Exploring novel deformation mechanisms in aluminum–copper alloys using in situ 4D nanomechanical testing
Abstract
Even after nearly a century of extensive use of aluminum alloys in structural applications, our understanding of such precipitation-strengthened materials is far from complete. With the advent of next generation advanced characterization techniques, our ability to probe materials in unique ways and at different length scales has established a new paradigm for devising new pathways to alloy design by engineering materials and tailoring specific properties at the nanoscale. Here, we perform in situ nanomechanical testing in conjunction with synchrotron -based hard X-ray nanotomography to capture initiation and evolution of damage in 3D in Al-Cu alloys. Precipitates in these alloys are seen to exhibit unprecedented localized deformation in compression, which is attributed to novel observations of kinking in these brittle second-phase particles, accompanied with the generation of a fine polycrystalline texture in the adjacent matrix. We observe a size-dependent transition in precipitate deformation behavior that has been thoroughly investigated using a comprehensive correlative approach.
- Authors:
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- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory - U.S. Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1571280
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1543047
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Acta Materialia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 176; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Aluminum alloys; In situ mechanical testing; Precipitates; Synchrotron tomography; Transmission x-ray microscopy
Citation Formats
Kaira, C. Shashank, Stannard, Tyler J., De Andrade, Vincent, De Carlo, Francesco, and Chawla, Nikhilesh. Exploring novel deformation mechanisms in aluminum–copper alloys using in situ 4D nanomechanical testing. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2019.07.016.
Kaira, C. Shashank, Stannard, Tyler J., De Andrade, Vincent, De Carlo, Francesco, & Chawla, Nikhilesh. Exploring novel deformation mechanisms in aluminum–copper alloys using in situ 4D nanomechanical testing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.07.016
Kaira, C. Shashank, Stannard, Tyler J., De Andrade, Vincent, De Carlo, Francesco, and Chawla, Nikhilesh. Fri .
"Exploring novel deformation mechanisms in aluminum–copper alloys using in situ 4D nanomechanical testing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.07.016. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1571280.
@article{osti_1571280,
title = {Exploring novel deformation mechanisms in aluminum–copper alloys using in situ 4D nanomechanical testing},
author = {Kaira, C. Shashank and Stannard, Tyler J. and De Andrade, Vincent and De Carlo, Francesco and Chawla, Nikhilesh},
abstractNote = {Even after nearly a century of extensive use of aluminum alloys in structural applications, our understanding of such precipitation-strengthened materials is far from complete. With the advent of next generation advanced characterization techniques, our ability to probe materials in unique ways and at different length scales has established a new paradigm for devising new pathways to alloy design by engineering materials and tailoring specific properties at the nanoscale. Here, we perform in situ nanomechanical testing in conjunction with synchrotron -based hard X-ray nanotomography to capture initiation and evolution of damage in 3D in Al-Cu alloys. Precipitates in these alloys are seen to exhibit unprecedented localized deformation in compression, which is attributed to novel observations of kinking in these brittle second-phase particles, accompanied with the generation of a fine polycrystalline texture in the adjacent matrix. We observe a size-dependent transition in precipitate deformation behavior that has been thoroughly investigated using a comprehensive correlative approach.},
doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2019.07.016},
journal = {Acta Materialia},
number = C,
volume = 176,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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