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Characterization Of Fcc Al-Cu-Ni-Mn-Ag High Entropy Alloy, Gina Zavala Alvarado Dec 2023

Characterization Of Fcc Al-Cu-Ni-Mn-Ag High Entropy Alloy, Gina Zavala Alvarado

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The effect of Ag on the microstructure developed in Al-Cu-Ni-Mn alloy has been determined. The modified Al-Cu-Ni-Mn alloy by Ag addition shows the presence of three microconstituents consisting of phases rich in (1) Cu, (2) Ni, and (3) Ag. The foregoing alloys heated for 24 hours from 600 to 1000 °C show excellent oxidation resistance. Oxide formation and microstructural changes of the alloy have been characterized by elemental mapping and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Results show that the elements of Al and Mn preferentially oxidize while Cu and Ni provide oxidation resistance to the alloy. Hardness was taken on the alloy …


Physics-Based Crystal Plasticity Model For Predicting Microstructure Evolution And Dislocation Densities, Juyoung Jeong Mar 2023

Physics-Based Crystal Plasticity Model For Predicting Microstructure Evolution And Dislocation Densities, Juyoung Jeong

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This work presents three different studies investigating plastic deformation mechanisms in metals and alloys using crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) modeling. The first study presents a new nonlocal crystal plasticity model for face-centered cubic single crystals under heterogeneous inelastic deformation. The model incorporates generalized constitutive relations that incorporate the thermally activated and drag mechanisms to cover different kinetics of viscoplastic flow in metals and describes the plastic flow and yielding of single-crystals using dislocation densities. The model is compared to micropillar compression experiments for copper single crystals and clarifies the complex microstructural evolution of dislocation densities in metals. The second …