Abnormal strain rate strengthening and strain hardening with constitutive modeling in body-centered cubic {332}< 113> TWIP titanium alloy

K Yao, X Min - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Metastable body-centered cubic titanium alloys exhibiting {332}< 113> twinning-induced
plasticity (TWIP) have attracted extensive attention owing to their remarkable strain …

Strong and plastic metallic composites with nanolayered architectures

ZH Cao, W Sun, YJ Ma, Q Li, Z Fan, YP Cai, ZJ Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metals and alloys are generally strong but lack strain hardening due to
enhanced grain boundary diffusion and sliding. Here, equal nanograined (ENG) and …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic deformation mechanisms in severely strained eutectic high entropy composites explained via strain rate sensitivity and activation volume

T Maity, KG Prashanth, Ö Balçi, Z Wang, YD Jia… - Composites Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Eutectic high entropy composites (EHECs) are novel class of material with excellent
combination of strength and ductility, thus having a large potential for industrial applications …

Tailoring strength and plasticity of Ag/Nb nanolaminates via intrinsic microstructure and extrinsic dimension

ZH Cao, YP Cai, C Sun, YJ Ma, MZ Wei, Q Li… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanolayered metallic composites usually deform via a transition from homogeneous
deformation to major shear banding with decreasing layer thickness, and thus the …

Unveiling the effect of cementite distribution on the deformation behavior of pearlitic steel wires under micropillar compression: A strain-gradient crystal plasticity …

AK Singh, KS Park, S Pawar, D Shin, D Jang… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study examines the deformation mechanisms in cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires using
micropillar compression tests. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) identified five distinct …

Mechanisms of plastic deformation and mechanical strengthening in nano-scale Ti-Ti2Cu eutectoids: A study combined molecular dynamics simulation and …

H Wang, C Yu, M Li, Y Zheng, J Chen, J Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ti-Cu eutectoid or near-eutectoid alloys were found to possess exceptional high strength
owning to the nano-scale lamellar structure of Ti 2 Cu and α-Ti after additive manufacturing …

Grain-size-dependent grain boundary deformation during yielding in nanocrystalline materials using atomistic simulations

SS Rajaram, A Gupta, GB Thompson, J Gruber… - Jom, 2020 - Springer
While the advantageous mechanical properties of nanocrystalline (NC) materials have
stimulated numerous studies over the past decade, fewer studies have looked at the onset of …

[HTML][HTML] Strain-rate and size dependence of gradient lamellar nickel investigated by in-situ micropillar compression

ZM Wang, YF Jia, JD Cai, YY Cui, X Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Strain rate plays a nonnegligible role in the plastic deformation behavior of metallic
materials with heterogeneous nanostructure, while little research focuses on the topic. In-situ …

Microstructural effect on time-dependent plasticity of nanoporous gold

NR Kang, EJ Gwak, H Jeon, E Song, JY Kim - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Annealed, prestrained, and ball-milled nanoporous gold (np-Au) samples were prepared.
Since the microstructures of the precursor alloys, such as the crystallographic orientation …

Significant strengthening of nanocrystalline Ni sub-micron pillar by cyclic loading in elastic regime

JA Lee, DH Lee, MY Seok, IC Choi, HN Han, TY Tsui… - Scripta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of cyclic load, with the maximum stress well within the elastic regime, on the
strength of nanocrystalline (nc) nickel was investigated through quasi-static compression …