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] Screw-controlled strength of BCC non-dilute and high-entropy alloys

A Ghafarollahi, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The impressive mechanical properties of single phase BCC High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) has
renewed interest in understanding the mechanisms controlling strength in BCC alloys …

Solute/screw dislocation interaction energy parameter for strengthening in bcc dilute to high entropy alloys

A Ghafarollahi, F Maresca… - Modelling and Simulation …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Strengthening, ie increased stress required to move a dislocation, in dilute or complex alloys
arises from the totality of the interaction energies between the solutes and an individual …

Theory of screw dislocation strengthening in random BCC alloys from dilute to “High-Entropy” alloys

F Maresca, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Random body-centered-cubic (BCC)“High Entropy” alloys are a new class of alloys, some
having high strength and good ductility at room temperature and some having exceptional …

Mechanistic origin of high strength in refractory BCC high entropy alloys up to 1900K

F Maresca, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The body centered cubic (BCC) high entropy alloys (HEAs) MoNbTaW and MoNbTaVW
show exceptional strength retention up to 1900K. The mechanistic origin of the retained …

Unusual activated processes controlling dislocation motion in body-centered-cubic high-entropy alloys

B Chen, S Li, H Zong, X Ding… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Atomistic simulations of dislocation mobility reveal that body-centered cubic (BCC) high-
entropy alloys (HEAs) are distinctly different from traditional BCC metals. HEAs are …

[HTML][HTML] High energy barriers for edge dislocation motion in body-centered cubic high entropy alloys

RE Kubilay, A Ghafarollahi, F Maresca… - Npj computational …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent theory proposes that edge dislocations in random body-centered cubic (BCC) high
entropy alloys have high barriers for motion, conveying high strengths up to high …

Screw vs. edge dislocation strengthening in body-centered-cubic high entropy alloys and implications for guided alloy design

C Baruffi, F Maresca, WA Curtin - Mrs Communications, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Body-centered-cubic (BCC) high entropy alloys (HEAs) can show exceptionally
high strength up to high temperatures. Mechanistic theories are needed to guide alloy …

Effect of solute-solute interactions on strengthening of random alloys from dilute to high entropy alloys

S Nag, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The yield strength of random metal alloys, ie alloys with random occupation of the crystalline
lattice sites by the elemental constituent atoms all considered as solutes, is primarily …

Theory of strengthening in fcc high entropy alloys

C Varvenne, A Luque, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) are a new class of random alloys having impressive
strength and toughness. Here, a mechanistic, parameter-free, and predictive theory for the …