Strength statistics of single crystals and metallic glasses under small stressed volumes

Y Gao, H Bei - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
It has been well documented that plastic deformation of crystalline and amorphous
metals/alloys shows a general trend of “smaller is stronger”. The majority of the experimental …

Generalized stacking fault energy, ideal strength and twinnability of dilute Mg-based alloys: A first-principles study of shear deformation

SL Shang, WY Wang, BC Zhou, Y Wang, KA Darling… - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
In an effort to establish a scientific foundation for the computational development of
advanced Mg-based alloys, a systematic study of the generalized stacking fault (GSF) …

Pop-in phenomenon as a fundamental plasticity probed by nanoindentation technique

T Ohmura, M Wakeda - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The attractive strain burst phenomenon, so-called “pop-in”, during indentation-induced
deformation at a very small scale is discussed as a fundamental deformation behavior in …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding imprint formation, plastic instabilities and hardness evolutions in FCC, BCC and HCP metal surfaces

J Varillas, J Očenášek, J Torner, J Alcalá - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation experiments in metal surfaces are characterized by the onset of plastic
instabilities along with the development of permanent nanoimprints and dense defect …

Investigation of grain size and geometrically necessary dislocation density dependence of flow stress in Mg-4Al by using nanoindentation

E Song, MT Andani, A Misra - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Models for grain size dependence of flow stress typically ignore contributions from
geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) in the grain boundary regions. Ashby had …

Effects of rare-earth element, Y, additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy

LJ Zhang, MD Zhang, Z Zhou, JT Fan, P Cui… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The effects of rare-earth element, Y, additions on the microstructures and mechanical
properties of CoCrFeNi alloy have been investigated. The new series of CoCrFeNiY x (x= 0 …

Effect of Ti on microstructures and mechanical properties of high entropy alloys based on CoFeMnNi system

P Cui, Y Ma, L Zhang, M Zhang, J Fan, W Dong… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the microstructures and mechanical properties of CoFeMnNiTi x (where the
molar ratio (x) is 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75) high entropy alloys were examined. Both the …

Rate-dependent transition of dislocation mechanisms in a magnesium alloy

XY Xu, CP Huang, HY Wang, YZ Li, MX Huang - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The limited slip systems of magnesium (Mg) and its alloys hamper their widespread
applications in key areas. Rational design of such lightweight alloys requires fundamental …

Nanoindentation behavior of high entropy alloys with transformation-induced plasticity

S Sinha, RA Mirshams, T Wang, SS Nene, M Frank… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Nanoindentation of three metastable dual-phase high entropy alloys (HEAs) was performed
to obtain their inherent elastoplastic deformation responses. Excellent combination of …

Nanoindentation size effect on stochastic behavior of incipient plasticity in a LiTaO3 single crystal

Y Ma, X Huang, W Hang, M Liu, Y Song, J Yuan… - Engineering Fracture …, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated the characteristic of first pop-in event under spherical nanoindentation in
the typical orientation (0 1 1¯ 2), ie, Y-42° plane of a LiTaO 3 single crystal. Three spherical …