The deformation of all materials can be separated into elastic and plastic parts. Measuring
the purely plastic component is complex but crucial to fully characterize, understand, and …

This paper reviews recent studies, that not only includes both experiments and modeling
components, but celebrates a close coupling between these techniques, in order to provide …

The lifetime and performance of any engineering component, from nanoscale sensors to
macroscopic structures, are strongly influenced by fracture processes. Fracture itself is a …

Multi-phase metallic materials exhibit significant levels of strain partitioning and localization
when plastically deformed. Connecting these microstructural processes to macroscopic …

Pre-deformation is an effective mean to tune the ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT)
temperature of body-centered cubic metals. However, due to complex microstructural …

For millennia, humans have exploited the natural property of metals to get stronger or
harden when mechanically deformed. Ultimately rooted in the motion of dislocations …

Inelastic mechanical responses in solids, such as plasticity, damage and crack initiation, are
typically modeled in constitutive ways that display microstructural and loading dependence …

Understanding the competing modes of brittle versus ductile fracture is critical for preventing
the failure of body-centered cubic (BCC) refractory metals. Despite decades of intensive …

The mobility of defects such as dislocations controls the mechanical properties of metals.
This mobility is determined both by the characteristics of the defect and the material, as well …

The attainment of both strength and toughness is a vital requirement for most structural
materials; unfortunately these properties are generally mutually exclusive. Although the …