Multiple mechanism based constitutive modeling of gradient nanograined material

J Zhao, X Lu, F Yuan, Q Kan, S Qu, G Kang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gradient nano-grained (GNG) materials, inside which grain size increases gradually from
nano-scale in the surface to micro-scale in the substrate, have shown synergetic strength …

Deformation mechanisms based constitutive modelling and strength-ductility mapping of gradient nano-grained materials

J Zhao, Q Kan, L Zhou, G Kang, H Fan… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gradient nano-grained (GNG) materials have shown synergetic high strength and ductility
due to their unique gradient microstructure, where the grain size changes from tens of …

Multiscale discrete dislocation dynamics study of gradient nano-grained materials

S Lu, J Zhao, M Huang, Z Li, G Kang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals have shown a better strength-ductility combination
compared to their homogeneous counterparts. In this paper, the mechanical properties and …

The characterization of plastic behavior and mechanical properties in the gradient nanostructured copper

WA Siswanto, RM Romero-Parra… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Due to their individual plastic deformation behavior and mechanistic performances, gradient
nano-grained (GNG) metals have been identified as promising materials for application in …

Dislocation mechanism based size-dependent crystal plasticity modeling and simulation of gradient nano-grained copper

X Lu, X Zhang, M Shi, F Roters, G Kang… - international Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Overcoming the trade-off between strength and ductility in metallic materials is a grand
challenge. Recently, materials with a gradient nano-grained (GNG) surface layer adhering to …

On strain hardening mechanism in gradient nanostructures

J Li, GJ Weng, S Chen, X Wu - Heterostructured Materials, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Experiments have shown that a gradient design, in which grain size spans over four orders
of magnitude, can make strong nanomaterials ductile. This chapter presents a developed …

Geometrically necessary dislocations and related kinematic hardening in gradient grained materials: A nonlocal crystal plasticity study

X Zhang, J Zhao, G Kang, M Zaiser - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
Gradient grained metals whose microstructure is characterized by a spatially graded grain
size distribution show a better strength-ductility combination than their homogeneous …

Modeling of the plastic deformation of nanostructured materials with grain size gradient

J Li, AK Soh - International journal of plasticity, 2012 - Elsevier
Many studies have shown that the outstanding mechanical properties of surface nano-
crystallized (SNC) materials were primarily attributed to the grain size gradient (GSG) region …

Mechanical properties and optimal grain size distribution profile of gradient grained nickel

Y Lin, J Pan, HF Zhou, HJ Gao, Y Li - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Gradient structured (GS) materials are ubiquitous in biological systems and now
increasingly adopted in engineering systems to achieve desirable combinations of …

Gradient plasticity in gradient nano-grained metals

Z Zeng, X Li, D Xu, L Lu, H Gao, T Zhu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals are a unique class of materials with spatial gradients
in grain size, typically from the surface to the bulk. Here the gradient mechanical behavior in …