1. Editorial

   • Rajiv Asthana

   EditorialNotes 04 January 2016 Pages: 1 - 2

   

2. Effect of Temperature on Microstructure, Corrosion Resistance, and Toughness of Salt Bath Nitrided Tool Steel

   • Hangtao Fu
   • Jin Zhang
   • Cheng Zhang

   ReviewPaper 30 November 2015 Pages: 3 - 8

   

3. Effect of Aging Treatment on Impact Toughness and Corrosion Resistance of Super Duplex Stainless Steel

   • Jae-Hwan Kim
   • Eun-Ji Oh
   • Chang-Yong Kang

   OriginalPaper 14 December 2015 Pages: 9 - 14

   

4. Mechanical Strength and Thermal Conductivity of Modified Expanded Vermiculite/Forsterite Composite Materials

   • Ding Chen
   • Huazhi Gu
   • Chunfeng Wang

   OriginalPaper 30 November 2015 Pages: 15 - 19

   

5. Effect of Shot Peening on the Intergranular Corrosion Susceptibility of a Novel Super304H Austenitic Stainless Steel

   • Rui Kun Wang
   • Zhi Jun Zheng
   • Yan Gao

   OriginalPaper 30 November 2015 Pages: 20 - 28

   

6. Effect of Strain on Microstructure Evolution of 1Cr18Ni9Ti Stainless Steel During Adiabatic Shearing

   • Y. Yang
   • L. H. Jiang
   • Q. M. Zhang

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2015 Pages: 29 - 37

   

7. Dendritic Growth and Microstructure Evolution with Different Cooling Rates in Ti48Al2Cr2Nb Alloy

   • Yi Liu
   • Rui Hu
   • Jinshan Li

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 38 - 45

   

8. High-Temperature Deformation Behavior of a Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy in Dual-Phase (α + β) and Single-Phase (β) Regions

   • F. Pilehva
   • A. Zarei-Hanzaki
   • A. R. Khalesian

   OriginalPaper 11 December 2015 Pages: 46 - 58

   

9. Effect of Al Doping on Performance of CuGaO₂ p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

   • D. Ursu
   • N. Vaszilcsin
   • M Miclau

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 59 - 63

   

10. Achieving Superplasticity in AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Processed by Hot Extrusion and Rolling

    • Xin Wang
    • Mengling Wu
    • Shuai Yuan

    OriginalPaper 14 December 2015 Pages: 64 - 67

    

11. Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties of PA11 Nanocomposite Fibers

    • Paulina Latko
    • Dorota Kolbuk
    • Anna Boczkowska

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 December 2015 Pages: 68 - 75

    

12. Nanoindentation Mechanical Properties of a Bi-phase Cu₂₉Zr₃₂Ti₁₅Al₅Ni₁₉ Alloy

    • JinHong Pi
    • ZhangZhong Wang
    • YunQiang Bai

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2015 Pages: 76 - 82

    

13. Direct Blue Dye Degradation Using Titanium Nanostructures Under Energy-Efficient UV-LED Irradiation

    • Wan-Kuen Jo
    • Rajesh J. Tayade

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 83 - 90

    

14. Extended Aging of Ag/W Circuit Breaker Contacts: Influence on Surface Structure, Electrical Properties, and UL Testing Performance

    • Haibo Yu
    • M. Tumerkan Kesim
    • Mark Aindow

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 91 - 101

    

15. Fabrication and Analysis of the Wear Properties of Hot-Pressed Al-Si/SiC_p + Al-Si-Cu-Mg Metal Matrix Composite

    • Jeongil Bang
    • Jeong-Jung Oak
    • Yong Ho Park

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 102 - 115

    

16. Study on the Tribological Behaviors of Different PEEK Composite Coatings for Use as Artificial Cervical Disk Materials

    • Jian Song
    • Zhenhua Liao
    • Rajnesh Tyagi

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 116 - 129

    

17. Electrochemical Deposition and Characterization of Ni-Mo Alloys as Cathode for Alkaline Water Electrolysis

    • Mert Manazoğlu
    • Gökçe Hapçı
    • Gökhan Orhan

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 130 - 137

    

18. Influence of Cyclic Straining on Fatigue, Deformation, and Fracture Behavior of High-Strength Alloy Steel

    • K. Manigandan
    • T. S. Srivatsan
    • B. Poorganji

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2015 Pages: 138 - 150

    

19. Erratum to: Influence of Cyclic Straining on Fatigue, Deformation, and Fracture Behavior of High-Strength Alloy Steel

