Reverse Plasticity in Nanoindentation

2007 ◽  
Vol 1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjiang Huang ◽  
Nursiani Indah Tjahyono ◽  
Jun Shen ◽  
Yu Lung Chiu

AbstractThis paper summarises our recent cyclic nanoindentation experiment studies on a range of materials including single crystal and nanocrystalline copper, single crystal aluminium and bulk metallic glasses with different glass transition temperatures. The unloading and reloading processes of the nanoindentation curves have been analysed. The reverse plasticity will be discussed in the context of plastic deformation mechanisms involved. The effect of loading rates on the mechanical properties of materials upon cyclic loading will also be discussed.

2010 ◽  
Vol 146-147 ◽  
pp. 517-521
Author(s):  
Sheng Hui Xie ◽  
Xie Rong Zeng ◽  
Dong Ju Fu ◽  
Lei Zhao ◽  
Qiang Hu

Cu47.5Zr47.5Al5 bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) were cast from the melt temperature 1143 to 1373 K. The structure, thermal and mechanical properties of the BMGs were investigated by XRD, DSC, HRTEM, dilatometric measurements, micro-hardness tests and uniaxial compression. The results indicate that the microstructure and mechanical performance of BMGs are closely affected by the casting temperature. Proper casting temperature ensures the BMGs with large relaxed excess free volume (REFV) and nano-crystallites, which favor the plastic deformation in Cu47.5Zr47.5Al5 BMGs. Regulating the preparing parameters is an important solution to good plasticity in BMGs.


2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 253-258
Author(s):  
Wei Ping Hu ◽  
Si Yuan Zhang ◽  
Xiao Yu He ◽  
Zhen Yang Liu ◽  
Rolf Berghammer ◽  
...  

An aged Al-5Zn-1.6Mg alloy with fine η' precipitates was grain refined to ~100 nm grain size by severe plastic deformation (SPD). Microstructure evolution during SPD and mechanical behaviour after SPD of the alloy were characterized by electron microscopy and tensile, compression as well as nanoindentation tests. The influence of η' precipitates on microstructure and mechanical properties of ultrafine grained Al-Zn-Mg alloy is discussed with respect to their effect on dislocation configurations and deformation mechanisms during processing of the alloy.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianmin Yin ◽  
Yifan Dai ◽  
Hao Hu

Abstract In order to obtain ultra-smooth surfaces of single-crystal silicon in ultra-precision machining, an accurate study of the deformation mechanism, mechanical properties, and the effect of oxide film under load is required. The mechanical properties of single-crystal silicon and the phase transition after nanoindentation experiments are investigated by nanoindentation and Raman spectroscopy, respectively. It is found that pop-in events appear in the theoretical elastic domain of single-crystal silicon due to the presence of oxide films, which directly leads the single crystal silicon from the elastic deformation zone into the plastic deformation zone. In addition, the mechanical properties of single-crystal silicon are more accurately measured after it has entered the full plastic deformation.


Author(s):  
Kobra Tajaddodi Talab ◽  
Mohd. Nordin Ibrahim ◽  
Sergey Spotar ◽  
Rosnita A. Talib ◽  
Kharidah Muhammad

Abstract Glass transition temperatures (Tg) of MR219 rice variety were measured by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). State diagram was developed and used to evaluate drying process in this study. Glass transition temperatures range of 9.65- 61.79°C were observed for gains with moisture content of 26.8 – 7.4% (w.b.). For mechanical properties and milling test, statistical analysis was performed by using a two factor experiment in completely randomized design (CRD). Two selected factors were drying temperatures at 5 levels (40, 45, 50, 55, and 60°C) and final moisture content (FMC) at 4 levels (10-10.5, 11-11.5, 12-12.5 and 13-13.5%). Three–point bending test was applied to measure the mechanical properties of rice kernel. Generally, bending strength, apparent modulus of elasticity and fracture energy of brown rice kernel increased with decreasing the grain moisture content. Maximum bending strength was 35.69 and 33.64 MPa for 55, and 60°C, respectively. All samples that were dried at 55 and 60°C experienced to go through the glass transition line after reaching their temperature to the room temperature at the end of drying process. The effect of drying temperature, paddy FMC and their interactions on whole kernel percentage (WKP) and mechanical properties were significant (α = 0.05). An inverse relationship was observed between WKP and the percentage of strong kernels for all treatments.


1998 ◽  
Vol 554 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Pelletier ◽  
Y. Jacquemard ◽  
J. Perez ◽  
R. Perrier de la Bathie

AbstractTwo Zr-base bulk metallic glasses were investigated in the present work. DSC experiments were performed at different heating rates (dT/dt). Evolution of the characteristic temperatures, glass transition and onset of crystallisation, were determined as a function of dT/dt. Evolution of shear elastic modulus and internal friction are measured as a function of temperature and resulting microstructural evolution; these evolutions are related to variation of the atomic mobility.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 3620-3627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Han ◽  
Yi Li

The morphology of the fracture surfaces of a bulk metallic glass (BMG) tested under compression was systematically studied. Experimental results showed that the fracture surface always comprises two kinds of zones, starting with a relatively smooth zone followed by the second zone with vein patterns. It implies strongly that the plastic deformation of BMGs always starts with a cooperative shear. The following catastrophic fracture characterized by the vein patterns may or may not occur, depending on the magnitude of this shear, which is controlled by the sample size and machine stiffness. This phenomenon was interpreted based on the temperature rise resulting from the work done during the cooperative shear. It revealed that for small samples, the shear is so small that the temperature increase is insignificant, accounting for the extensive serrated flow, while the temperature increase in samples beyond a critical size is sufficiently high so that the temperatures are higher than the glass transition temperature or even the melting temperature, leading to catastrophic fracture.


1988 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 747-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Sain ◽  
I. Hudec ◽  
J. Beniska ◽  
P. Rosner

Abstract The incorporation of a phase modifier, as is well known in the case of elasto-plastic blends, leads to an improvement of mechanical properties and brittleness character for PRP-EVA blends. Similarly, the influence of a cocuring agent and a phase modifier on NR-PRP blends also improved the mechanical properties. Although the modification of the PRP-EVA blend has very little influence on glass transition temperatures, the NR-PRP blends show a measurable shift in their glass-transition temperatures. It is demonstrated that strong interaction occurs between the elastic and plastic components of the blends. Further, it has been shown that this interaction is responsible for improved properties of the blends over that of the pure polymer components.


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