Mechanisms of deformation and ductility in tungsten–A review

BG Butler, JD Paramore, JP Ligda, C Ren… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of tungsten are at the far limits of all
engineering materials. These unique properties, particularly ultra-high strength, density, and …

Predicting the performance of tungsten in a fusion environment: a literature review

RG Abernethy - Materials Science and Technology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Tungsten has been proposed for use in the divertor of future fusion devices. In this
environment, it will be exposed to high heat fluxes, neutron damage and hydrogen and …

Relative mobility of screw versus edge dislocations controls the ductile-to-brittle transition in metals

Y Lu, YH Zhang, E Ma, WZ Han - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Body-centered cubic metals including steels and refractory metals suffer from an abrupt
ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) at a critical temperature, hampering their performance and …

A unified model for ductile-to-brittle transition in body-centered cubic metals

YH Zhang, E Ma, J Sun, WZ Han - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) is a well-known phenomenon in body-centered-cubic
(BCC) metals, intermetallics and semiconductor materials. A quantitative prediction of the …

Mechanism of brittle-to-ductile transition in tungsten under small-punch testing

YH Zhang, WZ Han - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Exceptional high brittle-to-ductile transition temperature (BDTT) is a critical issue that limits
the application of tungsten as structural materials. The controlling factors in BDT have been …

Microcrack mitigation during laser scanning of tungsten via preheating and alloying strategies

B Vrancken, RK Ganeriwala, AA Martin… - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
When tungsten is processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, the
combination of high residual stresses and tungsten's inherent ductile-to-brittle transition …

Effect of grain size on the ductile-brittle fracture behavior of commercially pure titanium sheet metals

L Sun, Z Xu, L Peng, X Lai - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2021 - Elsevier
Fabrication of miniaturized titanium thin-walled products directly using sheet metals is
proven to be a promising approach with high productivity. In this process, however, there are …

A coupled crystal-plasticity and phase-field model for understanding fracture behaviors of single crystal tungsten

ZJ Li, T Wang, DY Chu, ZL Liu, YN Cui - International Journal of Plasticity, 2022 - Elsevier
The brittle-ductile transition (BDT) of tungsten depends heavily on temperature-dependent
dislocation mobility. To well understand the underlying mechanism of tungsten fracture …

[HTML][HTML] 3D HR-EBSD Characterization of the plastic zone around crack tips in tungsten single crystals at the micron scale

S Kalácska, J Ast, PD Ispánovity, J Michler, X Maeder - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
High angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) was coupled with
focused ion beam (FIB) slicing to characterize the shape of the plastic zone in terms of …

The brittle-ductile transition of tungsten single crystals at the micro-scale

J Ast, JJ Schwiedrzik, J Wehrs, D Frey, MN Polyakov… - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
The loading rate effect on the brittle-ductile transition temperatures of tungsten single
crystals at the micro-scale was investigated by microcantilevers with a (100)[001] crack …