Metals, Volume 11, Issue 10

An Nb-containing grain-oriented silicon steel was produced through double-stage cold rolling in order to investigate the effect of the heating rate during intermediate annealing on primary recrystallization and decarburization behavior. The microstru...

In FY-20, India’s steel production was 109 MT, and it is the second-largest steel producer on the planet, after China. India’s per capita consumption of steel was around 75 kg, which has risen from 59 kg in FY-14. Despite the increase in consumption,...

This paper investigated the fatigue crack propagation mechanism of CP Ti at various stress amplitudes (175, 200, 227 MPa). One single crack at 175 MPa and three main cracks via sub-crack coalescence at 227 MPa were found to be responsible for fatigue...

Four titanium-iron binary alloys were studied. They were preliminarily annealed in the (α + β) and (α + TiFe) regions of the Ti-Fe phase diagram. The changes in the phase composition, nanohardness, and Young’s modulus of the annealed alloys before an...

The effect of temperature on the corrosion resistance of layered double hydroxide (LDH) conversion coatings on AZ91D magnesium alloy, based on a closed-cycle system, was investigated. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photoelectron spectroscopy (XP...

Among various off-equilibrium microstructures of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloy, electron beam powder bed fusion, in which three dimensional metallic objects are fabricated by melting the ingredient powder materials layer by layer on a pre-h...

This study involves the validating of thermal analysis during TIG Arc welding of 1.4418 steel using finite element analyses (FEA) with experimental approaches. 3D heat transfer simulation of 1.4418 stainless steel TIG arc welding is implemented using...

The use of cutting fluid is crucial in the grinding process due to the elevated heat generated during the process which typically flows to the workpiece and can adversely affect its integrity. Considering the conventional technique for cutting fluid...

Studying the dynamic performance of rocks affected by high temperatures is a crucial theoretical foundation of mining engineering design and the construction of deep metallic mineral resources. More importantly, such studies can provide technical sup...

Powder metallurgy (PM) offers several variants to introduce alloying elements for establishing the desired final composition. One route is the master alloy (MA) approach. The composition and the elements contained in the MA can be adjusted to obtain...

With the continuous miniaturization of electronic devices and the upcoming new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), fifth-generation cellular networks (5G), etc., the electronics industry is achieving high-spee...

Forging dies have to resist high mechanical and thermal loads. Therefore, they are usually nitrided. Former investigations showed that the abrasive wear at the critical parts of the dies is much higher than the nitriding hardness depth. Carbonitridin...

Texture memory is a phenomenon in which retention of initial textures occurs after a complete cycle of forward and backward transformations, and it occurs in various phase-transforming materials including cubic and hexagonal metals such as steels and...

The present research deals with the comparative wear behavior of a mechanically milled Al-6061 alloy and the same alloy reinforced with 5 wt.% of Al₂O₃ nanoparticles (Al-6061-Al₂O₃) under different dry sliding conditions. For this purpose, an aluminu...

In the context of the development of new lightweight materials, Al-alloyed cast irons have a great potential for reducing the weight of the different part of the vehicles in the transport industry. The correlation of the amount of Al and its effect i...

Acoustic properties (logarithmic decrement and dynamic Young’s modulus) of commercial grade magnesium have been measured in the temperature range 51–310 K. Two types of magnesium samples have been studied: polycrystalline magnesium rolled at room tem...

The effects of small amounts of Ce-rich misch metal (Mm: 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 wt.%) addition on the microstructure and tensile properties of as-cast Mg-7Al-3Sn-1Zn wt.% (ATZ731) alloy have been investigated. The addition of Mm restricts the formation of...

Friction conditions significantly impact the temperature and phases of titanium forged parts, further directly affecting the microstructures and mechanical properties of final parts. In this paper, a 2D simplified finite element (FE) model combined w...

Non-metallic inclusions (NMIs) in steel have a negative impact on the properties of steel, so the problem of producing clean steels is actual. The existing metallographic methods for evaluating and analyzing nonmetallic inclusions make it possible to...

Metal–metal composites represent a particular class of materials showing innovative mechanical and electrical properties. Conventionally, such materials are produced by severely plastically deforming two ductile phases via rolling or extruding, swagi...

Intermetallic gamma titanium aluminides display attractive engineering properties at high temperatures of up to 750 °C. To date, they have been used in low-pressure turbine blades and turbocharger rotors in advanced aircraft and automotive engines. T...

Customized small batch orders and sustainable development requirements pose challenges for product quality control and manufacturing process optimization for steel production. Building a multi-quality objective process parameter optimization method t...

Entropy is an important concept in thermodynamics, measuring the disorder in a system or, more precisely, the number of possible microscopic configurations of individual atoms or molecules of a system, i.e., microstates [...]

The co-precipitation thermodynamics of the Li⁺–Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺–Al³⁺–F⁻–SO₄²⁻–PO₄³⁻–H₂O system at 298 K is studied, aiming to understand the precipitation characteristics. Based on the principle of simultaneous equilibrium and the mass action law, the missi...

