Activating dispersed strain bands in tensioned nanostructure layer for high ductility: The effects of microstructure inhomogeneity

A micromechanical model for heterogeneous nanograined metals with shape effect of inclusions and geometrically necessary dislocation pileups at the domain boundary

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Shear band stability and uniform elongation of gradient structured material: Role of lateral constraint

(2020) Yanfei Wang et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

An overview of tailoring strain delocalization for strength-ductility synergy

(2020) Hao Wu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction

(2020) Yuntian Zhu et al.   Materials Research Letters

Perspective on hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening and back stress

(2019) Yuntian Zhu et al.   Materials Research Letters

Extra strengthening in a coarse/ultrafine grained laminate: Role of gradient interfaces

(2019) Y.F. Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of a high-entropy alloy via gradient hierarchical microstructures

(2019) M.N. Hasan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Strength-ductility modulation via surface severe plastic deformation and annealing

(2019) Sina Shahrezaei et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Dense dispersed shear bands in gradient-structured Ni

(2019) Yanfei Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Revealing the deformation mechanisms of nanograins in gradient nanostructured Cu and CuAl alloys under tension

(2019) J.J. Wang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Revealing extra strengthening and strain hardening in heterogeneous two-phase nanostructures [accolade6]?-->

(2019) Jianjun Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Fracture behavior of heterogeneous nanostructured 316L austenitic stainless steel with nanotwin bundles

(2018) L. Xiong et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Using architectured materials to control localized shear fracture

(2018) Hamid Azizi et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Role of layered structure in ductility improvement of layered Ti-Al metal composite

(2018) Meng Huang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Improved back stress and synergetic strain hardening in coarse-grain/nanostructure laminates

(2018) Yanfei Wang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Transition of twinning behavior in CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy with grain refinement

(2018) S.J. Sun et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Interface affected zone for optimal strength and ductility in heterogeneous laminate

(2018) C.X. Huang et al.   Materials Today

Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

(2018) I.A. Ovid'ko et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Quantifying the synergetic strengthening in gradient material

(2018) Y.F. Wang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Extra strengthening and work hardening in gradient nanotwinned metals

(2018) Zhao Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

Ductility by shear band delocalization in the nano-layer of gradient structure

(2018) Fuping Yuan et al.   Materials Research Letters

Strength and ductility of CrFeCoNiMo alloy with hierarchical microstructures

(2018) Kaisheng Ming et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Deformation behavior of brittle/ductile multilayered composites under interface constraint effect

(2017) Hao Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

On strain hardening mechanism in gradient nanostructures

(2017) Jianjun Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Gradient Structured Copper by Rotationally Accelerated Shot Peening

(2017) X. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Towards strength–ductility synergy through the design of heterogeneous nanostructures in metals

(2017) Evan Ma et al.   Materials Today

Playing with defects in metals

(2017) Xiuyan Li et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Heterogeneous materials: a new class of materials with unprecedented mechanical properties

(2017) Xiaolei Wu et al.   Materials Research Letters

Enhanced strength and ductility of bulk CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy having fully recrystallized ultrafine-grained structure

(2017) S.J. Sun et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Micromechanical finite element analysis of strain partitioning in multiphase medium manganese TWIP+TRIP steel

(2016) Marat I. Latypov et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Microstructure evolution and critical stress for twinning in the CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

(2016) G. Laplanche et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Toughen and harden metallic glass through designing statistical heterogeneity

(2016) Yongwei Wang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Formation of nano-laminated structure in nickel by means of surface mechanical grinding treatment

(2015) X.C. Liu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

A study of microstructure-driven strain localizations in two-phase polycrystalline HCP/BCC composites using a multi-scale model

(2015) Milan Ardeljan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility

(2015) Xiaolei Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Strain hardening and ductility in a coarse-grain/nanostructure laminate material

(2015) X.L. Ma et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Extraordinary strain hardening by gradient structure

(2014) X. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Making strong nanomaterials ductile with gradients

(2014) K. Lu   SCIENCE

An Ideal Ultrafine-Grained Structure for High Strength and High Ductility

(2014) C. X. Huang et al.   Materials Research Letters

Synergetic Strengthening by Gradient Structure

(2014) X. L. Wu et al.   Materials Research Letters

Revealing Extraordinary Intrinsic Tensile Plasticity in Gradient Nano-Grained Copper

(2011) T. H. Fang et al.   SCIENCE

The stress field of an array of parallel dislocation pile-ups: Implications for grain boundary hardening and excess dislocation distributions

(2010) Rafael Schouwenaars et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Mechanical behaviour and in situ observation of shear bands in ultrafine grained Pd and Pd–Ag alloys

(2009) K. Yang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Failure by simultaneous grain growth, strain localization, and interface debonding in metal films on polymer substrates

(2009) Nanshu Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Predicting failure modes and ductility of dual phase steels using plastic strain localization

(2008) X. Sun et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY