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Open AccessThe finding of anisotropic compatibility of grain boundaries in a directionally solidified superalloy
The anisotropic compatibility of grain boundaries (GBs) is found in a directionally solidified superalloy, when loading is aligned with (L sample) or transverse (T sample) to the grain growth direction. The gr...
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Open AccessThe hot deformation behaviour of laser powder bed fusion deposited Al–Si–Cu alloy processed by high-pressure torsion
The tensile properties of an ultrafine-grained Al–9%Si–3%Cu alloy deposited by the laser powder bed fusion process have been investigated in this work. The additively manufactured (AM) alloy was subjected to h...
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Open AccessMicrostructural and hardness evolution of additively manufactured Al–Si–Cu alloy processed by high-pressure torsion
Nanostructured Al-9%Si-3%Cu alloy was achieved by direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and then processed using high-pressure torsion (HPT) processing, which resulted in considerable grain refinement down to 60...
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An investigation into the effect of substrate on the load-bearing capacity of thin hard coatings
TiN and diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings were deposited on Ti substrates with and without processing by high-pressure torsion (HPT). The HPT processing refined the grain size of titanium from the coarse-grai...
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The corrosion behaviour of commercial purity titanium processed by high-pressure torsion
Commercial purity (CP) titanium was processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) under an applied pressure of 6.0 GPa for different numbers of torsional revolutions and then exposed to a 3.5 % NaCl solution for op...
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Tribology testing of ultrafine-grained Ti processed by high-pressure torsion with subsequent coating
A grade 2 pure Ti was processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) under 3.0 GPa for 10 revolutions to achieve an improved strength. Wear tests revealed that HPT only slightly improved the wear resistance of pure ...
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An analytical approach and experimental confirmation of dislocation–twin boundary interactions in titanium
The morphology of \( \{ 10\overline{1} 2\} \left\langle {\overline{1} 011} \right\rangle \) ...
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Tribological properties of ultrafine-grained materials processed by severe plastic deformation
Processing by severe plastic deformation (SPD) has been developed extensively over the last two decades in order to produce ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials having submicrometre or nanometre grain sizes. An i...
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Wear behavior of an aluminum alloy processed by equal-channel angular pressing
Wear tests were conducted on an aluminum Al-1050 alloy after processing by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP). The results show that the coefficient of friction remains unchanged after processing by ECAP, b...