Stress wave in the mesoscopic discontinuous medium by fractional approach

L Yuan, S Xu, M Chen, Y Xie, J Lu, P Wang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A fractional approach based on the generalized Taylor's formula is proposed to describe the
dynamic responses in the meso-discontinuous medium (eg, oyster shell). The governing …

Unveiling the microstructural evolution and interaction mechanisms for twisted structures

Y Wu, P Wang, D Wang, L Bu, J Tian, S Xu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Twisting plays an important role in fabricating twisted actuators and energy harvesters,
which require excellent microstructural deformation and interaction properties between …

A potential mechanism for abnormal grain growth in Ni thin films on c-sapphire

D Chatain, B Courtois, S Ahmad, G Dehm, C Scheu… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Normal grain growth (NGG) of a (111) textured Ni film on c-sapphire and abnormal grain
growth (AGG) of (100) grains at the expense of this (111) texture has been studied as a …

Dynamic responses of laminated and graded ZrC-Mo composites

Y Xie, S Xu, L Yuan, M Chen, P Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to investigate the dynamic responses of functionally graded
materials (FGMs). A series of experiments are conducted to evaluate the dynamic behaviors …

Dynamic failures at the metal-glass interface under impact loading

H Yang, S Xu, L Yuan, M Chen, Y Xie… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate dynamic fracture behavior in the metal, three metal spheres (eg, steel sphere,
high purity tungsten sphere, and high purity lead sphere) are accelerated by the gas gun …

Comparing molecular dynamics simulations of grain growth with experimental data

M Lyu, Z Xu, GS Rohrer, EA Holm - Scripta Materialia, 2025 - Elsevier
This study employed experimental data as the initial microstructure for molecular dynamics
simulation of grain growth in polycrystalline nickel, aiming to investigate the relationship …

Impact of grain boundary energy anisotropy on grain growth

SK Naghibzadeh, Z Xu, D Kinderlehrer, R Suter… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
A threshold dynamics model of grain growth that accounts for the anisotropy in the grain
boundary energy has been used to simulate experimentally observed grain growth of …

Engineering grain boundary energy with thermal profiles to control grain growth in SrTiO3

V Muralikrishnan, J Langhout… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the influence of thermal history on grain boundary (GB) energy and
the grain growth behavior of SrTiO3 at 1425° C. Two thermal profiles were explored:(1) a …

Kinetic and Equilibrium Shapes of Cylindrical Grain Boundaries

A Qiu, C Qiu, I Chesser, J Han, D Srolovitz… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this work, we investigate the shape evolution of rotated, embedded, initially cylindrical
grains (with [001] cylinder axis) in Ni under an applied synthetic driving force via molecular …

Tracking solid oxide cell electrode microstructural evolution during annealing by scanning 3D X-ray diffraction microscopy

A Shukla, S De Angelis, J Wright, Y Zhang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Ni particle coarsening is a primary degradation mechanism in Ni/YSZ solid oxide cells,
limiting the lifespan of these devices. In this study, we demonstrate the use of Scanning 3D X …