Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- I. Microstructural Evolution -- High Strain Monotonie Deformation-Structure and Strength -- Influence of Processing Route on Microstructure and Grain Boundary Development During Equal-Channel Angular Pressing of Pure Aluminum -- Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Steels (BCC), Al Alloys (FCC) and Pure Titanium (HCP) -- The Effect of Straig Per Pass on the Microstructure Developed in Aluminum Processed by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion -- Microstructural Evolution of Titanium Under Twist Extrusion -- Nanostructure Formation and Carbides Dissolution in Rail Steel Deformed by High Pressure Torsion -- Grain Refinement and Texture Development in Asymmetrically Rolled Aluminum Alloy Sheets -- Ultrafine Grain Formation During Equal Channel Angular Extrusion in an Al-Mg-Sc Alloy -- Formation of Nanocrystalline Structure in a Ni-20%Cr Alloy -- Formation of Ultrafine Grains During Intense Plastic Straining in an Al-Li Alloy at 400°C -- Mechanisms of Formation of Submicron Grain Structures During Severe Deformation -- Grain Refining Mechanisms of Ti During Equal Channel Angular Pressing -- Microstructure Evolution in Nanocrystal Formation During Ball Milling -- Formation of Nanocrystalline Structure in Two-Phase Titanium Alloys by Warm Severe Plastic Deformation -- Evolution of Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Titanium During Warm Multiple Deformation -- Effect of Pressure on the Final Grain Size After High Pressure Torsion -- Heterogeneous Microstructural Evolution and Reactions During Repeated Intense Deformation -- Hardness and Microstructure Changes in Severly Deformed and Recrystallized Tantalum -- II. Processing of Ultrafine-Grained Materials -- Homogeneity in Ultrafine-Grained Aluminum Prepared by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing.

Processing of an Aluminum-6061 Metal Matrix Composite by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing -- Grain Refinement and Phase Transformations in Al and Fe Based Alloys During Severe Plastic Deformation -- Phase Transformations in Ultrafine Grained Fe and Fe-Mn Alloys -- Ultrafine-Grained Tungsten Produced by SPD Techniques -- Metastable Nanostructured Alloys Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation -- Synthesis of Nd2Ti2O7/Al2O3 Nanocomposites by Spark-Plasma-Sintering and High-Energy Ball-Milling -- Properties and Microstructure of Alumina-Niobium Nanocomposites Made by Novel Processing Methods -- Nano-Nano Composites of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbide -- The Use of SPD for Fabrication of Bulk Nanostructured Materials from Ball-Milled Powders -- Numerical Analysis of Plastic Deformation in Constrained Groove Pressing -- Effect of Vanadium Addition on Dynamic γ→α Transformation During Hot Deformation of Low Carbon Steels -- Determination of Dynamic Ferrite Transformation During Deformation in Austenite -- Grain Refinement of Medium Carbon Steel with Controlled Thermo-Mechanical Deformation -- Enhanced Formability of Superplastic AlMgZr Alloys Made by Particulate Routes -- On the Development of Microstructure in a Metal Matrix Composite Using Nano-Materials -- A New Severe Plastic Deformation Method: Twist Extrusion -- III. Structure and Mechanical Properties -- Defects, Microstructure and Dislocation Activity in Nanocrystalline Metals -- Recent Developments of SPD Processing for Fabrication of Bulk Nanostructured Materials -- Deformation Mechanisms at Different Grain Sizes in a Cryogenically Ball-Milled Al-Mg Alloy -- Properties and Nanostructures of Materials Processed by SPD Techniques -- Tensile and Fatigue Properties of Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloy Fine-Grained by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing.

Structure, Properties and Thermal Stability of Ultra-Fine Grained Cu-Cr-Zr Alloy -- Corrosion Fatigue of Ultra-Fine Grain Copper Fabrication by Severe Plastic Deformation -- Strength of Submicrocrystalline Severly Deformed Commercial Aluminum Alloys -- Machinability Studies of PM Metal Matrix Composites on EDM -- Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine Grained Aluminum and Ultra Low Carbon Steel Produced by ARB Process -- Mechanical Properties of Nano-Structured Plain Low-Carbon Steels Produced by Conventional Cold-Rolling and Annealing of Martensite Starting Microstructure -- Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Ultrafine Grained Commercial Purity Aluminum and Low Carbon Steel Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques -- Structural Evolution of Ultrafine-Grained Copper and Copper-Based Alloy During Plastic Deformation -- Microstructure and Properties of 7475 Aluminum Alloy After Equal-Channel Angular Pressing -- The Microstructures and Compressive Deformation Behaviors of Nanocrystalline Al-5 at.% Ti Compacts Prepared by UHP-HP -- IV. Superplasticity and Thermal Stability -- Grain Refinement of Copper Based Alloys Using ECAP -- Developing Superplasticity at High Strain Rates Through ECAP Processing -- Grain Refinement and Superplasticity in Magnesium Alloys -- Effect of the Pressing Strain on the Annealing Behavior of Ultrafine Grained Ferrite in a Low Carbon Steel Fabricated by Equal Channel Angular Pressing -- Significance of Microstructural Thermal Stability in an Al-2219 Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation -- Modelling the Microstructural Evolution During Annealing of a Severly Deformed Al-3% Mg Alloy -- Structure and Stability of Ultrafme-Grained Materials. Role of Impurities and Second-Phase Particles -- Annealing Effect on the Strength of Severe-Plastic-Deformed Titanium.

Structure and Mechanical Behavior of the AMg6 Aluminum Alloy After Severe Plastic Deformation and Annealing -- V. Theory and Modeling -- Continuum Mechanics Approach in Severe Plastic Deformation -- Deformation of Ti-6Al-4V Via Equal Channel Angular Extrusion -- Kinematics of Damage Governed by Severe Plastic Deformation -- Strength and Ductility of Ultrafine Grained Metallic Materials -- Work Hardening Behavior of Aluminum Over a Wide Range of Strain -- Analysis of Principal and Equivalent Strains in Equal Channel Angular Deformation -- Polycrystal Constitutive Modeling of ECAP: Texture and Microstructural Evolution -- Grain Size, Size-Distribution and Dislocation Structure from Diffraction Peak Profile Analysis -- Defect Characterization of Equal Channel Angular Pressed Cu by Selective Annealing Treatment -- Size and Shape of Nano-Grains in Polycrystals Subjected to SPD -- X-Ray Analysis of SPD Nanostructured Materials -- Addendum -- Effect of Hot Working on Austenite/Ferrite Transformation in HSLA Steel -- Equal Channel Angular Processing of Magnesium Alloys -- Microstructural Evolution of Cryomilled Nanocrystalline Al-Ti-Cu Alloy -- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Non-Heat Treatable Aluminum Alloys Produced by Accumulative Roll Bonding Process -- Features of Severe Plastic Deformation as Compared to Conventional Deformation Modes -- Author Index -- Subject Index.