Avalanches and plastic flow in crystal plasticity: an overview

S Papanikolaou, Y Cui, N Ghoniem - Modelling and Simulation in …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Crystal plasticity is mediated through dislocations, which form knotted configurations in a
complex energy landscape. Once they disentangle and move, they may also be impeded by …

Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility

X Wu, M Yang, F Yuan, G Wu, Y Wei… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Grain refinement can make conventional metals several times stronger, but this comes at
dramatic loss of ductility. Here we report a heterogeneous lamella structure in Ti produced …

A micropillar compression investigation into the plastic flow properties of additively manufactured alloys

SH Li, Y Zhao, J Radhakrishnan, U Ramamurty - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Solidification cells and a high density of dislocations are two common features of additively
manufactured (AM) alloys that are processed using techniques such as laser powder bed …

A hard/soft layered micro-structured CuCrZr alloy with strength, ductility and electrical conductivity synergy

F Han, Y Jiang, F Cao, L Cai, S Liang - Materials Characterization, 2023 - Elsevier
Layered CuCrZr alloys with different hardness ratios of heterogeneous hard/soft
microstructures were prepared by powder metallurgy combined with rolling and annealing …

Theoretical and numerical investigations of single arm dislocation source controlled plastic flow in FCC micropillars

YN Cui, P Lin, ZL Liu, Z Zhuang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2014 - Elsevier
The 'dislocation source'controlled plastic behaviors in submicron single crystals, which differ
significantly from macroscopic plastic flow, are widely observed in recent in situ TEM tests. In …

Size-dependent microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of crystalline/amorphous high-entropy alloy nanostructured multilayers: Cu/FeCoCrNiBSi vs Ni …

YF Zhao, B Chen, YQ Wang, JY Zhang, SZ Li, K Wu… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetron sputtering technique was employed to synthesize crystalline/amorphous high-
entropy alloy (AHEA) X/AHEA (X= Cu and Ni, AHEA= Fe 20 Co 20 Cr 20 Ni 20 B 10 Si 10) …

Controlling strain bursts and avalanches at the nano-to micrometer scale

Y Cui, G Po, N Ghoniem - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We demonstrate, through three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics simulations, that
the complex dynamical response of nano-and microcrystals to external constraints can be …

Stochastic behaviors in plastic deformation of face-centered cubic micropillars governed by surface nucleation and truncated source operation

W Cai, WD Nix, H Gao - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Three dimensional dislocation dynamics (DD) simulations are performed to investigate the
governing mechanism of size dependent plastic deformation in submicron face-centered …

Heat treatment behavior and strengthening mechanisms of CNT/6061Al composites fabricated by flake powder metallurgy

M Chen, G Fan, Z Tan, C Yuan, Q Guo, D Xiong… - Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
The carbon nanotubes reinforced 6061Al composites (CNT/6061Al) with CNTs uniformly
dispersed were fabricated by flake powder metallurgy process. The mechanical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical, microstructural and in-situ neutron diffraction investigations of equi-biaxial Bauschinger effects in an interstitial-free DC06 steel

M Härtel, C Illgen, T Panzner, E Bruder… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bauschinger effects typically describe a reduction of yield strength after a load path change
under uniaxial loading conditions. Here, we use in-plane loading to investigate, for the first …