Precipitate strengthening of pyramidal slip in Mg–Zn alloys

R Alizadeh, J Wang, J LLorca - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2021 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of Mg-4wt.% Zn alloy single crystals along the [0001] orientation
were measured through micropillar compression at 23° C and 100° C. Basal slip was …

A novel strengthening mechanism in crystalline/amorphous dual-phase Mg alloys: a molecular dynamics study

L Han, HY Song, MR An, TZ Shen, YL Li - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
The crystalline/amorphous dual-phase structure is a novel and advanced strategy to
improve the mechanical properties of Mg alloys. Here, molecular dynamics simulation is …

Energetics of dislocation transformations in hcp metals

Z Wu, B Yin, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Dislocation core structures of hcp metals are highly complex and differ significantly among
the hcp family. Some dislocations undergo unconventional transformations that have …

Insights from the MEDE program: An overview of microstructure–property linkages in the dynamic behaviors of magnesium alloys

Q Wei, KT Ramesh, TC Hufnagel, J Wilkerson… - Mechanics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been the subject of intensive scientific research and
development in the communities of materials science and engineering, mechanical …

Novel cross-slip mechanism of pyramidal screw dislocations in magnesium

M Itakura, H Kaburaki, M Yamaguchi, T Tsuru - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
Compared to cubic metals, whose primary slip mode includes twelve equivalent systems,
the lower crystalline symmetry of hexagonal close-packed metals results in a reduced …

[HTML][HTML] On the slip and twinning mechanisms on first order pyramidal plane of magnesium: Molecular dynamics simulations and first principal studies

R Namakian, GZ Voyiadjis, P Kwaśniak - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations and first-principles calculations are carried out on first order
pyramidal plane (π 1) of magnesium to study both compression twinning (CTW) and …

Basal-pyramidal dislocation lock in deformed magnesium

B Li, QW Zhang, SN Mathaudhu - Scripta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Dislocations and stacking faults in unalloyed magnesium processed by equal-channel-
angular-extrusion are investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Stacking faults as …

Effect of aluminium on microstructure, mechanical property and texture evolution of dual phase Mg-8Li alloy in different processing conditions

BS Pugazhendhi, A Kar, K Sinnaeruvadi… - Archives of Civil and …, 2018 - Springer
The present study investigates the possibility of enhancing the strength with ductility of dual-
phase magnesium (Mg)-8 lithium (Li) alloy by the combination of alloying addition …

Asymmetric equilibrium core structures of pyramidal-II dislocations in ten hexagonal-close-packed metals

C Albrecht, A Kumar, S Xu, A Hunter, IJ Beyerlein - Physical Review Materials, 2021 - APS
The structures of pyramidal-II c+ a dislocations, one of the most important defects in
structural hexagonal-close-packed (HCP) metals, have not been fully characterized for many …

Deformation of magnesium during c-axis compression at low temperatures

K Srivastava, JA El-Awady - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, large scale atomistically informed three-dimensional (3D) discrete dislocation
dynamics (DDD) simulations were conducted to investigate the mechanical response of …