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Dislocation-Based Deformation Mechanisms in Metallic Nanolaminates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

P.M. Anderson ,
T. Foecke  and
P.M. Hazzledine
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The appeal of nanolayered materials from a mechanical viewpoint is that, in principle, plastic deformation can be confined to small volumes of material by Controlling both the frequency and magnitude of obstacles to dislocation motion. As we shall see, the spacing of obstacles can be used to impart large plastic anisotropy and work hardening. However, how strong can such materials be made as layer thickness (and therefore obstacle spacing) is decreased to the nanoscale level? In perspective, large, micron-scale, polycrystalline materials generally display improved yield strength (and fracture toughness) as grain size is decreased. This behavior at the micron scale can be explained via modeis that are built on two assumptions: (1) the strength of obstacles to crystal slip is sufficiently large to require pileups of numerous dislocations in order to slip past them; and (2) the strength of such obstacles does not change, even if their spacing is decreased. The modeling presented here shows that these assumptions may break down at the nanometer scale. The result is that there is a critical layer thickness in the nanometer range, below which improvement in strength does not occur.

Our discussion to follow briefly outlines a more macroscopic, micron-scale approach to determine yield strength, and then contrasts that with a sequence of events leading up to yield in nanolayered materials. We also address whether nanoscale materials are expected to exhibit more uniform or coarse slip than micron-scale materials. Finally, a semi-quantitative model of yield strength is developed which requires, as input, the strength of an interface to crystal slip transmission across it. We discuss several contributions to the interfacial strength and apply the theory to demonstrate a peak in strength for a 50 vol% Cu-50 vol% Ni multilayered sample.

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Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 27 - 33
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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