Owing to the unparalleled advantages in repairing of high value-add component with big size, fabricating of functionally graded material, and cladding to enhance the surface properties of parts, the laser material deposition (LMD) is widely used. Com...
Microstructural features have a vital effect on the comprehensive performance of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) and highly depend on the thermal spray processing parameters. Herein, a novel hybrid machine-learning method was proposed to predict the...
Laser–MIG hybrid welding–brazing was performed to join TC4 titanium alloy and 5083 aluminum alloy with ER5356, ER4043 and ER2319 filler wires. The effects of the different filler wires on the microstructural features and mechanical proper...
This research work addresses the mechanical and metallurgical characterisation, as well as the failure features, of two types of lap-fillet autogenous laser-welded joints made of ultra-thin sheets by applying an appropriate welding technology for pro...
This study investigated microstructural, optical, and thermal changes in spruce wood (Picea abies) exposed to controlled laboratory heating to identify indicators associated with the transition from progressive thermal degradation to the initial char...
Digital volume correlation (DVC) is widely used to extract internal displacement and strain fields from X-ray computed tomography (XCT) data, yet the limits imposed by the material’s own texture remain poorly quantified. This paper quantifies t...
Camels have developed unique adaptive mechanisms, one of which is the active accumulation of lipids. This metabolic feature has a direct influence on the liver ultrastructure. Its analysis reveals how exactly the hepatocytes have evolved to effective...
This study presents a comprehensive grayscale texture analysis framework for investigating the microstructural evolution of cement-based materials during hydration. High-resolution X-ray computed tomography (X-CT) slice images were analyzed across fi...
CoFeB alloy, as a promising magneto-resistive material, has attracted extensive attention concerning the magnetic properties of its thin film in the field of magneto-resistive random memory (MRAM). Although there are many studies on the magnetic prop...
Aluminum master alloys with rare earth metals are widely studied by many scientists around the world, but research on the production of Al-Er master alloys is still limited. The purpose of this work is to study the microstructure parameters of alumin...
Atomic- and nanometer-scale features of nanomaterials have a strong influence on their chemical and physical properties and a detailed description of these elements is a crucial step in their characterization. Total scattering methods, in real and re...
In order to explore the hot deformation behaviors of the as-cast 7005 aluminum alloy, a number of hot tensile tests with four temperatures (100, 200, 300, and 400 °C) and three strain rates (0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 s−1) were performed. The Joh...
Owing to the versatility without expanding the machine’s size, thin-wall has been widely used in high-value parts. The investigation of laser additive manufacturing (LAM), which has advantages such as high powder density, easy controllability,...
The design of modern construction materials with heterogeneous microstructures requires a numerical model that can predict the distribution of microstructural features instead of average values. The accuracy and reliability of such models depend on t...
Nickel-based Inconel 718 is a very good candidate for selective laser melting (SLM). During the SLM process, Inconel 718 develops a complex and heterogeneous microstructure. A deep understanding of the microstructural features of the as-built SLM mat...
This study documents an investigation of the flow stress properties and microstructural features of Ti6Al4V (ELI) alloy produced using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Selected heat treatment strategies were applied to the material to obtain different...
The study presents a method to prepare Al/Cu laminated conductors featuring two different stacking sequences using rotary swaging, a method of intensive plastic deformation. The primary focus of the work was to perform detailed characterization of th...
Selective laser melting (SLM) is an attractive technology for fabricating complex metal parts with reduced number of processing steps compared to traditional manufacturing technologies. The main challenge in its adoption is the variability in mechani...
Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy milling has been frequently used in aviation/aerospace industries. Application environments put forward high requirements to create a desired proportion of the constituent phases and fine grain size for optimum mechanical pro...
Short carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites are widely used in polymer extrusion additive manufacturing (AM), including large-area additive manufacturing (LAAM), due to their enhanced mechanical properties as compared to neat polymers. However,...
Otolith growth and microstructural features of fish are essential to the understanding of the early fish lifecycle. This paper assesses the features of otoliths from laboratory-reared larval and juvenile Sinogastromyzon wui (S. wui, 0 to 25 days post...
Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) is one of the most promising lead-free ferroelectric materials for the development of piezoelectric nanocomposites for nanogenerators and sensors. The miniaturization of electronic devices is pushing researchers to produce na...
Both microstructure and stress affect the structure and kinematic properties of magnetic domains. In fact, microstructural and stress variations often coexist. However, the coupling of microstructure and stress on magnetic domains is seldom considere...
The study is devoted to heavily drawn multicore Cu–18Nb composites of cylindrical and rectangular shapes. The composites were fabricated by the melt-and-deform method, namely, 600 in situ rods of Cu–18%Nb alloy were assembled in a copper...
The paper aims at documenting the material employed in 1942 for the fabrication of an exhaust valve for a Harley-Davidson WLA/WLC motorcycle and assesses the material features with modern steel standard specifications and treatment. Facing properties...
