Anomalous mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline binary alloys under extreme conditions

S. A. Turnage, M. Rajagopalan, K. A. Darling, P. Garg, C. Kale, B. G. Bazehhour, I. Adlakha, B. C. Hornbuckle, C. L. Williams, P. Peralta and K. N. Solanki ()
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S. A. Turnage: Arizona State University
M. Rajagopalan: Arizona State University
K. A. Darling: Aberdeen Proving Ground
P. Garg: Arizona State University
C. Kale: Arizona State University
B. G. Bazehhour: Arizona State University
I. Adlakha: Arizona State University
B. C. Hornbuckle: Aberdeen Proving Ground
C. L. Williams: Aberdeen Proving Ground
P. Peralta: Arizona State University
K. N. Solanki: Arizona State University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Fundamentally, material flow stress increases exponentially at deformation rates exceeding, typically, ~103 s−1, resulting in brittle failure. The origin of such behavior derives from the dislocation motion causing non-Arrhenius deformation at higher strain rates due to drag forces from phonon interactions. Here, we discover that this assumption is prevented from manifesting when microstructural length is stabilized at an extremely fine size (nanoscale regime). This divergent strain-rate-insensitive behavior is attributed to a unique microstructure that alters the average dislocation velocity, and distance traveled, preventing/delaying dislocation interaction with phonons until higher strain rates than observed in known systems; thus enabling constant flow-stress response even at extreme conditions. Previously, these extreme loading conditions were unattainable in nanocrystalline materials due to thermal and mechanical instability of their microstructures; thus, these anomalies have never been observed in any other material. Finally, the unique stability leads to high-temperature strength maintained up to 80% of the melting point (~1356 K).

Date: 2018
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