1. High Strength-High Ductility Combination Ultrafine-Grained Dual-Phase Steels Through Introduction of High Degree of Strain at Room Temperature Followed by Ultrarapid Heating During Continuous Annealing of a Nb-Microalloyed Steel

   • Yonggang Deng
   • Hongshuang Di
   • R. D. K. Misra

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 3007 - 3015

   

2. Effects of Ultra-Fast Cooling After Hot Rolling and Intercritical Treatment on Microstructure and Cryogenic Toughness of 3.5%Ni Steel

   • Meng Wang
   • Zhenyu Liu

   OriginalPaper 26 May 2017 Pages: 3016 - 3024

   

3. Effect of Aging Treatment on the Compressibility and Recovery of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys as Static Seals

   • Xiaofeng Lu
   • Gang Li
   • Shan-Tung Tu

   OriginalPaper 09 June 2017 Pages: 3025 - 3033

   

4. Modeling and Analysis of Deformation for Spiral Bevel Gear in Die Quenching Based on the Hardenability Variation

   • Yingtao Zhang
   • Gang Wang
   • Zhichao Li

   OriginalPaper 12 June 2017 Pages: 3034 - 3047

   

5. Effect of Heat Treatment Parameters on the Microstructure and Properties of Inconel-625 Superalloy

   • Arjun Sukumaran
   • R. K. Gupta
   • V. Anil Kumar

   OriginalPaper 13 June 2017 Pages: 3048 - 3057

   

6. Effect of Cooling Rate on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Eutectoid Steel Under Cyclic Heat Treatment

   • Soma Maji
   • Amir Raza Subhani
   • Joydeep Maity

   OriginalPaper 15 June 2017 Pages: 3058 - 3070

   

7. Microstructure and Room-Temperature Mechanical Properties of FeCrMoVTi _x High-Entropy Alloys

   • Jun Guo
   • Xuefei Huang
   • Weigang Huang

   OriginalPaper 22 May 2017 Pages: 3071 - 3078

   

8. A Comparative Study of Thermal Conductivity and Tribological Behavior of Squeeze Cast A359/AlN and A359/SiC Composites

   • Essam. A. M. Shalaby
   • Alexander. Yu. Churyumov
   • M. T. Abou El-khair

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 3079 - 3089

   

9. Effect of Forging on Microstructure, Texture, and Uniaxial Properties of Cast AZ31B Alloy

   • D. Toscano
   • S. K. Shaha
   • B. Williams

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 3090 - 3103

   

10. The Microstructure Evolution of Dual-Phase Pipeline Steel with Plastic Deformation at Different Strain Rates

    • L. K. Ji
    • T. Xu
    • G. S. Zhou

    OriginalPaper 25 May 2017 Pages: 3104 - 3111

    

11. Effect of Isothermal Hold on the Microstructural Evolution of the Stainless Steel 304L/Zircaloy-4 Interface

    • A. Lebaili
    • M. Taouinet
    • F. Hodaj

    OriginalPaper 30 May 2017 Pages: 3112 - 3120

    

12. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Laser Solid Formed Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Under Dynamic Shear Loading

    • Ping Zhou
    • Wei-Guo Guo
    • Weidong Huang

    OriginalPaper 30 May 2017 Pages: 3121 - 3132

    

13. Influence of Pulse Electrodeposition and Heat Treatment on Microstructure, Tribological, and Corrosion Behavior of Nano-Grain Size Co-W Coatings

    • Somayeh Abazari
    • Saeed Rastegari
    • Shahram Kheirandish

    OriginalPaper 30 May 2017 Pages: 3133 - 3143

    

14. Effect of Copper and Zirconium Addition on Properties of Fe-Co-Si-B-Nb Bulk Metallic Glasses

    • Haris Ikram
    • Fazal Ahmad Khalid
    • Zameer Abbas

    OriginalPaper 02 June 2017 Pages: 3144 - 3150

    

15. Hot Deformation Mechanisms of an As-Extruded TiAl Alloy with Large Amount of Remnant Lamellae

    • Hongwu Liu
    • Rong Rong
    • Qingfeng Wang

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2017 Pages: 3151 - 3159

    

16. Effect of Zr Addition on the Microstructure and Toughness of Coarse-Grained Heat-Affected Zone with High-Heat Input Welding Thermal Cycle in Low-Carbon Steel

    • Ming-hao Shi
    • Xiao-guang Yuan
    • Si Zhang

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2017 Pages: 3160 - 3168

    

