Evolution of dislocation substructures in metals via high-strain-rate nanoindentation

Zhang, Yuwei; Hackett, Benjamin L.; Dong, Jiaqi; Xie, Kelvin Y.; Pharr, George M.

doi:10.1073/pnas.2310500120

Evolution of dislocation substructures in metals via high-strain-rate nanoindentation

Journal Article · Thu Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310500120· OSTI ID:2229009

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Department of Material Science and Engineering, Texas A&,M University, College Station, TX 77843

Deformation at high strain rates often results in high stresses on many engineering materials, potentially leading to catastrophic failure without proper design. High-strain-rate mechanical testing is thus needed to improve the design of future structural materials for a wide range of applications. Although several high-strain-rate mechanical testing techniques have been developed to provide a fundamental understanding of material responses and microstructural evolution under high-strain-rate deformation conditions, these tests are often very time consuming and costly. In this work, we utilize a high-strain-rate nanoindentation testing technique and system in combination with transmission electron microscopy to reveal the deformation mechanisms and dislocation substructures that evolve in pure metals from low (10 ^–2 s ^–1 ) to very high indentation strain rates (10 ⁴ s ^–1 ), using face-centered cubic aluminum and body-centered cubic molybdenum as model materials. The results help to establish the conditions under which micro- and macro-scale tests can be compared with validity and also provide a promising pathway that could lead to accelerated high-strain-rate testing at substantially reduced costs.

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Research Organization:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003857

OSTI ID:: 2229009

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2472107

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 50 Vol. 120; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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