Size effects (SEs) exist in many domains, and are caused by changes in the values of
parameters of materials, structures, or systems individually or collectively known as size …

Product miniaturization is an emerging trend for facilitating product usage, enabling unique
product functions to be implemented in micro-scaled geometries and features, and further …

In engineering practice, it is critical to accurately forecast the fracture initiation of ductile
metals. Currently, various uncoupled ductile fracture criteria (DFCs) have been constructed …

Grain boundaries (GBs) of metallic materials will become the weakest and most vulnerable
place when the materials deform at high temperature. This could directly affect deformation …

Sheet metal forming (SMF) is one of the most popular technologies for obtaining finished
products in almost every sector of industrial production, especially in the aircraft, automotive …

Plastic deformation at the macroscopic scale has been widely exploited in industrial practice
in order to obtain desired shape and control the requested properties of metallic alloy parts …

Advanced manufacture technologies, oriented to implants featured with high reliability, low
cost and high biocompatibility, are key approaches to advance the rehabilitation efficacy and …

With the rapid development of micro‐electromechanical systems (MEMS), micro/nanoscale
fabrication of 3D metallic structures with complex structures and multifunctions is becoming …

Size effects (SEs) impede the mass production of high-performance miniaturised
components via micro-forming. Although many studies have examined SEs from multiple …

For the establishment of reliable micro/meso scale forming processes, it is essential to
accurately predict the forming limits of metal foils under different deformation paths …