17. Crystallographic Analysis of Fatigue Crack Initiation Behavior in Coarse-Grained Magnesium Alloy Under Tension-Tension Loading Cycles

    • Kazuhiro Tamada
    • Toshifumi Kakiuchi
    • Yoshihiko Uematsu

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2017 Pages: 3169 - 3179

    

18. Effect of Ce Addition on the Microstructure and Properties of Ag17CuZnSn Filler Metal

    • Chaoli Ma
    • Songbai Xue
    • Anming Hu

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2017 Pages: 3180 - 3190

    

19. Performance of Bond Coats Modified by Platinum Group Metals for Applications in Thermal Barrier Coatings

    • H. M. Tawancy
    • Luai M. Alhems
    • M. O. Aboelfotoh

    OriginalPaper 07 June 2017 Pages: 3191 - 3203

    

20. Corrosion Behavior of PEO Coatings Formed on AZ31 Alloy in Phosphate-Based Electrolytes with Calcium Acetate Additive

    • E. Ziyaei
    • M. Atapour
    • A. Hakimizad

    OriginalPaper 07 June 2017 Pages: 3204 - 3215

    

21. Processing Map of Powder Metallurgy Al-W Alloys at Elevated Temperatures

    • Yong Xue
    • Yue Du
    • Lafeng Guo

    ReviewPaper 08 June 2017 Pages: 3216 - 3225

    

22. Wear Behavior of Laser-Cladded Co-Cr-Mo Coating on γ-TiAl Substrate

    • Masoud Barekat
    • Reza Shoja Razavi
    • Ali Ghasemi

    OriginalPaper 09 June 2017 Pages: 3226 - 3238

    

23. Preparation and Characterization of (Mo, W)Si₂-SiC Composites by In Situ Microwave Reaction Sintering

    • Haijiang Wu
    • Fang Chen
    • Jianguang Xu

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2017 Pages: 3239 - 3244

    

24. Application of EIS and SECM Studies for Investigation of Anticorrosion Properties of Epoxy Coatings Containing Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Mild Steel in 3.5% NaCl Solution

    • X. Joseph Raj

    OriginalPaper 13 June 2017 Pages: 3245 - 3253

    

25. Effect of Brass Interlayer Sheet on Microstructure and Joint Performance of Ultrasonic Spot-Welded Copper-Steel Joints

    • Mantra Prasad Satpathy
    • Abhishek Kumar
    • Susanta Kumar Sahoo

    OriginalPaper 13 June 2017 Pages: 3254 - 3262

    

26. Research on Photocatalytic Properties of TiO₂-Graphene Composites with Different Morphologies

    • Guang Hu
    • Jian Yang
    • Yan Cao

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2017 Pages: 3263 - 3270

    

27. Rolling Contact Fatigue and Wear Behavior of High-Performance Railway Wheel Steels Under Various Rolling-Sliding Contact Conditions

    • Michela Faccoli
    • Candida Petrogalli
    • Angelo Mazzù

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2017 Pages: 3271 - 3284

    

28. Ductile Fracture Initiation of Anisotropic Metal Sheets

    • Liang Dong
    • Shuhui Li
    • Ji He

    OriginalPaper 21 June 2017 Pages: 3285 - 3298

    

29. Experimental and Numerical Determination of Hot Forming Limit Curve of Advanced High-Strength Steel

    • B. L. Ma
    • M. Wan
    • K. S. Diao

    OriginalPaper 30 May 2017 Pages: 3299 - 3306

    

30. Modeling of Macro-deformation Behavior of Thin-Walled Aluminum Foam by Gas Injection Method

    • Chen Xiang
    • Wang Ningzhen
    • Liu Yuan

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2017 Pages: 3307 - 3318

    

31. Study on Evolution of Coating State and Role of Graphene in Graphene-Modified Low-Zinc Waterborne Epoxy Anticorrosion Coating by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

    • Rui Ding
    • Xiao Wang
    • Weihua Li

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2017 Pages: 3319 - 3335

    

32. Influence of Thermal Boundary Effects on the Process of Creating Recovery Stresses in a SMA Wire Activated by Joule Heating

    • Aleksandra Debska
    • Xavier Balandraud
    • Andrzej Seruga

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 3336 - 3346

    

33. A Bottom-Up Optimization Approach for Friction Stir Welding Parameters of Dissimilar AA2024-T351 and AA7075-T651 Alloys

    • K. S. Anil Kumar
    • S. M. Murigendrappa
    • Hemantha Kumar

    OriginalPaper 25 May 2017 Pages: 3347 - 3367

    

