[HTML][HTML] Current understanding of surface effects in microcutting

YJ Lee, H Wang - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Machining processes have made technological leaps in achieving ultraprecision material
removal and surface finishing at the submicrometric scale. At this level of precision, size …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-indentation of ion-irradiated nuclear structural materials: A review

X Xiao, L Yu - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Ion irradiation offers a promising strategy to emulate the irradiation damage induced by
energetic neutrons. However, the characterization of the mechanical properties of ion …

In-situ observation of the initiation of plasticity by nucleation of prismatic dislocation loops

S Lee, A Vaid, J Im, B Kim, A Prakash… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The elastic-to-plastic transition during the deformation of a dislocation-free nanoscale
volume is accompanied by displacement bursts associated with dislocation nucleation. The …

Effect of carbon migration on mechanical properties of dissimilar weld joint

Q Wu, Q Xu, Y Jiang, J Gong - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2020 - Elsevier
After welding or servicing at high temperature, carbon migration will occur in dissimilar
welded joint. Correspondingly, the carburized layer with high carbon content and …

Crystallographic orientation effect on the incipient plasticity and its stochastic behavior of a sapphire single crystal by spherical nanoindentation

Y Ma, L Cao, W Hang, T Zhang, J Yuan - Ceramics International, 2020 - Elsevier
Relying on spherical nanoindentation, we investigated the characteristics of incipient
plasticity via the first pop-in event in the four typical crystallographic orientations of a …

A critical evaluation of microstructure-texture-mechanical behavior heterogeneity in high pressure torsion processed CoCuFeMnNi high entropy alloy

R Sonkusare, K Biswas, N Al-Hamdany… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study aims to understand the evolution of textural and microstructural
heterogeneity and its effect on evolution of mechanical properties of an equiatomic FCC …

[HTML][HTML] A modified conventional theory of mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity considering both size and damage effects

H Ban, Z Peng, D Fang, Y Yao, S Chen - International Journal of Solids and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The in-service deformation damage cannot be avoided, even for micro-scale metallic
materials. To characterize the coupling effect of size and damage in micro-metallic materials …

A robust inverse analysis method for elastoplastic behavior identification using the true geometry modeling of Berkovich indenter

CM Sanchez-Camargo, A Hor, C Mabru - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The parameters describing the elastoplastic behavior of the 316 L austenitic stainless steel
are identified through inverse analysis based on finite element modeling of the Berkovich …

Intrinsic size dependent plasticity in BCC micro-pillars under uniaxial tension and pure torsion

JD Gravell, W Cai, WD Nix, H Gao - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of submicron body-centered cubic (BCC) micro-pillars is
investigated by three-dimensional dislocation dynamics (DD) simulations to better …

[HTML][HTML] Couple stress-based 3D contact of elastic films

Y Wang, X Zhang, H Shen, J Liu, B Zhang - International Journal of Solids …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study reports a three-dimensional (3D) size-dependent contact model of a thin elastic
film indented by an elastic sphere, based on a linear couple stress-based semi-analytical …