Heat treatment has been widely applied for manipulating the microstructure and properties
of metals with thermal energy. The thermal energy triggers the atomic diffusion accompanied …

The mechanical properties of metals change temporarily or permanently under application
of electric currents under deformation. This phenomenon is often referred to as …

The direct application of electric current as well as heat treatment can be used to
recrystallize metallic materials. Electric current enhances the recrystallization kinetics …

Electroplastic phenomenon has been demonstrated by that the elongation increases
remarkably during deformation under electric current without a significant elevation of …

Titanium alloys are widely used in aerospace, petrochemical, and automobile industry due
to their outstanding mechanical properties. However, the formability/plasticity of most …

The tensile deformation behavior of Al-Mg-Si alloy under a pulsed electric current has been
investigated. Specimens subjected to three types of heat treatment, solution treatment …

What effect does electric current do on dislocation evolution of metals keeps being a
confusing question to be answered and proved. To this end, the dislocation evolution of a …

The effect of electric current on recrystallization kinetics in interstitial free (IF) steel and AZ31
magnesium alloy was investigated based on Vickers hardness measurements and …

Electrically assisted deformation (EAD) was adopted in this work to overcome the
shortcomings such as poor formability and easy cracking in the processing of dual-phase …

Application of electric current, while deforming the material is known to aid the deformation
process due to electroplastic effect. The experimentally observed behaviour during the …