scholarly journals Termination of local strain concentration led to better tensile ductility in multilayered 2N/4N Al sheet

2020 ◽  
Vol 782 ◽  
pp. 139240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojuan Jiang ◽  
Yu Bai ◽  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Guilin Wu ◽  
Si Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Ductility ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Strain Concentration

scholarly journals High-resolution image-based simulation reveals membrane strain concentration on osteocyte processes caused by tethering elements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuka Yokoyama ◽  
Yoshitaka Kameo ◽  
Hiroshi Kamioka ◽  
Taiji Adachi
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Mechanical Stimuli ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽  
Strain Concentration ◽  
Resolution Image ◽  
High Resolution Image ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
Irregular Shapes ◽  
Membrane Strain

AbstractOsteocytes are vital for regulating bone remodeling by sensing the flow-induced mechanical stimuli applied to their cell processes. In this mechanosensing mechanism, tethering elements (TEs) connecting the osteocyte process with the canalicular wall potentially amplify the strain on the osteocyte processes. The ultrastructure of the osteocyte processes and canaliculi can be visualized at a nanometer scale using high-resolution imaging via ultra-high voltage electron microscopy (UHVEM). Moreover, the irregular shapes of the osteocyte processes and the canaliculi, including the TEs in the canalicular space, should considerably influence the mechanical stimuli applied to the osteocytes. This study aims to characterize the roles of the ultrastructure of osteocyte processes and canaliculi in the mechanism of osteocyte mechanosensing. Thus, we constructed a high-resolution image-based model of an osteocyte process and a canaliculus using UHVEM tomography and investigated the distribution and magnitude of flow-induced local strain on the osteocyte process by performing fluid–structure interaction simulation. The analysis results reveal that local strain concentration in the osteocyte process was induced by a small number of TEs with high tension, which were inclined depending on the irregular shapes of osteocyte processes and canaliculi. Therefore, this study could provide meaningful insights into the effect of ultrastructure of osteocyte processes and canaliculi on the osteocyte mechanosensing mechanism.

Comparison of Fatigue Damage Estimates Using the ASME Code and Other Methods

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Som Chattopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Fatigue Curve ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Strain Concentration ◽  
Asme Code ◽  
Concentration Factors

Fatigue damage calculations have been performed in a specific design application using the method outlined in the ASME Code Section III as well as the local strain approach. For both methods, the finite element stress analysis results for a structural component subject to a specified set of transient loadings have been considered. The local strain approach is based on computing strain ranges from the elastic stresses using the material stress strain curve and Neuber’s rule. The allowable number of cycles is determined from the strain ranges and the continuous cycling fatigue curve for the material. A comparison of the fatigue damages predicted by the two methods demonstrates some of the conservatisms of the ASME Code procedure over the local strain approach. The sources of conservatism lie in the low cycle fatigue strain concentration factors and inherent safety factors in the design fatigue curves of the ASME Code. Some of the non-conservatisms in the ASME Code fatigue evaluation could primarily arise from the low cycle fatigue strain concentration factors for stress ranges in the vicinity of 3Sm for the material, a result based on experimental and finite element studies. We have also included an assessment approach based on a material distance parameter for the same problem.

Microstructure and Strain Distribution Influence on Failure Properties in Eutectic AlNi, AlFe Alloys

2007 ◽  
Vol 550 ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Olaru ◽  
Günter Gottstein ◽  
Andre Pineau
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Strain Distribution ◽  
Grain Orientation ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Tensile Ductility ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Small Strain ◽  
Plastic Strains ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Failure Properties

Eutectic AlNi, AlFe, alloys exhibit plastic strains to failure (usually in the range of 1%- 5%), that those of structural alloys. We have developed a technique to measure strains at the scale of the microstructure and have used this method to assess the variation in failure properties with microstructure. This method is capable of using the grayscale information in the image of a gridded sample to obtain sub-pixel marker displacement, and can therefore accurately determine small strain values. Microstructures that exhibit large variation in local strain distribution tend to have higher variability in tensile properties, particularly tensile ductility, compared to microstructures that accumulate strain more uniformly. Orientation and morphology of lamellar plates in lamellar colonies play, also, a role in influencing the distribution of strain. Local grain orientation, phase distribution and segregation are factors influencing the strain distribution, and therefore the properties of these materials.

scholarly journals Extreme Clusters of Grains in Random Microstructures of Polycrystals

2021 ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
A. A Tashkinov ◽  
V. E Shavshukov
Keyword(s):  
Uniaxial Tension ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Polycrystalline Materials ◽  
Strong Anisotropy ◽  
Local Strains ◽  
Strain Concentration ◽  
Failure Initiation ◽  
Machine Parts

