An AZ31 magnesium (Mg) alloy sheet with a bimodal non-basal texture (BNT sample) exhibits significant potential for a lightweight component design in the aerospace field. However, its mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics during pl...
Magnesium and its alloys have been restricted in their industrial applications due to problems related to their formability. To overcome this issue, controlling the crystallographic texture is important, and the texture formation mechanism should be...
To investigate the influence of Zn-alloying on the microstructure and tensile mechanical properties of Mg–6Bi alloy after hot extrusion, a new ternary Mg–6Bi–3Zn alloy was prepared by extrusion at 300 °C. The microstructures, te...
The effect of initial texture on slip activity, dynamic recrystallization, and basal texture development was investigated in a Mg–9 wt.% Ag alloy during high-temperature plane strain compression. Three sets of specimens with different initial c...
The effect of shear deformation introduced by differential speed rolling (DSR) on the microstructure, texture and mechanical properties of Mg-6Sn alloy was investigated. Mg-6Sn sheets were obtained by DSR at speed ratio between upper and lower rolls...
As an important fabrication process, annealing treatment is conducted to eliminate distortion in magnesium alloy sheets. Second-phase particles can provide nucleation sites for recrystallization grains, and the basal texture is related to the recryst...
In this work, the comparison of microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties of the newly developed TZ61 (Mg-6Sn-1Zn) alloy with the commercially available AZ61 (Mg-6Al-1Zn) has been presented. Both analyzed Mg alloys were processed by conventi...
Magnesium (Mg) and Magnesium-Zinc-Calcium alloys present a compelling option for biodegradable implant materials. Utilizing Vacuum Induction Casting, Mg–2.5Zn-xCa (with x = 0.3, 0.5, 0.9, 1.15 wt%) alloys were fabricated and subjected to hot-ro...
Correct classification of skin lesions is a key step in skin cancer screening, which requires high accuracy and interpretability. This paper proposes a multimodal method for differentiating various clinical forms of basal cell carcinoma and benign ne...
Identifying material parameters in crystal plasticity constitutive models with high precision and high efficiency can be especially complicated due to the ever-increasing complexity of the models. These material parameters are typically calibrated th...
Efficient management of basal cell carcinomas (BCC) requires reliable assessments of both tumors and post-treatment scars. We aimed to estimate image similarity metrics that account for BCC’s perceptual color and texture deviation from perilesi...
The effects of the Al content on the texture evolution of Mg-xAl-1Zn-0.1Ca-0.2Y alloy sheets fabricated via hot rolling, cold rolling, and subsequent annealing were systematically investigated. A lower Al content led to a higher number of free Ca sol...
In the recent past, several researchers have successfully modeled the complex fatigue behavior of planar twin-roll cast AZ31B alloy sheets. Complex components are usually hot-bent, whereby the microstructure in the hot-bent areas changes significantl...
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent cancer of the skin and comprises low-risk and high-risk subtypes. We selected a low-risk subtype, namely, nodular (N), and a high-risk subtype, namely, micronodular (MN), with the aim to identify differ...
The influence of rolling temperature and pass reduction degree on microstructure and texture evolution was investigated using an AZXW3100 alloy, Mg-3Al-1Zn-0.5Ca-0.5Y, in wt.%. The change in the rolling schedule had a significant influence on the res...
In this study, the microstructure, crystallographic texture and the mechanical performance of hot-rolled pure Mg and Mg-2Al-1Zn-1Ca (herein inferred as AZX211) were thoroughly investigated. The results showed that the designed AZX211 alloy exhibited...
Lean alloyed Mg-Al-Ca alloys reveal weakened basal-type texture intensities and increased room-temperature ductility when compared to pure Mg. Since the combined effects of the alloying elements Al and Ca on texture evolution are not yet fully unders...
Controlling microstructure and texture development is a key approach to improving the formability of magnesium alloys. In this study, the effects of the strain rate and initial texture on the texture evolution of magnesium alloys during high-temperat...
In situ neutron diffraction has been used to examine the deformation mechanisms of a precipitation-hardened and extruded Mg-8.5wt.%Al alloy subjected to (i) compression followed by reverse tension (texture T1) and (ii) tension followed by reverse com...
The effects of final rolling temperature on the microstructures, texture and mechanical properties of AZ31 Mg alloy sheets prepared by equal channel angular rolling and continuous bending (ECAR-CB) were investigated. Extension twins {10–12} could be...
Ti-3Al-2.5V alloy was usually the α phase of HCP structure at room temperature which had obvious anisotropy. During tube rolling, α grain would be influenced by stress-strain state, deformation amount, ‘Q’ ratio to result the...
To analyze the effect of the initial orientation in the activity of twinning and texture development, magnesium single crystals were rolled at 400 °C (nominal furnace temperature) in two specific orientations. In both orientations, the rolling direct...
In this study, the texture formation mechanism of a TA15 titanium alloy under different plane strain compression conditions was investigated by analyzing the slipping, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and phase transformation behaviors. The results in...
The texture evolution during hot compression of extruded ZK60A-T5 magnesium alloy plate loaded along the extrusion direction (ED) and the normal direction (ND) has been examined with the help of pole figures obtained on specimens deformed in the rang...
To enhance the formability of magnesium alloys, inhibition of basal texture development by the particle-stimulated nucleation (PSN) effect has attracted significant interest. However, its contribution to texture development is not easily observed due...
