Baylor UniversityMechanical Engineering

Research area

Magnesium & Lightweight Alloys

Resolve the deformation mechanisms that govern lightweight metals.

Several friction-extruded ZK60 magnesium alloy tubes made using the ShAPE process
Friction-extruded ZK60 magnesium-alloy tubes produced with PNNL’s ShAPE process.S. Whalen / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, CC0 · Source

Overview

Work on magnesium links slip, twinning, stacking faults, texture, rare-earth additions, and solid-phase processing to strength, ductility, corrosion, and microstructural stability.

Research questions

  • What activates non-basal slip in magnesium?
  • How do twins, faults, and particles change plasticity and grain stability?