It was experimentally observed that in polycrystalline materials under low macro loading of the specimen the first sites of failure initiation take place in the specific clusters of few grains. In some grains of these extreme clusters, the local (meso-) strains and stresses are high enough to cause first damages or plastic slips. In the stochastic microstructure of polycrystals, the formation of an extreme cluster is random and rare. Nevertheless, they govern the failure process initiation and can severely affect the reliability of polycrystalline machine parts. It is time and resource consuming to search and investigate extreme clusters on the real specimens of polycrystalline materials experimentally. A theoretical tool is desirable. Here we present the powerful computational method to look for extreme clusters, to investigate their possible patterns, and to evaluate the absolute maximums of local strains/stresses that can be achieved in these clusters. The experimentally observed clusters consist of few (3-4) preferably oriented neighboring grains or even of one big supergrain. The strain and stress bursts arise due to an interaction of the grains. One can expect that in bigger clusters, larger local bursts of fields can be generated. We found the typical forms of the extreme clusters (small and big) in four different polycrystals with grains of a weak and strong anisotropy for the case of uniaxial tension. In all regarded cases, the extreme clusters have the forms of the symmetrical patterns. In big clusters of highly anisotropic grains, the maximum of mesostrain exceeds the macrostrain by several times. In clusters of weakly anisotropic grains, the local strain concentration is rather moderate (tens of percents).

Quantitative analysis of in situ straining experiments in the case of strong frictional forces

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 570-571
Author(s):  
F. Louchet ◽  
L.P. Kubin
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Dislocation Line ◽  
Critical Length ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Local Flow ◽  
Double Kink ◽  
Dislocation Densities ◽  
Frictional Forces ◽  
Local Strain Rate

Investigation of frictional forces -Experimental techniques and working conditions in the high voltage electron microscope have already been described (1). Care has been taken in order to minimize both surface and radiation effects under deformation conditions.Dislocation densities and velocities are measured on the records of the deformation. It can be noticed that mobile dislocation densities can be far below the total dislocation density in the operative system. The local strain-rate can be deduced from these measurements. The local flow stresses are deduced from the curvature radii of the dislocations when the local strain-rate reaches the values of ∿ 10-4 s-1.For a straight screw segment of length L moving by double-kink nucleation between two pinning points, the velocity is :where ΔG(τ) is the activation energy and lc the critical length for double-kink nucleation. The term L/lc takes into account the number of simultaneous attempts for double-kink nucleation on the dislocation line.

TEM and cathodoluminescence of precipitates in II-VI semiconductors

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 488-489
Author(s):  
Joanna L. Batstone
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Growth ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Optoelectronic Device ◽  
Wide Band Gap ◽  
Bulk Crystal Growth ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Stoichiometry Control

Interest in II-VI semiconductors centres around optoelectronic device applications. The wide band gap II-VI semiconductors such as ZnS, ZnSe and ZnTe have been used in lasers and electroluminescent displays yielding room temperature blue luminescence. The narrow gap II-VI semiconductors such as CdTe and HgxCd1-x Te are currently used for infrared detectors, where the band gap can be varied continuously by changing the alloy composition x.Two major sources of precipitation can be identified in II-VI materials; (i) dopant introduction leading to local variations in concentration and subsequent precipitation and (ii) Te precipitation in ZnTe, CdTe and HgCdTe due to native point defects which arise from problems associated with stoichiometry control during crystal growth. Precipitation is observed in both bulk crystal growth and epitaxial growth and is frequently associated with segregation and precipitation at dislocations and grain boundaries. Precipitation has been observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) which is sensitive to local strain fields around inclusions.

Strain analysis with nanometer resolution using a conventional transmission electron microsopy technique: electron diffraction contrast imaging revisited

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 168-169
Author(s):  
Koenraad G F Janssens ◽  
Omer Van der Biest ◽  
Jan Vanhellemont ◽  
Herman E Maes ◽  
Robert Hull
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Strain Field ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Analysis ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
Strain Characterization ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Diffraction Contrast ◽  
Transmission Electron

There is a growing need for elastic strain characterization techniques with submicrometer resolution in several engineering technologies. In advanced material science and engineering the quantitative knowledge of elastic strain, e.g. at small particles or fibers in reinforced composite materials, can lead to a better understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms and thus to an optimization of material production processes. In advanced semiconductor processing and technology, the current size of micro-electronic devices requires an increasing effort in the analysis and characterization of localized strain. More than 30 years have passed since electron diffraction contrast imaging (EDCI) was used for the first time to analyse the local strain field in and around small coherent precipitates1. In later stages the same technique was used to identify straight dislocations by simulating the EDCI contrast resulting from the strain field of a dislocation and comparing it with experimental observations. Since then the technique was developed further by a small number of researchers, most of whom programmed their own dedicated algorithms to solve the problem of EDCI image simulation for the particular problem they were studying at the time.

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