Isothermal compressions of as-cast near-α Ti90 titanium alloy were carried out on a Gleeble-3800 simulator in the temperature range of 860–1040 °C and strain rates of 0.001–10 s⁻¹. The deformation behavior of the alloy was characterized based on the...

The inventory of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) generated in nuclear power plants is continuously increasing, and it is very important to maintain the structural integrity of SNF for economical and efficient management. The cladding surrounding nuclear fue...

Aluminum alloy components of high-speed trains have a great risk of being corroded by various corrosive medium due to extremely complex atmospheric environments. This will bring out huge losses and reduce the safety and stability of trains. In order...

The International Maritime Organization stipulates that greenhouse gas emissions from ships should be reduced by at least 50% relative to the amount observed in 2008. Consequently, the demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled ships has increased...

The present study highlights the effect of the cooling rate on the microstructure formation of Si–Mo ductile iron. In this study, experiments were carried out for castings with different wall thicknesses (i.e., 3, 5, 13, and 25 mm) to achieve various...

Aluminium alloy 5083 was subjected to Laser Shock Peening both with (LSP) and without protective coating (LPwC) at multiple pulse densities. A second LPwC treatment was conducted fully submersed under water, in addition to the standard laminar water...

The processing of Cu, Co, and Zn at the Boleo project in Mexico involves two-stage (oxidation–reduction) leaching to extract a total of 85–88% Cu in 4 h. The first stage is an oxidation leaching using sulphuric acid (120 kg/tonne ore) at an Eh of 900...

Spray-formed hypereutectic Al-Si-Cu-Mg alloy is the candidate for automotive and aerospace industries due to its superior wear resistance, lower thermal expansion coefficient and density, and higher thermal conductivity. This paper aims to investigat...

The paper presents the results of the analysis of the microstructure, mechanical properties, acoustic and magnetic characteristics of the metal of pipelines that are part of heat and power equipment, after long-term operation, made of structural and...

Selective laser melting (SLM) is a laser-based powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technique extensively used in industry. One of the most commonly used alloys in SLM process is Ti-6Al-4V. However, its tribological properties when coated with N...

Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals is stimulating the tool making industry. Moreover, besides the production of lost forms, AM processes are now being used to directly generate tools, molds or parts, leading to massive time savings. In the case of...

Commercial powders of pure magnesium were processed by high-energy ball milling. The microstructural and morphological evolution of the powders was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDX) and X-ray diffr...

The ability to control the exhibited plastic deformation behavior of cellular materials under certain loading conditions can be harnessed to design more reliable and structurally efficient damage-tolerant materials for crashworthiness and protective...

For a low cost, there are industrial infrared monitoring systems used for imperfection detection and identification in welded joints. The key drawback that impedes real life industrial applications is the low spatial resolution, as well as the tempor...

Increasing carbon deposits in iron ore to upgrade the reduction rate can be performed by impregnating iron ore in tar. Carbon containing iron ore was prepared from low-grade iron ore and biomass tar, which was generated from palm kernel shell (PKS) p...

Physical-mechanical models for predicting the fatigue life of aluminum alloys D16ChATW and 2024-T351 are proposed and tested. Damage accumulation patterns are established for these alloys in the initial state and after dynamic non-equilibrium process...

In the present research paper, two systems based on Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta and Ti-Nb-Zr–Fe, containing non-toxic elements, are considered and investigated. The first aim of the paper is to enlarge up-to-date developed β-type Ti alloys, analyzing three different...

The stress state has an important effect on the deformation and failure of metals. While the stress states of the axisymmetric notched bars specimens are studied in the literature, the studies on the flat metal specimen with inclined notch are very l...

To increase the acceptance of direct metal laser sintered Ti6Al4V(Extra Low Interstitial—ELI) in industry, analytical models that can quantitatively describe the interrelationships between the microstructural features, field variables, such as temper...

This paper deals with the evaluation of mechanical and tribological properties of Ni-Co galvanic coatings at elevated temperatures. The coatings were deposited on the copper surface, which in practice is the material of the crystallizer. Ni-Co coatin...

In this study, the impact of pseudo-random non-proportional bending-torsion fatigue loadings proportion on the fatigue life and the fracture surface topography was analyzed. Investigation was carried out for 24 specimens made of S355J2 steel with 11...

Titanium and its alloys are widely used engineering materials within the aerospace, automotive, energy, and chemical industries [...]

Shape memory alloys (SMAs), in comparison to other materials, have the exceptional ability to change their properties, structures, and functionality, depending on the thermal, magnetic, and/or stress fields applied[...]

Non-pillar sublevel caving is beginning to use large structural parameters in China. Appropriate structural parameters can effectively control the loss and dilution of stope and improve ore drawing efficiency. In this study, taking Chengchao Iron Min...

This paper presents a finite element analysis of the small punch creep test for 316L(N), which is compared with experimental data for 650 and 700 °C. Special emphasis is placed on (i) assessing the influence of friction and (ii) comparing two differe...

Very high temperature creep properties of twelve different Ni-based single crystal superalloys have been investigated at 1250 °C and under different initial applied stresses. The creep strength at this temperature is mainly controlled by the remainin...