Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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References |
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1 Micromechanical experiments |
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1.1 Micromechanisms offracture in Al/SiC composites |
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1.1.1 Experimental procedure |
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1.1.2 Results of experiments and analysis |
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1.2 In-situ observation of damage evolution and fracture in AlSi cast alloys |
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1.2.1 Failure mechanisms of ductile materials |
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1.2.2 Experimental procedure |
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1.2.3 Experimental observations |
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1.2.4 Analysis of results |
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1.3 Micromechanisms of damage initiation and growth in tool steels |
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1.3.1 Micromechanisms of damage initiation in tool steels |
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1.3.2 Condition of failure of primary carbides in tool steels |
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2 Micromechanical simulation of composites |
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2.1.2 Systematic studies with self-consistent embedded cell models |
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2.2 Multiphase finite elements |
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2.2.1 3D multiphase finite element method |
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2.2.2 Multiphase finite element method and damage analysis |
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2.3 Automatic generation of 3D microstructure-based finite element models |
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2.3.1 Idealized microstructures of particle reinforced composites: multiparticle unit cells with spherical inclusions |
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2.3.2 Step-by-step packing approach to the 3D microstructural model generation and quasi-static analysis of elasto-plastic behavior of composites |
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3 Simulation of damage and fracture |
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3.1 Crack growth in multiphase materials |
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3.1.1 Failure phenomena and criteria for crack extension |
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3.1.2 Micromechanics of deformation in multiphase materials |
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3.2 Ductile damage and fracture |
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3.2.1 Numerical modelling of damage and fracture in Al/SiC composites: element removal method |
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3.2.2 FE analysis of fracture of WC-Co alloys: microvoid growth |
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3.2.3 Micromechanical simulation of crack growth in WC/Co using embedded unit cells |
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3.3 Damage and fracture of tool steels |
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3.3.1 Modeling of crack propagation in real and artificial microstructures of tool steels: simple microstructures |
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3.3.2 FE models of crack propagation tool steels: comparison of techniques and complex microstructures |
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3.4 Interface fracture: elastic and plastic fracture energies of metal/ceramic joints |
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3.4.1 Concept of modelling |
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4 Complex, graded and interpenetrating microstructures |
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4.1 Interpenetrating phase materials: matricity model and its applications |
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4.1.1 Matricity model approach |
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4.1.2 Some applications of the matricity model |
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4.2 Graded materials: mesoscale modelling |
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4.2.1 Multilayer model and functionally graded finite elements: application to the graded hardmetals |
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4.2.2 Graded multiparticle unit cells: damage analysis of metal matrix composites |
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4.2.3 Voxel-based FE mesh generation and damage analysis of composites |
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4.3 Material with structure gradient for milling applications: modelling and testing |
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5 Atomistic and dislocation modelling |
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5.1 Embedded atom potential for Fe-Cu interactions |
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5.1.1 Interatomic potentials for the pure components |
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5.1.2 Results for the Fe-Cu interaction |
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5.2 Atomistic simulations of deformation and fracture of α-Fe |
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5.2.2 Results: stress-strain curves and fracture patterns |
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5.3 Atomistic study of void growth in single crystalline copper |
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5.3.2 Results: influence of the crystal orientation of void growth |
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5.4 Atomic scale modelling of edge dislocation movement in the α-Fe-Cu system |
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5.4.1 The movement of an edge dislocation hitting a Cu precipitate |
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5.4.2 Derivation of dispersion strengthening from modelling |
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5.5 Molecular dynamics study on low temperature brittleness in tungsten |
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5.5.1 A combined model of molecular dynamics with micromechanics |
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5.5.2 Transformation from an atomistic dislocation to an elastic dislocation |
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5.5.3 Simulation of a brittle fracture process in tungsten single crystals |
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5.6 Simulation of the formation of Cu-precipitates in steels |
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5.6.1 Monte Carlo simulations |
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5.6.2 Simulation results: formation and growth of precipitates at different temperatures |
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5.7 Atomistic simulation of the pinning of edge dislocations |
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5.7.1 Molecular dynamics simulations for the analysis of the interaction of dislocations and precipitates |
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5.7.2 Determination of critical resolved shear stresses |
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Index |
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