the two major microstructural factors affecting the mechanical
properties of Al alloys. In this study, fatigue tests were conducted on 7075 Al alloy with …

The fatigue load that a material experiences and its microstructure are important factors
influencing fatigue crack propagation behavior. This study employed laser scanning …

Friction stir welding (FSW) induces significant microstructural modifications in AA7050,
involving the dynamic recrystallization in the weld nugget zone (WNZ) and coarsening of …

In this paper, the flow behavior, constitutive model and microstructure evolution of solution-
treated 2195 Al–Li alloy at temperatures from 123 K to 298 K and strain rates from 2000 s− 1 …

To achieve high-strength friction stir welded joints for large/extra-large thick plate structures,
the contradiction between increased softening of the weld due to increased heat input and …