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Mechanisms responsible for the embrittlement of leaded "free-machining" copper alloys at intermediate temperatures (i.e. around 400 °C) are examined using a combination of microstructural and mechanical characterization. Tensile tests are conducted on pure ...
Al-Zn-Si alloy coatings are widely used for the corrosion protection of steel sheets. In addition to the favorable corrosion properties, the Al-43wt%Zn-1.6wt%Si coatings present several features which are of metallurgical interest. The first one is their s ...
Solute drag in solute-strengthened alloys, caused by diffusion of solute atoms around moving dislocations, controls the stress at deformation rates and temperatures useful for plastic forming processes. In the technologically important Al-Mg alloys, the so ...
From airplanes to sailboats to bridges, composite materials have become a significant part of our everyday structures. With increasing demand, these materials are pushed to their limits to improve structural efficiency. As a consequence, research and devel ...
The role of a simple surface defect, such as a step, for relaxing the stress applied to a semiconductor, has been investigated by means of large-scale first-principles calculations. Our results indicate that the step is the privileged site for initiating p ...
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to study the interaction between nanometric Cr precipitates and a 1/2 < 111 >>{110} edge dislocation (ED) in pure Fe and Fe-9 at. % Cr (Fe-9Cr) random alloy. The aim of this work is to estimate the vari ...
The Haasen plot (inverse activation area 1/Delta alpha vs. offset flow stress sigma-sigma(s)) for solute-strengthened alloys is usually assumed additive, 1/Delta alpha = 1/Delta alpha(s) + 1/Delta alpha(f), with 1/Delta alpha(f) similar to beta(sigma-sigma ...
Despite significant advances in computational materials science, a quantitative, parameter-free prediction of the mechanical properties of alloys has been difficult to achieve from first principles. Here, we present a new analytic theory that, with input f ...
Aluminium (Al 99.99 % purity) and aluminium alloy Al-5.7Ni and Al-5Mg (wt.%) open-cell foams made by replication processing are creep-tested in the temperature range T/Tm=0.5-0.8, varying the relative density between 0.10 and 0.25. Steady state creep rates ...
Repeated stress-relaxation experiments are conducted from RT to 1073 K on three different gamma + alpha(2) TiAl alloys (Ti-46Al with 8Ta, 8Nb or 7Nb) One is a conventional duplex alloy, the two other are novel "convoluted" cast titanium aluminides develope ...
