Symposia & Program

B-5 Severe plastic deformation: innovative processes for high-performance structural and functional materials

Organizers:

Representative

Prof. Zenji Horita	Kyushu University, Japan

Correspondence

Prof. Zenji Horita	Kyushu University, Japan

Co-Organizers

Prof. Ruslan Valiev	Ufa State Aviation Technical University; Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Prof. Terence Langdon	University of Southampton, U.K
Prof. Michael Zehetbauer	Vienna University, Austria
Prof. Yuri Estrin	Monash University and NUST MISiS, Australia
Prof. Yuntian Zhu	North Carolina State University, USA
Prof. HyoungSeop Kim	Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Prof. Roberto Figueiredo	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Prof. Gerhard Wilde	Universität Münster, Germany
Prof. Terry Lowe	Colorado School of Mines, USA
Prof. Laszlo Toth	Lorraine University, France
Prof. Nobuhiro Tsuji	Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Koichi Tsuchiya	NIMS, Japan

Scope:

This symposium provides a forum to exchange information and ideas including the latest research results on severe plastic deformation (SPD). The SPD process is gaining extensive attention as it provides a great potential for significant enhancement of mechanical properties: for example, production of materials of high strength, high ductility, and superplasticity. Such enhanced properties emerge owing to microstructure refinement to the nano size and microstructural control at nano scale. Recent studies reveal that the SPD processes are effective in enhancing functional properties such as electrical conductivity, hydrogen storage, thermoelectric properties, and even in creating unique properties due to high density of SPD-induced crystal lattice defects. All subjects related to the following topics are welcome: process development, simulation and modeling, enhancement of mechanical and physical properties. Also any news on practical application of the SPD processes are of high interest.

Topics:

1. Process development
2. Microstructural refinement and analyses
3. Mechanical properties
4. Functional properties
5. Simulation and Modeling
6. Applications