Extreme grain refinement by severe plastic deformation: A wealth of challenging science

Y Estrin, A Vinogradov - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
This article presents our take on the area of bulk ultrafine-grained materials produced by
severe plastic deformation (SPD). Over the last decades, research activities in this area have …

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 …

Texture evolution in equal-channel angular extrusion

IJ Beyerlein, LS Tóth - Progress in Materials Science, 2009 - Elsevier
The focus of this article is texture development in metals of fcc, bcc, and hcp crystal structure
processed by a severe plastic deformation (SPD) technique called equal-channel angular …

Analytical and numerical approaches to modelling severe plastic deformation

A Vinogradov, Y Estrin - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Severe plastic deformation (SPD) has established itself as a potent means of producing bulk
ultrafine grained and nanostructured materials. It has given rise to burgeoning research that …

The effects of room temperature ECAP and subsequent aging on mechanical properties of 2024 Al alloy

MH Goodarzy, H Arabi, MA Boutorabi… - Journal of alloys and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mechanical properties of the 2024 aluminum alloy, which was plastically deformed by equal
channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature and aged naturally and artificially at …

Nanomechanical scratching induced local shear deformation and microstructural evolution in single crystal copper

M Efe, B Gwalani, J Tao, M Song, TC Kaspar… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Shear deformation at the nanoscale has practical applications due to the ability of shear
strains to significantly change the microstructures and textures of the deforming materials …

The processing of ultrafine-grained materials through the application of severe plastic deformation

TG Langdon - Journal of Materials Science, 2007 - Springer
The application of severe plastic deformation (SPD) to bulk metals provides the opportunity
of achieving grain sizes in the submicrometer and nanometer range. Several different SPD …

Deformation heterogeneities in equal channel angular pressing

W Skrotzki - Materials transactions, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is a severe plastic deformation (SPD) technique
leading to refinement of the grain size of materials to submicron or even nano-size length …

Mechanisms for initial grain refinement in OFHC copper during equal channel angular pressing

Q Xue, IJ Beyerlein, DJ Alexander, GT Gray Iii - Acta materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
The stages of microstructural evolution during the first pass of equal channel angular
pressing in polycrystalline oxygen-free, high conductivity (OFHC) copper are identified using …

The characteristics of creep in metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

P Kral, J Dvorak, V Sklenicka, TG Langdon - Materials Transactions, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Processing through the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD), as in equal-channel
angular pressing (ECAP), provides an opportunity for achieving exceptional grain …