34. Room-Temperature Compressive Deformation Behavior of High-Strength Ti-15V-3Al-3Cr-3Sn-1Nb-1Zr Alloy

    • Zhaohui Zhang
    • Quanming Liu
    • Shifeng Liu

    OriginalPaper 25 May 2017 Pages: 3368 - 3375

    

35. Effect of Carbon Nanotubes as Reinforcement on the Mechanical Properties of Aluminum-Copper-Magnesium Alloy

    • N. S. Anas
    • R. K. Dash
    • R. Vijay

    OriginalPaper 26 May 2017 Pages: 3376 - 3386

    

36. The Effect of Microstructure and Pre-strain on the Change in Apparent Young’s Modulus of a Dual-Phase Steel

    • A. Kupke
    • P. D. Hodgson
    • M. Weiss

    ReviewPaper 30 May 2017 Pages: 3387 - 3398

    

37. Wear Properties of ECAP-Processed AM80 Magnesium Alloy

    • K. R. Gopi
    • H. Shivananda Nayaka
    • Sandeep Sahu

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2017 Pages: 3399 - 3409

    

38. Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Mg-SiC_p Composite Sheets Fabricated by Sintering and Warm Rolling

    • S. Mohammadi
    • A. H. Jabbari
    • M. Sedighi

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2017 Pages: 3410 - 3419

    

39. Wear Behavior of Medium Carbon Steel with Biomimetic Surface Under Starved Lubricated Conditions

    • Zhihui Zhang
    • Feixian Shao
    • Luquan Ren

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2017 Pages: 3420 - 3430

    

40. Influence of Strain Rate, Microstructure and Chemical and Phase Composition on Mechanical Behavior of Different Titanium Alloys

    • P. E. Markovsky
    • V. I. Bondarchuk

    OriginalPaper 14 June 2017 Pages: 3431 - 3449

    

41. Effect of Aging Temperature on Corrosion Behavior of Sintered 17-4 PH Stainless Steel in Dilute Sulfuric Acid Solution

    • Aneta Szewczyk-Nykiel
    • Jan Kazior

    OriginalPaper Open access 15 June 2017 Pages: 3450 - 3456

    

42. Tribological Behavior of TiAl Metal Matrix Composite Brake Disk with TiC Reinforcement Under Dry Sliding Conditions

    • Hassan Liaquat
    • Xiaoliang Shi
    • Zhihai Wang

    OriginalPaper 15 June 2017 Pages: 3457 - 3464

    

43. Effect of Load on Friction-Wear Behavior of HVOF-Sprayed WC-12Co Coatings

    • Jin Yifu
    • Kong Weicheng
    • Kong Dejun

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2017 Pages: 3465 - 3473

    

44. Effects of Tuning the Microstructure on the Mechanical Properties and Machinability of Free-Cutting Steels

    • C. J. Qin
    • M. Z. Xia
    • Y. F. Zheng

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2017 Pages: 3474 - 3481

    

45. Effect of Cooling Rate on the Mechanical Strength of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Sheets in Press Forming

    • D. Tatsuno
    • T. Yoneyama
    • M. Okamoto

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2017 Pages: 3482 - 3488

    

46. Influence of Oxidation Temperature and Exposure Time on Surface and Tribological Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy After Surface Rolling

    • G. Li
    • S. G. Qu
    • F. J. Sun

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 3489 - 3499

    

47. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Tempered High Cr Martensitic Steel

    • L. Guerra-Fuentes
    • M. A. L. Hernandez-Rodriguez
    • E. Garcia-Sanchez

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 3500 - 3506

    

48. The Wear Behavior of HVOF Sprayed Near-Nanostructured WC-17%Ni(80/20)Cr Coatings in Dry and Slurry Wear Conditions

    • Tarek A. Ben Mahmud
    • Anas M. Atieh
    • Tahir I. Khan

    OriginalPaper 25 May 2017 Pages: 3507 - 3515

    

49. Microstructure, Strength, and Wear Behavior Relationship in Al-Fe₃O₄ Nanocomposite Produced by Multi-pass Friction Stir Processing

    • Meisam Eftekhari
    • Mojtaba Movahedi
    • Amir Hossein Kokabi

    OriginalPaper 31 May 2017 Pages: 3516 - 3530

    

50. Flow Softening Index for Assessment of Dynamic Recrystallization in an Austenitic Stainless Steel

    • B. Aashranth
    • Dipti Samantaray
    • A. K. Bhaduri

    OriginalPaper 31 May 2017 Pages: 3531 - 3547