Analysis of Shear Crushing Behavior of Graded Calcareous Sand in Building Applications by Shuyue Liu, Peng Cao, Ziyu Wang

“…Calcareous sand, a critical construction material in reef engineering and building foundations, possesses unique internal microstructures and inherent mechanical properties. Given these characteristics, it is essential to thoroughly evaluate its strength under various loading conditions to ensure its reliability in building applications. …”
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Correlated fermionic-bosonic insulating states in twisted hetero-trilayer semiconductors by Boyi Xu, Jinyue Fu, Lanyu Huang, Cuihuan Ge, Zheyuan Xu, Weihao Zheng, Qiqi Deng, Shengyi Xie, Qingjun Tong, Dong Li, Ying Jiang, Hongtao Yuan, Anlian Pan

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Study on the Effect of Rock Mass Wetting and Drying Cycle on the Mechanical Behavior of Rock-Socketed Piles on Slopes by CAO Ting, HE Liu, WANG Wei, ZHAO Wang, LIU Zhao, ZHONG Junhui

“…Scanning electron microscope results highlight significant damage to the rock specimens' microstructure after 28 cycles, including an increase in cracks and pores and an expansion of the dissolution area. …”
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Precipitation Dynamics and Mechanical Properties Analysis of a Nickel-Based Superalloy Cooled Under Different Rates by Jinhe Shi, Liwei Xie, Shengyu Liu, Baojin Chen, Lei Zhao, Kailun Zheng

“…It examines the precipitation and microstructure evolution law of the material under different cooling rates and its impact on the macroscopic mechanical properties of the material. …”
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A Nanoindentation Approach to Investigating Dislocation Density in Additive-Manufactured SS316L-Graded Lattice Structures by Kamal Sleem, Gabriele Grima, Marcello Cabibbo

“…Components were fabricated using laser powder bed fusion with 316L stainless steel. The microstructural analysis revealed that the distribution of mechanical deformation across the bodies of the parts was higher in the reduced-size GLS compared to that obtained for the GLS. …”
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Finite Element Simulation and Process Analysis for Hot-Forming WE43 Magnesium Alloy Fasteners: Comparison of Crystal Plasticity with Traditional Method by Anqi Jiang, Yuanming Huo, Zixin Zhou, Zhenrong Yan, Yue Sun

“…Comparative analyses with conventional finite element methods reveal that the crystal plasticity finite element method effectively captures the influence of microstructural evolution on macroscopic deformation. …”
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Influence of crystallographic orientations and nanovoid on the plastic mechanism and damage behavior of single-crystal tungsten under shock by Ziyi Li, Wensheng Liu, Yunzhu Ma, Chaoping Liang

“…These mechanisms and the associated microstructural evolution explain the anisotropic spallation behavior and provide insights into the rapid decline in spall strength for specific orientations.…”
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Experimental characterization and atomistic simulation of grain boundary segregation in Mg-Y alloys by Qianying Shi, Vaidehi Menon, Liang Qi, John Allison

“…To achieve a more fundamental understanding on how Y addition affects the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties, the Y segregation behavior at grain boundaries was investigated in Mg-1wt.…”
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Adjusting the early rheology of alkali-activated slag by sodium silicate by Jie Hou, Xiuzhi Zhang, Chong Zhang, Jing Wang, Peiqi Zheng, Jingli Huang, Shuxia Feng, Jinbang Wang, Guangbin Duan

“…The early microstructural evolution process of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) paste plays a crucial role in determining its workability and mechanical properties, which are reflected in the paste’s rheological behavior. …”
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Advanced WBG power semiconductor packaging: nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for high-performance die attach paste by Young-Min Ju, Tae-Wan Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Ho-Jin Lee, Jinho Ahn, Hak-Sung Kim

“…Furthermore, we examine the reliability of these materials in extreme operating conditions by evaluating their thermal cycling performance, shear strength stability, and microstructural evolution. Graphical abstract…”
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Finite Element Modeling of Acoustic Nonlinearity Derived from Plastic Deformation of 35CrMoA Steel by Shumin Yu, Lei Hu, Xingbin Yang, Xiangyu Ji

