Abstract
Al-Si coated ultra-high strength steels (UHSS) are widely used in automotive applications because of their high strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion protection and good weldability. The hot stamping (also called hot press forming) process is an effective and suitable technique for producing automotive parts from Al-Si coated UHSS. However, critical issues, such..... More

Abstract
The behaviour and performance of complex metallic materials (e.g., advanced high strength steel and dual phase Ti alloys) are acknowledged to be multi-scale in nature and to rely on the details of the threedimensional morphology, chemistry and crystallography at the meso-scale level and on macro-scale level geometry and boundary and..... More