Microstructural Stability of Nanostructured Fcc Metals During Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue

Download or read book Microstructural Stability of Nanostructured Fcc Metals During Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue written by Matthias Friedrich Funk and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanostructured metals with maximal grain or twin sizes of less than 100 nm have advanced properties like increased strength.As beneficial as these microstructures can be for the strength of materials, they are not infinitely stable. During mechanical loading these metals tend to coarsen and lose their beneficial structure. Besides electron microscopic analysis of fatigued samples, in situ cycling tests were conducted in order to observe structural degradation during mechanical loading.