Mechanical properties of stabilized nanocrystalline FCC metals
Abstract
In this perspective, recent advances and current research challenges concerning the mechanical properties of stabilized nanocrystalline face-centered cubic (FCC) metals are discussed. First, a brief review of key experiments and modeling efforts over the last two decades is provided, with a focus on elucidating the mechanisms associated with plastic yield, hardening, and microstructure stabilization in nanocrystalline metals. This prior work has provided an understanding of the transition between dislocation-based and grain boundary-mediated mechanisms in plasticity and has identified several strategies to mitigate temperature or stress driven grain growth. Yet, the consequence of various stabilization methods on mechanical properties is not well understood. Future research challenges are presented in order to address this scientific gap, most critically the need to include grain boundary chemistry or grain boundary phases resulting from stabilization methods in new mechanistic theories for mechanical properties of nanocrystalline FCC metals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 17, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.5114706
Entities
People
- Ankit Gupta
- Douglas E Spearot
- Garritt J Tucker
- Gregory B. Thompson
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- Colorado School of Mines
- University of Alabama
- University of Florida