Multidirectional forging (MDF) was applied to severely deform the homogenized coarse-grained Mg–Gd–
Y–Nd–Zr alloy under decreasing temperature condition, and the microstructure, texture and tensile properties
of the MDFed alloy were investigated in the current study. With the increase of MDF passes, the
volume fraction of the fine recrystallized grains was remarkably increased, and the average grain size
decreased from 200 lm to 5.4 lm after three MDF passes, but after that, the average grain size was
almost unchanged, ultrafine grains (UFGs) with an average grain size of 5.1 lm were uniformly evolved
after six MDF passes. The basal texture was gradually weakened with increasing the MDF passes, which
resulted from cooperative effect of dynamic recrystallization, dynamic precipitation and the change
direction of the MDF force. The yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and elongation to failure were
enhanced with increasing the MDF passes