Review of Size Effects during Micropillar Compression Test: Experiments and Atomistic Simulations

Shahbeyk, Sharif; Voyiadjis, George Z.; Habibi, Vahid; Astaneh, Sarah Hashemi; Yaghoobi, Mohammadreza

doi:10.3390/cryst9110591

Review of Size Effects during Micropillar Compression Test: Experiments and Atomistic Simulations

Journal Article · Sat Nov 09 23:00:00 EST 2019 · Crystals

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9110591· OSTI ID:1801848

Shahbeyk, Sharif ^[1]; Voyiadjis, George Z. ^[2]; Habibi, Vahid ^[3]; Astaneh, Sarah Hashemi ^[4]; Yaghoobi, Mohammadreza ^[5]

Tarbiat Modares Univ., Tehran (Iran). Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; OSTI
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States). Computational Solid Mechanics Lab. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
K. N. Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran (Iran). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Chemical Engineering Dept.
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Materials Science and Engineering

The micropillar compression test is a novel experiment to study the mechanical properties of materials at small length scales of micro and nano. The results of the micropillar compression experiments show that the strength of the material depends on the pillar diameter, which is commonly termed as size effects. In the current work, first, the experimental observations and theoretical models of size effects during micropillar compression tests are reviewed in the case of crystalline metals. In the next step, the recent computer simulations using molecular dynamics are reviewed as a powerful tool to investigate the micropillar compression experiment and its governing mechanisms of size effects.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008637

OSTI ID:: 1801848

Journal Information:: Crystals, Journal Name: Crystals Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 9; ISSN 2073-4352

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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