MATERIALS PROCESSING BY SIMPLE SHEAR

It is shown that simple shear can be considered a ''near ideal'' defor mation method for structure and texture formation in metal-working. Eq ual channel angular extrusion (ECAE) is a special industrial process e mployed to realize this method. In comparison with traditional metal-w orking operations, this process has a number of advantages; the most i mportant is that extra-large, strictly uniform and unidirectional defo rmations can be produced under relatively low pressure and load for ma ssive products. The unusual effects that are observed in both the stru cture and physical-mechanical properties of various metals and alloys suggest many new applications of the simple shear method in materials synthesis and processing.