Fig. 1 Distribution of effective plastic strain for a normal-compression, b can-compression at final state; evolution of c effective plastic strain, d stress triaxiality for the selected center element

Fig. 2 EBSD results of as-homogenized GWZK114 alloy a orientation imaging microscopy (OIM); b statistical distribution of grain size; c (0001) pole figure (PF); d backscattered electron (BSE) image; TEM results of e intragranular needle-like phase; f intergranular bulk phase; g-i EDS results of points A, B, and C in Fig. 2d. The CD and RD indicate the compression and radial directions, respectively

Fig. 3 True stress-true strain curves of a normal-compression, b can-compression under different temperatures

Fig. 4 OM microstructure of as-compressed GWZK 114 alloy under two hydrostatic pressures for different deformation conditions. The DRX area fractions are also presented and calculated as fDRX = SDRX/(SAll - SInter) with SDRX and SInter being the areas of DRX grains and intergranular phases, respectively

Fig. 5 SEM images of the kink behavior of LPSO phases under different conditions; 14H and 18R-LPSO phases were marked by red and yellow lines, respectively, and the curved ones represent the kinking of LPSO phase

Fig. 6 Kinking behavior of LPSO phases in normal and can-compressed samples: a kink angle; b kink times; c relative width ratio of kink band (d/L). d schematic of width, kink times and angle for kink band. For a certain deformation case in Fig. 6a-c, at least ten measures are taken for these statistics

Fig. 7 Inverse pole figure of GWZK 114 alloy under normal-compression of a 350 °C, c 450 °C; can-compression of b 350 °C, d 450 °C

Fig. 8 Kernel average misorientation (KAM) maps of samples under normal-compression of a 350 °C, d 450 °C; can-compression of b 350 °C, e 450 °C; distribution of local misorientation of KAM under c 350 °C, f 450 °C

Fig. 9 (0001) pole figures of GWZK 114 alloy under normal-compression of a 350 °C, c 450 °C; can-compression of b 350 °C, d 450 °C

Fig. 10 DRX behavior of grain G1 in Fig. 7c: a orientation imaging microscopy (OIM); b line profile of misorientation angle along the lines A-B in a; c Schmid factors of basal 〈a〉, prismatic 〈a〉 and pyramidal 〈c + a〉 slip systems for grain G1 under normal-compression condition. (Basal 〈a〉: $\left\{ {0001} \right\}\left\langle {11\bar{2}0} \right\rangle$; prismatic 〈a〉: $\left\{ {10\bar{1}0} \right\}\left\langle {11\bar{2}0} \right\rangle$; pyramidal 〈c + a〉: $\left\{ {11\bar{2}2} \right\}\left\langle {11\bar{2}3} \right\rangle$)

Fig. 11 DRX behavior of grain G3 in Fig. 7d: a orientation imaging microscopy (OIM); b line profile of misorientation angle along the lines E-F in a; c the Schmid factors of basal 〈a〉, prismatic 〈a〉 and pyramidal 〈c + a〉 slip systems for grain G3 under can-compression condition

Fig. 12 DRX behavior of grain G2 in Fig. 7c: a orientation imaging microscopy (OIM); b band contract figure; c line profile of misorientation angle along the lines C-D in a; d the Schmid factors of basal 〈a〉, prismatic 〈a〉 and pyramidal 〈c + a〉 slip systems for grain G2 under normal-compression condition

Fig. 13 DRX behavior of grain G4 in Fig. 7d: a orientation imaging microscopy (OIM); b band contract figure c line profile of misorientation angle along the lines G-H in a, d Schmid factors of basal 〈a〉, prismatic 〈a〉 and pyramidal 〈c + a〉 slip systems for grain G4 under can-compression condition

Fig. 14 Schematic of kink band formation under different loading conditions: a compression with a small inclined α angle of CD from 14H-LPSO phase’s basal planes; b compression with a high inclined α angle of CD from 14H-LPSO phase’s basal planes

Fig. 15 Effective Schmid factor distribution of GWZK 114 alloy on (0001) PFs under