Kailun Zheng

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of widely used forming processes for aluminium alloys, under cold, warm and hot forming conditions, and the material characteristics and equipment used for each process are presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, thermal-mechanical properties of aluminum alloys under hot forming conditions were comprehensively investigated using a series of isothermal uniaxial tensile tests at different temperatures and strain rates on a Gleeble 3500 thermal mechanical simulator.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of hot uniaxial tensile tests were performed on a Gleeble 3500 thermomechanical simulator to determine constitutive relationships of AA7075 at different temperatures and strain rates.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of a variety of influencing factors, including heating rate, initial alloy, temperature and strain rate, on the high temperature deformation and post-formed strength of heat-treatable aluminium alloys are investigated systematically, which contributes to the thorough understanding of the correlation between forming conditions and microstructural evolutions.

TL;DR: In this paper, an innovative tooling technology enabling hot and cold forming of aluminium with little lubricant has been developed using plasma thermochemical treatment and Cathodic Arc Physical Vapour Deposition (CAPVD) technologies.