Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2016
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
Major
Materials Science and Engineering
First Advisor
Richard A. LeSar
Second Advisor
Krishna Rajan
Abstract
Nanotwinned materials exhibit high strength combined with excellent thermal stability, making them potentially attractive for numerous applications. When deposited on cold substrates at high rates, for example, silver films can be prepared with a high-density of growth twins with an average twin boundary spacing of less than 10 nm. These films show a very strong {111} texture, with the twin boundaries being perpendicular to the growth direction. The origins of superior mechanical and thermal properties of nanotwinned materials, however, are not yet fully understood and need further improvements.
The aim of this research is to develop a connected experimental and theoretical/modeling study to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms that control the strength and stability of nanotwinned materials. To that end, we employed in-situ high-temperature nanoindentation to examine the mechanical behavior of nanotwinned materials. The hardness and strain rate were determined as a function of temperature, from which activation energies, activation volumes and strain rate sensitivities –which are fingerprints of dominant deformation mechanism- were determined. Furthermore, to better understand the physical phenomena that leads to their high strength, we have used the phase field dislocation dynamics (PFDD) model to study the effect of twin boundary spacing, grain size, applied stress on the stress driven emission and interaction of leading/trailing partial dislocations from grain boundary. Understanding both the mechanical properties of nanotwinned materials as well as how to control their structures will allow us to design better materials with desired properties.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-5670
Copyright Owner
Hakan Yavas
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
125 pages
Recommended Citation
Yavas, Hakan, "Mechanical Behavior of Nanotwinned Materials-Experimental and Computational Approaches" (2016). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 16043.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/16043
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