Automated, quantitative electron tomography of dislocation morphology combined with deep learning technology

R Shen, QQ Shao, W Ming, P Xie, Q Yang - Materials Characterization, 2024 - Elsevier
The three-dimensional morphology of dislocations significantly influences the mechanical
properties of crystalline materials. Achieving high-accuracy dislocation tomography through …

Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients

GM Castelluccio, H Lim, JM Emery… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional fracture theories infer damage at cracks (local field) by surveying loading
conditions away from cracks (far field). This approach has been successful in predicting …

Unravelling the mechanisms of copper precipitation-induced strengthening in austenitic stainless steels: An atomistic approach

S Biswal, RK Barik, S Neogy, R Tewari, A Dutta… - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Copper addition in austenitic stainless steel is known to provide good high-temperature
strength through precipitation strengthening. However, the mechanism of such …

Atomistic analysis of plastic deformation and shear band formation in FCC/FCC metallic nanolayered composites

S Dong, XY Liu, Y Chen, C Zhou - Journal of Materials Research, 2023 - Springer
Atomistic simulations were used to explore the plastic deformation and shear band (SB)
formation in Cu/Au, Cu/Ag, Cu/Al and Cu/Ni metallic nanolayered composites (MNCs). The …

Characterization of Si–Cu–C–Al quaternary interface of SiC/2A14 joint via counterintuitive laser butt welding

M Zhang, C Wang, G Mi, P Jiang, X Zhang, X Yan - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
SiC p/Al matrix composites (SiC p/AMCs) have be widely used in the aerospace structural
components, space station solar cell structural framework. However, the double bottleneck …

Strengthening mechanisms in dilute and random solid solution high-entropy bcc alloys

A Ghafarollahi - 2022 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Tuning the mechanical properties of metals, including strength, through adjusting the type
and/or concentration of added solute elements, has been recognized as an effective way to …

[HTML][HTML] Defect Interactions between Screw Dislocations and Coherent Twin Boundaries in Several fcc Materials

L Li, L Liu, Y Shibutani - Materials Transactions, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The atomistic interactions between screw dislocations and coherent twin boundaries were
investigated in face-centered metals of Al, Cu, Ni, Au, Ag, and Pd using molecular dynamics …

Orientation dependent hardening of {111} plate precipitate by parametric dislocation dynamics

J Liu, S Muraishi - Mechanics of Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of the orientation, geometry of slip plane, existence of cross slip on the
dislocation interaction with a {111} plate precipitate has been investigated by parametric …

Simultaneously enhancing the strength and ductility of particulate-reinforced aluminum matrix composite by aging treatment

X Zhang, T Chen - Journal of Materials Research, 2021 - Springer
In this work, powder thixoforming technique was utilized to prepare 10 vol% SiC particulate-
reinforced 6061 alloy matrix (SiC p/6061Al) composite and artificial aging treatment was …

Specimen Size Effect of Tensile Behavior of Al-4.0 wt pct Cu Alloy Sheets: Effects of Precipitates and Cyclic Predeformation

Y Yan, TD Wang, QS Song, QJ Zhao, XJ Guan… - … Materials Transactions A, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Aging hardened Al-4.0 wt pct Cu alloy sheets with thicknesses (t) of 0.15 to 1.0 mm
were selected to explore the effects of the second phase and its interaction with the …