This work is to study the microstructure and texture evolution of AZ31 alloy prepared by cyclic expansion extrusion with an asymmetrical extrusion cavity (CEE-AEC) at different deformation temperatures. The result shows AZ31 alloy undergoes continuou...
In this work, the microstructure and texture of Mg-1.0Al-xZn-0.2Mn-0.5Ca (wt.%, x = 0, 1) alloys, which were produced via conventional casting or twin roll casting (TRC), were investigated, and their relation to the mechanical properties of the sheet...
The texture evolution of cold rolled pure titanium through different annealing parameters was investigated and different processes for various textures controls were proposed for further industrial application. Columnar grains with strong {11–2...
The dependence of bendability on crystallographic orientations and texture evolution was investigated in a strongly textured Mg-9Al extrusion plate by bending along four directions. Results show that the bars have relatively small and reasonably clos...
High strain rate biaxial forging (HSRBF) was performed on AZ31 magnesium alloy to an accumulated strain of ΣΔε = 1.32, the related microstructure, texture and mechanical properties were investigated. It was found that the microstr...
The wide Mg alloy sheets produced by hot extrusion usually can easily form an inhomogeneous texture, resulting in anisotropic mechanical properties and poor formability. However, few studies have been carried out on the bulk texture investigation at...
AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with 2 mm thickness were successfully fabricated by multi-pass lowered-temperature rolling. The evolution of the microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties during the rolling process was investigated. Based on the...
In addition to cold drawing, the process of annealing is also essential in the preparation of Mg-4.7 wt%Gd (G4.7) alloy wires. The effect of annealing treatment on the recrystallized microstructure and texture of cold-drawn G4.7 wires was investigate...
In this paper, the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique was used to analyze the dynamic recrystallization (DRX), twinning, slip behavior, and texture evolution during forging and subsequent extruding deformation. The results show that, a...
In the current work, cyclic expansion extrusion with an asymmetrical extrusion cavity (CEE-AEC), as a relatively novel severe plastic deformation method, was applied to fabricate an AZ31B magnesium alloy plate with a size of 50 × 100 × 22...
This study focused on the effects of ageing for various time at 175 °C before hot rolling on microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ80 magnesium alloys. The amount of γ-Mg17Al12 increased in line with ageing time and during the rolli...
In this work, Mg-3Y sheet was prepared by high temperature cross-rolling and subsequent short-term annealing. The effect of annealing on microstructure, texture, mechanical properties, and stretch formability of Mg-3Y sheet was primarily investigated...
The effect of Al content on the texture evolution and recrystallization behavior of the non-flammable Mg sheet alloys containing Ca and Y was investigated in this study. With a decrease in the Al content from 3 wt.% to 1 wt.%, the amounts of the othe...
The ZK61 alloy rods with different grain sizes and crystallographic texture were successfully fabricated by cyclic extrusion and compression (CEC). Their room-temperature tension & compression yield strength displayed a significant dependence on...
Pre-stretching experiments were carried out on AZ31–0.5Ca magnesium alloy to alter the microstructure and texture for enhancing room-temperature formability. Compared to as-received alloy, the formability of a 5%-stretched sample was improved b...
This study successfully produced a magnesium alloy bar featuring a bimodal microstructure with high strength via an asymmetric upsetting–extrusion process. The evolution of microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties was systematically i...
Samples were cut from an extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy bar for uniaxial tensile and EBSD characterization tests. The long axis and bar extrusion directions were 0° (T0 sample), 45° (T45 sample), and 90° (T90 sample). The effects of loading direction...
An Mg–5Sn alloy was processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) for different passes (4P, 8P, and 12P), and the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties were investigated. The grain size, amount of Mg2Sn precipitates, and textu...
High performance Mg–6Al–3Sn–0.25Mn–xZn alloys (x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 wt %) without rare earth were designed. The effects of different Zn contents on the microstructure and mechanical properties were systematically inve...
In the present work, cross-wavy bending at room temperature was carried out to tailor the microstructure and stretch formability of rolled AZ31 sheets. Wavy bending processing generates profuse {10–12} twins and a tilt basal texture. Subsequent...
Hexagonal close-packed (HCP) metals, particularly Zirconium (Zr), Titanium (Ti), and Magnesium (Mg) alloys, have attracted significant attention due to their unique properties and wide-ranging applications in the aerospace, biomedical, and energy ind...
The initial texture effect of strain rate sensitivity response in magnesium alloys was studied using the quasi in situ electron backscatter diffraction technique. The strain accumulations, under uniaxial loading of both tensile and compression along...
At the initial rolling temperature of 400 °C, ZK60 magnesium alloy was hot rolled by three different rolling paths with different roll speed ratios (RSR) of 1:1.15, 1:1.2, and 1:1.5, respectively. The effects of different rolling processes on the...
We performed multiple-pass cold drawing for pure Mg wire which showed excellent formability (~138% accumulative true strain) at room temperature. Different from the continuous work hardening occurring during cold drawing of Mg alloy wires, for pure M...
Reciprocating Upsetting-Extrusion (RUE) deformation process can significantly refine the grains size and weaken the basal plane texture by applying a large cumulative strain to the alloy, which is of great significance to weaken the anisotropy of mag...
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