“…Acoustic nonlinearity derived from microstructural evolution of metallic materials during plastic deformation has been found to be a promising nondestructive technique to identify early stage plastic damage in metallic structural components. …”
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Glass transition temperature of asphalt binder based on atomistic scale simulation by Yongwei Fang, Yingying Pang, Jiandong Zhang, Yihan Nie, Hongquan Lu

“…It is found that the calculation range for the glass transition temperature sits between 100 and 400 K. The evolution of asphalt binder structure is influenced by different cooling rates, where lower cooling rates allow sufficient microstructural rearrangement, resulting in a smaller volume at the lower temperature. …”
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Deterioration characterization of sandstone physical and mechanical properties under mining and water action by Zhangyin Dai, Ting Xia, Wenfu Meng, Qingli Luo, Hongwei Bai, Yunqin Cao

“…The total deterioration rate increases with the number of wet and dry cycles, the stage deterioration rate and the average stage deterioration rate first decrease and then increase, and the degree of fragmentation gradually increases; (3) According to the microscopic test results, the microstructural evolution of “mining cracking → water adsorption → water–rock interaction” model was established.…”
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Interaction mechanisms between C15 Laves phase clusters and 〈1 1 1〉 dislocation loops in BCC-Fe: An atomistic perspective by Amin Esfandiarpour

“…These findings provide new atomistic insights into the role of C15 clusters in microstructural evolution under irradiation and offer valuable input parameters for higher-scale modeling techniques such as object kinetic Monte Carlo (OKMC).…”
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Smart extrusion via data-driven prediction of grain size and peripheral coarse grain defect formation by Marco Negozio, Lorenzo Donati, Adrian H. A. Lutey

“…The present work proposes a data-driven method for predicting grain size and PCG formation, combining finite element method (FEM) simulation data with experimental microstructural observations to train machine learning (ML) algorithms for classification and regression. …”
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Effect of fabrication techniques of high entropy alloys: A review with integration of machine learning by Mohamed Yasin Abdul Salam, Enoch Nifise Ogunmuyiwa, Victor Kitso Manisa, Abid Yahya, Irfan Anjum Badruddin

“…Each method's advantages, limitations, and impacts on microstructural properties are discussed in detail. Additionally, the integration of Machine Learning (ML) techniques in HEA research is highlighted, demonstrating their potential for optimizing fabrication parameters and predicting phase stability, microstructure evolution, and mechanical properties. …”
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High temperature stress-strain data for SAE 5120 steel under various strain ratesDataverse by Philippe Moreau, Jean-Dominique Guérin, José Grégorio La Barbara Sosa, Eli Puchi Cabrera, André Dubois, Laurent Dubar

“…Finite Element simulations are often used to model and optimize these processes, requiring accurate material flow stress and strain hardening data under varying deformation conditions and microstructures. Traditional constitutive models, often based on parametric laws, have limitations: they assume flow stress depends solely on temperature and strain rate, neglecting softening effects from dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and failing to capture stress evolution during transient loading conditions. …”
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Structural optimization of Sr/Zn-phosphate conversion coatings triggered by ions preloading on micro/nanostructured titanium surfaces for bacterial infection control and enhanced o... by Kangqing Zuo, Aonan Li, Taoning Si, Weiyi Lei, Yusheng Liu, Linbo Zhang, Taixing Zhang, Guiyong Xiao, Yupeng Lu, Ningbo Li

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Enhanced mechanical properties of Al0.43CoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy fabricated through complex shear flow casting: Experiment and MD simulation by Simeng Jiang, Yaya Zhao, Weijie Fan, Weiyang Xie, Yanlin Wang, Xiaohua Chen, Zidong Wang

“…Various characterization techniques were employed to analyze the microstructural differences between the two samples. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used to investigate the nucleation characteristics, microstructure evolution, and dislocation evolution during solidification. …”
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Discrete Element Simulation of Roadway Stability in an Efflorescent Oxidation Zone by Qifeng Zhao, Nong Zhang, Rui Peng, Guichen Ll, Changliang Han, Yu Guo

“…This paper analyses the variable physical mechanics and microstructural characteristics of efflorescent-oxidised coal rock using the UDEC numerical simulation software. …”
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