Anisotropic deformation of extruded magnesium alloy AZ31 under uniaxial compression: A study with simultaneous in situ synchrotron x-ray imaging and diffraction

L Lu, JW Huang, D Fan, BX Bie, T Sun, K Fezzaa… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
In situ synchrotron x-ray imaging and diffraction are used to investigate anisotropic
deformation of an extruded magnesium alloy AZ31 under uniaxial compression along two …

Numerical analysis of twin-precipitate interactions in magnesium alloys

F Siska, L Stratil, J Cizek, T Guo, M Barnett - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper performs a two-dimensional numerical study of the interactions between
{10 1¯ 2} tensile twin and precipitates aligned along basal planes in magnesium alloys. The …

Molecular dynamics simulations of orientation effects during tension, compression, and bending deformations of magnesium nanocrystals

H Fan, JA El-Awady - Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The deformation modes in magnesium nanocrystals during uniaxial tension, uniaxial
compression, and pure bending are investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) …

Disclination-dislocation based model for grain boundary stress field evolution due to slip transmission history and influence on subsequent dislocation transmission

D Bamney, R Reyes, L Capolungo… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates how the structure of a grain boundary (GB) and its evolution due to
slip transmission history influences subsequent dislocation transmission. First, a model for …

Quantifying the effect of hydrogen on dislocation dynamics: A three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics framework

Y Gu, JA El-Awady - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a new framework to quantify the effect of hydrogen on dislocations using large
scale three-dimensional (3D) discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) simulations. In this …

Crystal plasticity simulation of magnesium and its alloys: A review of recent advances

M Yaghoobi, GZ Voyiadjis, V Sundararaghavan - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Slip and extension twinning are the dominant deformation mechanisms in Magnesium (Mg)
and its alloys. Crystal plasticity is a powerful tool to study these deformation mechanisms …

Fundamentals of dislocation dynamics simulations

RB Sills, WP Kuykendall, A Aghaei, W Cai - Multiscale materials modeling …, 2016 - Springer
Dislocation dynamics (DD) is a modeling approach for the study of crystal plasticity wherein
individual dislocation lines are discretized and their motion in the crystal is simulated. This …

Origin of double-peak precipitation hardening in metallic alloys

H Fan, AHW Ngan, K Gan, JA El-Awady - International Journal of Plasticity, 2018 - Elsevier
Whereas conventional precipitation hardening is well-known to feature a single hardness
peak, recently, double-peak precipitation hardening was observed, where the first peak …

Effect of pre-strain on extension twinning behavior in an extruded AZ31 Mg alloy observed by in-situ EBSD

N Xu, P Mao, L Zhou, Z Wang, F Wang, Z Liu… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of pre-strain on extension twinning behavior in an extruded AZ31 Mg alloy was
investigated in this study. Pre-compression along the radial direction (RD) and subsequently …

Micro-scale fatigue mechanisms in metals: Insights gained from small-scale experiments and discrete dislocation dynamics simulations

S Lavenstein, JA El-Awady - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review paper providing a comprehensive review of insights gained from cyclic loading
discrete dislocation dynamics simulations and micro-scale fatigue experiments on …