Gradient structures found in biological materials have served as a source of inspiration for
scientists seeking to enhance the performance of metals and alloys over the past decades …

In this paper, we systematically proposed the strategy of tailoring strain delocalization to
evade long-standing strength-ductility trade-off dilemma. The scientific contribution is to …

This is the first of three overviews on failure of metals. Here, brittle and ductile failure under
monotonic loadings are addressed within the context of the local approach to fracture. In this …

The incorporation of low-dimensional nanomaterials into 3D metal matrices are promising to
translate their intriguing properties from nanoscale to the macroscopic world. However, the …

Nearly 90 per cent of service failures of metallic components and structures are caused by
fatigue at cyclic stress amplitudes much lower than the tensile strength of the materials …

The aim of this work is to understand the relationship among average grain size, dimple size
and tensile properties of 316L stainless steel via directly experimental results. We have …

In metastable β-Ti alloys, the primary deformation mechanisms, including ordinary
dislocation plasticity (ODP), deformation twinning (DT), and phase transformation, are …

Due to the poor compatibility between the reinforcement and Cu matrix, interfacial bonding
is of vital importance for the comprehensive properties of graphene nanoplatelets …

Recent studies have indicated that precipitation-strengthened high-entropy alloys (HEAs)
show superior mechanical performance and have been successfully fabricated by additive …

Cyclic stresses generally lead to fatigue damage and failure with important implications for
material and component design, safety, performance and lifetime costs in major structural …