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Instructor: Yuntian Zhu Office: 308 RBII Ph: 513-0559 ytzhu@ncsu Lecture 5

MSE 791 : Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials Module 3: Fundamental Physics and Materials Design. Instructor: Yuntian Zhu Office: 308 RBII Ph: 513-0559 ytzhu@ncsu.edu Lecture 5

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Instructor: Yuntian Zhu Office: 308 RBII Ph: 513-0559 ytzhu@ncsu Lecture 5

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  1. MSE 791: Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured MaterialsModule 3: Fundamental Physics and Materials Design Instructor: Yuntian Zhu Office: 308 RBII Ph: 513-0559 ytzhu@ncsu.edu Lecture 5 Grain size effect on deformation twinning and detwinning in CG and NC fcc metals. Optimal grain size 1

  2. Grain Size effect on twining in CG samples Smaller grains are harder to deform by twining Hall-Petch relationship: Dislocation slip: Twinning: 2

  3. Grain Size effect on twining in CG samples Smaller grains are harder to deform by twining Hall-Petch relationship: Dislocation slip: Twinning: 3

  4. Grain size effect on deformation twinning • To twin or not to twin? A controversy on twinning • MD simulations by Dr. Van Swygenhoven’s group • In nc Al, Ni and Cu, twins are rarely observed (Nature Mater. 3 (2004) 399; Adv. Eng. Mater. 7 (2005) 16) • MD simulations by Dr. Wolf’s group • In nc Al, twins are frequently observed (Nature Mater. 1 (2002) 45; 2 (2004) 43) • Experimental Observations • In nc Al, Cu and Ni, twins were observed Who is right? No One is Wrong!!!

  5. Grain size effect on deformation twinning Statistical grain-size effect on the formations of stacking faults and deformation twins in NC Ni. Physical Review Letters, 101 (2008) 025503.

  6. Grain size effect Optimum grain size for twinning • Coarse-grained fcc metal: • Smaller grains are harder to twin • nc fcc metal: larger grains: • Smaller grains are easier to twin • Normal grain size effect • nc fcc metal: smaller grains • Smaller grains are harder to twin • Maximum grain size for stacking fault • Inverse grain size effect Twinning difficulty Grain Size

  7. Similar results also observed in Cu Zhang, Lu, Wang, Li, Sun, Ma, PRB, 81, 172104 (2010)

  8. What’s the reason for the observed inverse grain size effect and optimum grain size for twinning?

  9. t 1/d 1/dc tpincreases at a slower rate with decreasing d than tL Emission of partials = twin formation Theory #1: Smaller grain size favors partial activation continuously from the CG to nano grain range (Chen et al, Science, 300 (2003) 1275; Liao et al, Phil. Mag. 83 (2003) 3065/our work) The stress for activating partial dislocation is (Venables, Phil Mag. 6 (1961) 379): The stress for activating lattice dislocation is (Johari&Thomas, Acta Met. 2 (1964) 1152):

  10. 3 systems: t (111) a Screw60°I 60°II Our model extends beyond the previous modelsZhu et al, APL, 85 (2004) 5049.(LANL+UCD) • Assumption: • Dislocation emission from grain boundaries • Simplification: • Square grain • Straight dislocation line • Non-relaxed dislocation line on GB d • Stress for emitting a 30° partial needs to overcome: • The lengthening of partial dislocation line on the GB • The increase of total stacking fault energy b1

  11. t (111) a Critical Stresses vs Grain Sizes at Two angles d a=90 b Driving force = tb d, Dragging force is independent of d More difficult for dislocation slip with smaller grain size

  12. Our Analytical Model on Twinning Stresses vs Grain Sizes (Al) After considering all a values (stress orientations) Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5049 (2004).

  13. Minimum Shear Stresses for deformation twinning: Critical stress for deformation twinning: Optimum grain sizes for deformation twinning: Prog. Mater. Sci. 57 (2012) 1-62.

  14. Compare with Experimental Observations Critical stresses and optimum grain size range for twin nucleation

  15. Generalized planar fault energy effect Generalized Planar Fault Energy for Ni b1 b2 b Conventional wisdom: nc-Ni should deform by full dislocation, with no stacking fault or twin Recent MD simulations: Nano-Ni should deform by partial dislocation emission from grain boundaries, creating stacking fault, but not twins (Van Swygenhoven, Nature Mater. 3 (2004) 399 ). The observed inverse grain size effect explains/reconciles the controversy

  16. Detwinning is also affected by grain size Physical Review B, 84, 235401 (2011).

  17. Mechanism for the grain size effect on detwinning Schematics of the grain size effect on the twinning and de-twinning tendency Physical Review B, 84, 235401 (2011).

  18. Homework, due in one week • Lecture 5: 2 18

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