Abstract
A recent experiment of layered stainless steel with nanostructured interface has suggested that a brittle interface can lead to an overall structure with high ductility. Here a cohesive finite element method is employed to investigate the paradox of a brittle nanostructured interface (nanograined interface layer) and a ductile layered stainless steel. Parametric studies show that the more brittle the nanograined interface layer is, the more micro-cracks the nanograined interface layer has, and the more ductile the layered stainless steel is.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 403-406 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- Ductility
- Finite element analysis
- Nanostructured materials
- Non-local damage initiation and evolution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics