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The effects of neutron irradiation on austenitic stainless steels, usually used for the manufacturing of internal elements of nuclear reactors (e.g. the core shrouds), are the alteration of the microchemistry and the microstructure, and, as a consequence, ...
Irradiation is known to lead to a degradation of the mechanical properties of materials. This is particularly crucial in the case of materials that will be used in the future thermonuclear fusion reactor, where extremely high irradiation doses are expected ...
The strain-hardening behaviour of a tempered martensitic iron-chromium-carbon model was examined in terms of dislocation mechanics. Tensile tests of this body-centered cubic alloy were carried out from 77 up to 293 K. A specific relationship between the fl ...
We present an atomistic study of the plastic deformation mechanisms occurring in columnar structures of nanocrystalline Ni, with particular emphasis on the process of dislocation emission form the grain boundaries. The samples are constructed with grain bo ...
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 ...
The rheological behavior of a solidifying alloy is modeled by considering the deforming material as a viscoplastic porous medium saturated with liquid. Since the solid grains in the mush do not form a fully cohesive skeleton, an internal variable that repr ...
Microstructural analysis and mechanical testing have been performed on two types of nanocrystalline (NC) Ni samples and compared to coarse-grained (CG) Ni. The NC electrodeposited (ED) Ni is characterized by a mean grain size of 21 nm, a narrow grain size ...
Tensile properties and microstructure of Danocrystalline electrodeposited Ni at temperatures between room temperature and 330° C are presented. Above 300° C low flow stress and high tensile elongation are observed along with grain growth and segreg ...
Molecular simulations using the quasicontinuum method are performed to understand the mechanical response at the nanoscale of grain boundaries (GBs) under simple shear. The energetics and mechanical strength of 18 Sigma (I 10) symmetric tilt GBs and two Si ...
Dislocation velocities and mobilities are studied using molecular dynamics simulations for edge and screw dislocations in pure aluminium and nickel, and edge dislocations in Al-2.5%Mg and Al-5.0%Mg random substitutional alloys using EAM potentials. In the ...