Grain-size dependent mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals

EN Hahn, MA Meyers - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2015 - Elsevier
Grain size has a profound effect on the mechanical response of metals. Molecular dynamics
continues to expand its range from a handful of atoms to grain sizes up to 50 nm, albeit …

The role of pre-existing heterogeneities in materials under shock and spall

RM Flanagan, SJ Fensin, MA Meyers - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
There has been a challenge for many decades to understand how heterogeneities influence
the behavior of materials under shock loading, eventually leading to spall formation and …

Spall strength dependence on grain size and strain rate in tantalum

TP Remington, EN Hahn, S Zhao, R Flanagan… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
We examine the effect of grain size on the dynamic failure of tantalum during laser-shock
compression and release and identify a significant effect of grain size on spall strength …

Towards the ultimate strength of iron: spalling through laser shock

G Righi, CJ Ruestes, CV Stan, SJ Ali, RE Rudd… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The ultimate strength of materials is reached at strain rates approaching the Debye
frequency, when the deformation time at the atomic scale approaches the time for atoms to …

On the ultimate tensile strength of tantalum

EN Hahn, TC Germann, R Ravelo, JE Hammerberg… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Strain rate, temperature, and microstructure play a significant role in the mechanical
response of materials. Using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we …

High-velocity projectile impact induced 9R phase in ultrafine-grained aluminium

S Xue, Z Fan, OB Lawal, R Thevamaran, Q Li… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Aluminium typically deforms via full dislocations due to its high stacking fault energy.
Twinning in aluminium, although difficult, may occur at low temperature and high strain rate …

Classical molecular dynamics simulations of the deformation of metals under uniaxial monotonic loading: A review

A Kedharnath, R Kapoor, A Sarkar - Computers & Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoscale features present in structural and functional materials affect their macroscopic
properties and hence have been extensively studied. As experimental investigations of …

Effect of hot isostatic pressing and powder feedstock on porosity, microstructure, and mechanical properties of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg

CB Finfrock, A Exil, JD Carroll, L Deibler - … , Microstructure, and Analysis, 2018 - Springer
AlSi10Mg tensile bars were additively manufactured using the powder-bed selective laser
melting process. Samples were subjected to stress relief annealing and hot isostatic …

Thermal effects on the mechanical behavior of cuzr metallic glasses

N Amigo, CA Careglio, F Ardiani, A Manelli… - Applied Physics A, 2024 - Springer
Amorphous metals are increasingly used as advanced engineering materials, due to several
desirable properties, like high hardness and ductility, high resilience, high mechanical …

Atomistic simulations of ductile failure in a BCC high-entropy alloy

F Aquistapace, N Vazquez, M Chiarpotti… - High Entropy Alloys & …, 2023 - Springer
Ductile failure is studied in a bcc HfNbTaZr High-Entropy Alloy (HEA) with a pre-existing
void. Using molecular dynamics simulations of uniaxial tensile tests, we explore the effect of …