Origins of strengthening and toughening effects in twinned nanocrystalline alloys of low stacking fault energy with heterogeneous grain structure

K Gan, D Yan, Y Zhang, Z Li - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low stacking-fault energy (SFE) nanocrystalline alloys with pre-existing nanotwins (PNTs)
and heterogeneous grain structure (HGS) exhibit exceptional strength-ductility …

Dislocation nucleation in Al single crystal at shear parallel to (111) plane: Molecular dynamics simulations and nucleation theory with artificial neural networks

AE Mayer, VS Krasnikov, VV Pogorelko - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
We develop the theory of homogeneous nucleation of dislocations, which predicts plasticity
incipience in FCC single crystal using material properties at elastic stage. In contrast to …

The interaction mechanisms between dislocations and nano-precipitates in CuFe alloys: A molecular dynamic simulation

H Bao, H Xu, Y Li, H Bai, F Ma - International Journal of Plasticity, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are employed to study the interaction mechanisms
between dislocations and nano-precipitates in CuFe alloys. On one hand, the critical shear …

Dynamics of twin boundaries in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

E Faran, D Shilo - Materials Science and Technology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Combined experimental and theoretical investigation of discrete twin boundary motion in
ferromagnetic shape memory alloys 10M NiMnGa is presented. Motion of individual …

Formation mechanisms of high-density growth twins in aluminum with high stacking-fault energy

D Bufford, Y Liu, Y Zhu, Z Bi, QX Jia… - Materials Research …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Nanotwins readily form in numerous face-centered-cubic (fcc) metals with low stacking-fault
energy (SFE). However, growth twins rarely form in Al due to its high SFE,∼ 120–165 …

Homogeneous nucleation of dislocations in copper: Theory and approximate description based on molecular dynamics and artificial neural networks

AE Mayer, VS Krasnikov, VV Pogorelko - Computational Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Nucleation of dislocations in a homogeneous crystal lattice is relevant for small-scale
plasticity or ultra-fast loading. Previously, we improved the dislocation nucleation theory and …

Selective excitation of two-wave structure depending on crystal orientation under shock compression

QL Xiong, T Shimada, T Kitamura, ZH Li - Science China Physics …, 2020 - Springer
Single crystals subjected to shock compression exhibit responses with distinct two-wave
structures for certain crystal orientations. However, little is known to date regarding how the …

Unraveling deformation mechanisms around FCC and BCC nanocontacts through slip trace and pileup topography analyses

J Varillas, J Očenášek, J Torner, J Alcalá - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanocontact loadings offer the potential to investigate crystal plasticity from surface slip
trace emissions and distinct pileup patterns where individual atomic terraces arrange into …

Investigation on dislocation-based mechanisms of void growth and coalescence in single crystal and nanotwinned nickels by molecular dynamics simulation

Y Zhang, S Jiang - Philosophical Magazine, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to elucidate dislocation mechanisms of the
void growth and coalescence in single crystal and nanotwinned nickels subjected to uniaxial …

Kinetics of a fast moving twin boundary in nickel

NP Daphalapurkar, JW Wilkerson, TW Wright… - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
A complete description of high-rate dynamic deformation of metals demands, in part, the
fundamental understanding and characterization of twin boundary (TB) kinetics. We use …