This work studies a near-surface layer microstructure in Ti-6Al-4V alloy samples subjected to plasma electrolytic polishing (PEP) and subsequent high-energy ion implantation with nitrogen (II). Samples with a conventional coarse-grained (CG) structur...
This review covers recent advances and work on the microstructure features, mechanical properties and cracking processes of conducting polymer film/coatingsubstrate structures under different testing conditions. An attempt is made to characterize and...
Automatic identification of metallurgical phases based on thresholding methods in microstructural images may not be possible when the pixel intensities associated with the metallurgical phases overlap and, hence, are indistinguishable. To circumvent...
In vitro culture is an important biotechnological tool in plant research and an appropriate culture media is a key for a successful plant development under in vitro conditions. The use of natural compounds to improve culture media has been growing an...
This work analyses the microstructural defects and the corrosion behaviour of 316L stainless steel clads deposited by laser metal deposition on wrought conventional material, which is a highly relevant system for repair applications. The different de...
The degradation due to high friction, wear, and corrosion of mechanical components for industrial applications has invoked substantial economic loss. In recent years, scientists and engineers have developed techniques to mitigate the issues associate...
In this work, the microstructure–property relationship of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of a FH690 ultra-heavy marine steel plate was investigated based on insight of microstructure and crystallographic features. After multi-pass welding with a...
This paper aims to investigate the dielectric properties, i.e., dielectric constant (ε′), dielectric loss factor (ε″), dielectric tangent loss (tan δ), electrical conductivity (σ), and penetration depth (Dp), o...
Mechanical milling is a relevant preliminary processing operation that is widely used for the reuse of various types of agro-industrial waste. The objective of this study was to conduct milling experiments of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) shell wast...
The present study examines the fatigue of friction stir welded (FSW) aluminum 6061, 7075, 1060 joints followed by (i) in situ and sequential rolling (SR) processes, (ii) plastic burnishing (iii) solution-treatment artificial aging (STA), (iv) local a...
The service life of rails would be remarkably reduced owing to the increase of axle load, which can induce the occurrence of damages such as cracks, collapse, fat edges, etc. Laser cladding, which can enhance the mechanical properties of the rail by...
Blockchain-based financial ecosystems generate unprecedented volumes of multi-temporal data streams requiring sophisticated analytical frameworks that leverage both on-chain transaction patterns and off-chain market microstructure dynamics. This stud...
To improve the microstructure and mechanical properties of heat-resistant 12Kh1MF steel after long-term operation in the stretched bend zone of the main steam pipeline of a thermal power plant, restorative heat treatment (RHT) was proposed. The RHT m...
Residual strength of corroded textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is evaluated using the deep learning-based method, whose feasibility is demonstrated by experiment. Compared to the traditional method, the proposed method does not need to know the clim...
Porous high-N Ni-free austenitic stainless steel was fabricated by a powder metallurgical route. The microstructure and properties of the prepared porous austenitic stainless steel were studied. Results reveal that the duplex stainless steel transfor...
Two NdFeB magnets with distinct compositions were fabricated via an identical process. One magnet was doped with 2.5 wt.% of Ho, whereas the other remained undoped. Subsequently, grain boundary diffusion was performed on both magnets using metallic T...
The Mg-rich marbles of Precambrian rocks of Namibia are widely exploited and marketed abroad for ornamental purposes. Karibib marbles, named after the locality where the most important quarries are located, are commercially known as “White Rhin...
The glutinous rice starch (GRS) regeneration process could lead to decreased product quality and shorter shelf life. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of an ethanol extract of tea (EET) on the regeneration properties of GRS. The mic...
The reaction of water with Al-based alloys presents a promising alternative for on-board hydrogen production. This method, free from carbon emissions, has the advantage of addressing issues related to hydrogen storage and logistics. Al-Sn-Fe alloys a...
In this paper, the superplastic behavior of the two-phase titanium alloy VT6 with an ultrafine-grained (UFG) structure produced by equal-channel angular pressing is examined. The deformation of specimens with a UFG structure was performed by upsettin...
The microstructure of a high-manganese low-activation austenitic steel after aging for 500 and 1000 h at 700 °C was investigated using transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Two structural states were examined: cold rolling (CR) and high-...
This study compares the color stability of dental reinforced computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) hybrid composite blocks to that of regular blocks. One hundred fifty disc-type specimens (n = 15) were prepared from five sets o...
The characteristics of texture and microstructure of lean duplex stainless steels with low Ni content produced through hot rolling followed by annealing were investigated locally with electron backscatter diffraction and globally with neutron diffrac...
Al-Sn-Zn alloys are attractive options for use as wear-resistant materials. While Sn promotes self-lubricating characteristics, Zn strengthens the Al-rich matrix. Conventionally, the manufacturing of these alloys involves casting. However, there is s...
In general, the thermal cutting processes of steel plates are considered to have an influence on microstructures and residual stress distribution, which determines the mechanical properties and performance of cut edges. They also affect the quality o...
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