    • K. Manigandan
    • T. S. Srivatsan
    • B. Poorganji

    Erratum 14 December 2015 Pages: 151 - 151

20. Modeling of Austenite Grain Growth During Austenitization in a Low Alloy Steel

    • Dingqian Dong
    • Fei Chen
    • Zhenshan Cui

    OriginalPaper 25 November 2015 Pages: 152 - 164

    

21. Application of the Materials-by-Design Methodology to Redesign a New Grade of the High-Strength Low-Alloy Class of Steels with Improved Mechanical Properties and Processability

    • M. Grujicic
    • J. S. Snipes
    • S. Ramaswami

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 165 - 178

    

22. Influence of Processing Parameters on Grain Size Evolution of a Forged Superalloy

    • L. A. Reyes
    • P. Páramo
    • M. P. Guerrero-Mata

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 179 - 187

    

23. Parameter Optimization During Forging Process of a Novel High-Speed-Steel Cold Work Roll

    • Jing Guo
    • Ligang Liu
    • Qingxiang Yang

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2015 Pages: 188 - 198

    

24. Multi-length-scale Material Model for SiC/SiC Ceramic-Matrix Composites (CMCs): Inclusion of In-Service Environmental Effects

    • M. Grujicic
    • R. Galgalikar
    • S. Ramaswami

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2015 Pages: 199 - 219

    

25. Bending Fatigue of Carburized Steel at Very Long Lives

    • D. V. Nelson
    • Z. Long

    OriginalPaper 14 December 2015 Pages: 220 - 226

    

26. Initiation of Stress Corrosion Cracks in X80 and X100 Pipe Steels in Near-Neutral pH Environment

    • Jidong Kang
    • Wenyue Zheng
    • Jian Li

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 227 - 240

    

27. Effect of Surface Nanocrystallization on Fatigue Behavior of Pure Titanium

    • Qi Wang
    • Qiaoyan Sun
    • Jun Sun

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 241 - 249

    

28. Characterization and High-Temperature Erosion Behaviour of HVOF Thermal Spray Cermet Coatings

    • Pardeep Kumar
    • Buta Singh Sidhu

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 250 - 258

    

29. Implications of Degree of Thermal Shocks on Flexural Properties of Cu-Al₂O₃ Micro- and Nano-composites

    • K. Dash
    • B. C. Ray

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 259 - 266

    

30. Influence of Different Thermo-mechanical Cycling Routes on Recovery Stresses of Annealed NiTi Wires

    • X. J. Yan
    • Y. L. Ge
    • J. Van Humbeeck

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2015 Pages: 267 - 273

    

31. Temperature-Dependent Bending Ratcheting Behavior of a 316LN Stainless Steel

    • Xuyang Yuan
    • Sichao Fu
    • Xu Chen

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 274 - 279

    

32. A Comprehensive Pitting Study of High Velocity Oxygen Fuel Inconel 625 Coating by Using Electrochemical Testing Techniques

    • Akbar Niaz
    • Sajid Ullah Khan

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 280 - 289

    

33. Solid Particle Erosion Behaviors of Carbon-Fiber Epoxy Composite and Pure Titanium

    • Feng Cai
    • Feng Gao
    • Qi Yang

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2015 Pages: 290 - 296

    

34. Effect of Na₂WO₄ on Growth Process and Corrosion Resistance of Micro-arc Oxidation Coatings on 2A12 Aluminum Alloys in CH₃COONa Electrolyte

    • Zhaoqing Lin
    • Huijun Yu
    • Chuanzhong Chen

    OriginalPaper 30 November 2015 Pages: 297 - 303

    

35. Effects of Homogenization on Hot Deformation Behavior of As-Cast Mg-8Gd-3Y-1Nd-0.5Zr Magnesium Alloy

    • Qingfeng Qin
    • Yingxin Tan
    • Yongbiao Yang

    OriginalPaper 25 November 2015 Pages: 304 - 311

    

36. Effect of Cr/C Ratio on Microstructure and Corrosion Performance of Cr₃C₂-NiCr Composite Fabricated by Laser Processing

    • Deyuan Lou
    • Dun Liu
    • Geoff Dearden

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 312 - 319

    

37. Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Nickel-Aluminum Bronze (NAB) Alloy

    • T. Küçükömeroğlu
    • E. Şentürk
    • G. Çam

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 320 - 326

    

38. Electrophoretic Deposition of Cu-SiO₂ Coatings by DC and Pulsed DC for Enhanced Surface-Mechanical Properties

    • H. S. Maharana
    • Suprabha Lakra
    • A. Basu

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2015 Pages: 327 - 337

    

39. Surface Modification of Oilfield Alloys by Ultrasonic Impact Peening: UNS N07718, N07716, G41400, and S17400

    • Virendra Singh
    • Manuel Marya

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2015 Pages: 338 - 347