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Xia, H, Hu, Y, Li, S, Xu, Q & Dong, H 2026, 'Anomalous Elimination Mechanism Under Melt Convection During Directional Solidification Process', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 3864-3879. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-026-08269-x
Wei, Y, Cao, R, Zhang, S, Lv, J & Dong, H 2026, 'A novel feature engineering method for high-performance and interpretable machine learning prediction of fatigue life in high-strength steel weld metal', Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 181, no. Part 4, 115502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115502
Tu, ST, Guo, W, Dong, H, Mehmanparast, A, Sedmak, A, Wen, JF & Hong, Y 2026, 'Approximately Right Versus Exactly Wrong—Insights and Overview', Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.70467
Nair, A, Paul, S, Dong, H & Kockelmann, W 2026, 'Capabilities and limitations of neutron imaging for quantitative hydrogen analysis in complex alloys', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 241, 155365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155365
Yang, L, Zhang, Y, Panwisawas, C, Yan, W, Ren, N, Xia, M, Dong, H, Li, J & Li, J 2026, 'Dendrite deformation and fragmentation-induced sliver defects during solidification of nickel-based single-crystal superalloys', Scripta Materialia, vol. 282, 117399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2026.117399
Sun, P, Fan, J, Wang, B, Wu, W, Su, D, Zhang, Q & Dong, H 2026, 'Effect of electro-pulse annealing on formability and microstructural evolution of AZ31B magnesium alloy wires during cold drawing', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 1054, 186336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2026.186336
Dou, G, Cao, R, Qiao, X, Jiang, Y, Li, Y, Tao, Y, Zhang, K, Li, J, Wang, C, Lin, Q & Dong, H 2026, 'Effect of Post-Weld Heat Treatment on the Impact Toughness and Microstructure of 2.25Cr-1Mo-0.25 V High-Strength Steel Submerged Arc Welding Weld Metals', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 607-626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-025-08049-z
Dong, H 2026, 'Evolution of Dendritic Patterns During Directional Solidification of Ni-Base Alloys: Towards Hexagonally Ordered, Close-Packed Dendrite Arrays', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1709-1722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-025-08072-0
Shen, S, Wang, B, Wang, H, Shen, L, Dong, H, Ren, G, Song, L, Zheng, L, Wang, L & Cheng, W 2026, 'Evolution of precipitates and precipitation-free zone in Mg-7Gd-2Nd-0.5Zr alloy under different ageing conditions: mechanical properties and strengthening mechanisms', Journal of Central South University, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 1901-1918. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-026-6278-2
Zhang, S, Cao, R, Ghalati, MK, Dong, H & Wei, Y 2026, 'Integrated machine-learning modelling for mechanical property prediction – A case study on laser-welded TC4 titanium alloy', Optics and Laser Technology, vol. 199, 115019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2026.115019
Wu, D, Zhen, L, Ma, S, Guo, Y, Ma, H, Kang, J, Li, W, Wang, Q, Dong, H, Wang, Y, Dong, H & Su, R 2026, 'Interfacial atomic vibration: A key dynamic characteristic for heterogeneous nucleation substrates', Acta Materialia, vol. 306, 121948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2026.121948
Zhang, R, Cui, Z, Zhang, D, Hu, Q, Hao, X, Yao, R, Chang, C, Cheng, W & Dong, H 2026, 'Micro-arc oxidation enables tunable mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and osteoblast compatibility in AZ91D magnesium scaffolds fabricated by 3D printing', Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 530, 133546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2026.133546
Udu, AG, Osa-uwagboe, N, Oteikwu, FA, Ghalati, MK & Dong, H 2026, 'Moisture Ingress Effects on Polymer-Based Composite Structures Using Machine Learning-Assisted Stress Prediction', Applied Composite Materials, vol. 33, no. 5, 166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-026-10548-0
Conference contribution
Zhang, H, Xu, M, Dhafer, A, Yue, S, Dong, H & Hao, ZD 2026, Embodied Interpretability: Linking Causal Understanding to Generalization in Vision-Language-Action Models. in T Zhang, M Dudik, M Jaggi, A Agarwal, S Li, D Schuurmans, J Zhu, F Berkenkamp, H Dong & A Bietti (eds), Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, vol. 306, PMLR, 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 6/07/26. <https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00321v1>
Preprint
Hao, ZD, Chaudry, UM, Shaw, R, Cheney, A, Ludford, N, Sims, M & Dong, H 2026 'De-Risking Robotic Welding for In-Space Metal Joining Through Physics-Grounded Digital Twins' arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.21939
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