Studies of grain boundary regions in deformed polycrystalline aluminum using spherical nanoindentation

Vachhani, Shraddha J.; Doherty, Roger D.; Kalidindi, Surya R.

doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2016.01.001

Title: Studies of grain boundary regions in deformed polycrystalline aluminum using spherical nanoindentation

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · International Journal of Plasticity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2016.01.001· OSTI ID:1468570

Vachhani, Shraddha J. ^[1]; Doherty, Roger D. ^[2]; Kalidindi, Surya R. ^[3]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Here, we use novel protocols based on spherical nanoindentation and orientation imaging microscopy (OIM) to quantify the local changes in slip resistances in the grain boundary regions of deformed, polycrystalline aluminum. The new protocols involve the use of the recently developed methods for extracting indentation stress–strain (ISS) curves from raw nanoindentation data in conjunction with the measurement of local microstructure at the indentation site using OIM to study the changes in the local slip resistances as a function of distance from the grain boundaries. Eight grain boundaries were selected for this work such that they included a broad range of boundaries, including low and high (grain-to-grain misorientation) angle boundaries as well as low, moderate, and high deviations in the Taylor factors of the grains on either side of the boundary. It was concluded that there was additional hardening in the grain boundary region when a Taylor ‘soft’ grain was present next to a Taylor ‘hard’ grain. This hardening was consistently observed on the soft grain side with one exception where hardening was observed on both sides of the boundary. A positive correlation was observed between the difference in Taylor factor across the boundary and the amount of hardening on the ‘soft’ grain side. However, no correlation was observed between the grain-to-grain misorientation angle and the extent of hardening at the grain boundary.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1468570

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1359205

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-26113

Journal Information:: International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 81, Issue C; ISSN 0749-6419

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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