The origin of the boundary strengthening in polycrystal-inspired architected materials

Chen Liu (), Jedsada Lertthanasarn and Minh-Son Pham
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Chen Liu: Imperial College London
Jedsada Lertthanasarn: Imperial College London
Minh-Son Pham: Imperial College London

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Crystal-inspired approach is found to be highly successful in designing extraordinarily damage-tolerant architected materials. i.e. meta-crystals, necessitating in-depth fundamental studies to reveal the underlying mechanisms responsible for the strengthening in meta-crystals. Such understanding will enable greater confidence to control not only strength, but also spatial local deformation. In this study, the mechanisms underlying shear band activities were investigated and discussed to provide a solid basis for predicting and controlling the local deformation behaviour in meta-crystals. The boundary strengthening in polycrystal-like meta-crystals was found to relate to the interaction between shear bands and polygrain-like boundaries. More importantly, the boundary type and coherency were found to be influential as they govern the transmission of shear bands across meta-grains boundaries. The obtained insights in this study provide crucial knowledge in developing high strength architected materials with great capacity in controlling and programming the mechanical strength and damage path.

Date: 2021
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