Abstract
We investigated the strain rate sensitivity (SRS) of freestanding ultrafine-grained aluminum films with similar thickness (~ 240 nm) and mean grain size (~ 275 nm) but highly dissimilar texture. For (110) textured bicrystalline films, flow stress increased by 14% (m = 0.017) as the strain rate was varied from ~ 7 × 10- 6/s to 5 × 10- 3/s. In contrast, for non-textured films the flow stress increased by more than 90% (m = 0.103) over a similar strain rate range. The drastic difference in SRS can be explained by texture-induced changes in deformation mechanisms of the films, as revealed by in situ TEM straining experiments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 65-69 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 114 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 2016 |
Keywords
- Grain rotation
- Strain rate sensitivity
- TEM
- Texture
- Thin films
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metals and Alloys