There is an increasingly urgent need of lightweight components in aerospace industry,
among which aluminum (Al) alloys have been the optimal materials of choice for aircraft …

Increasing demand of lightweight structures with exceptional properties elicits materials
processing and manufacturing technologies to tailor blanks in order to achieve or enhance …

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) provide a good combination of qualities that monolithic
materials find difficult to achieve, such as a high strength-to-weight ratio, a low thermal …

To have an insight into the occurrence of inverse Hall-Petch relationship in ultrafine-grained
(UFG) aluminum alloys produced by severe plastic deformation (SPD), ultra-SPD (ie …

Abstract Aluminum‑lithium (Alsingle bond Li) alloys have attracted attention in the fields of
aerospace and military owing to their low density, high elastic modulus, high specific …

Strengthening by grain refinement via the Hall–Petch mechanism and softening by
nanograin formation via the inverse Hall–Petch mechanism have been the subject of …

Additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) technology is attractive for its ability to create freeform
and fully dense structures without melting and solidification. Hence, AFSD is an alternative …

Abstract 2195 Al-Li alloy billet was prepared by gas atomization (GA) and hot isostatic
pressing (HIP), followed by hot extrusion and different heat treatments. Microstructural …

The microstructure-mechanical properties connection and strengthening contribution of Al-
xCu-1.3 Li-X (x= 3.8, 4.2, 4.5 wt%) alloy sheets subjected to various heat treatments were …

Friction stir spot welding has important applications in the joining of thin metallic plates.
However, the asymmetric thermomechanical action inherent in the single-sided friction stir …