Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) was performed on ZK60 alloy and pure Mg in the temperature range 150-250 °C. A significant grain refinement was detected after ECAP, leading to an ultrafine grain size (UFG) and enhanced formability during extrusion process. Comparing to conventional coarse grained samples, fracture elongation of pure Mg and ZK60 alloy were significantly improved by 130% an...

In the present study, mechanical properties and low cycle fatigue behavior of a solid-solutionized AA6061 aluminum alloy produced by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) process were investigated. The grain refinement after two passes of ECAP significantly increased the yield stress and ultimate tensile stress and decreased the ductility of the alloy. However, the improvement of low cycle fati...

The microstructure of a Cu-0.1%Cr-0.1%Zr alloy after annealing or aging and equal channel angular pressing with conform (ECAP-C) process was investigated. ECAP-C led to formation strain induced low-angle boundaries (LAB) which transformed in high-angle (HAB) during deformation. Deformation microbands developed 1 pass, leading new ultrafine grain the upon further processing. Average size gradual...

The superior properties of ultrafine-grained materials fabricated by severe plastic deformation (SPD) have attracted the attention of many researchers around the world.  Among the top-ranked countries that are active in this field, Iran is interesting because of the late beginnings of SPD in this country and, subsequently, the highest rate of growth in the number of publications during the last...

Theorem (Consistency of EDP and ECAP) Let the regularity assumptions hold. Let D = {x1, . . . , xn} ⊆ X be an i.i.d. sample from f and G be the directed, unweighted kNN-graph on D. Given G as input and a vertex i ∈ {1, . . . , n} chosen uniformly at random, both EDP({i}) and ECAP({i}) converge to the true dimension d in probability as n→∞ if k = k(n) satisfies k ∈ o(n), logn ∈ o(k), and there e...

New Mg-3Zn-2Ca magnesium alloy was prepared using different processing techniques: gravity casting as well as squeeze casting in liquid and semisolid states. Materials were further thermally treated; thermal treatment of the gravity cast alloy was additionally combined with the equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). Alloy processed by the squeeze casting in liquid as well as in semisolid state ...