Nanomaterials - Mechanics and Mechanisms

von: K.T. Ramesh

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9780387097831 , 343 Seiten

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Nanomaterials - Mechanics and Mechanisms


 

Preface

6

Acknowledgements

8

Contents

9

Acronyms

13

List of Figures

14

List of Tables

33

Nanomaterials

34

Length Scales and Nanotechnology

34

What are Nanomaterials?

36

Classes of Materials

38

Making Nanomaterials

39

Making dn Materials

39

Health Risks Associated with Nanoparticles

40

Making Bulk Nanomaterials

41

Closing

50

Suggestions for Further Reading

51

Problems and Directions for Research

51

References

52

Fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials

54

Review of Continuum Mechanics

54

Vector and Tensor Algebra

54

Kinematics of Deformations

58

Forces, Tractions and Stresses

62

Work and Energy

67

Field Equations of Mechanics of Materials

68

Constitutive Relations, or Mathematical Descriptions of Material Behavior

68

Elasticity

69

Plastic Deformation of Materials

76

Fracture Mechanics

86

Suggestions for Further Reading

90

Problems and Directions for Research

90

References

92

Nanoscale Mechanics and Materials: Experimental Techniques

93

Introduction

93

NanoMechanics Techniques

94

Characterizing Nanomaterials

96

Scanning Electron Microscopy or SEM

96

Transmission Electron Microscopy or TEM

97

X-Ray Diffraction or XRD

98

Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques

98

Atomic Force Microscopy or AFM

100

In situ Deformation

100

Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization

103

Sample and Specimen Fabrication

103

Nanoindentation

104

Microcompression

106

Microtensile Testing

114

Fracture Toughness Testing

118

Measurement of Rate-Dependent Properties

118

Suggestions for Further Reading

123

Problems and Directions for Research

123

References

123

Mechanical Properties: Density and Elasticity

126

Density Considered as an Example Property

126

The Rule of Mixtures Applied to Density

127

The Importance of Grain Morphology

132

Density as a Function of Grain Size

134

Summary: Density as an Example Property

136

The Elasticity of Nanomaterials

137

The Physical Basis of Elasticity

137

Elasticity of Discrete Nanomaterials

138

Elasticity of NanoDevice Materials

141

Composites and Homogenization Theory

142

Simple Bounds for Composites, Applied to Thin Films

144

Summary of Composite Concepts

147

Elasticity of Bulk Nanomaterials

148

Suggestions for Further Reading

149

Problems and Directions for Research

149

References

150

Plastic Deformation of Nanomaterials

151

Continuum Descriptions of Plastic Behavior

151

The Physical Basis of Yield Strength

152

Crystals and Crystal Plasticity

158

Strengthening Mechanisms in Single Crystal Metals

162

Baseline Strengths

163

Solute Strengthening

163

Dispersoid Strengthening

164

Precipitate Strengthening

165

Forest Dislocation Strengthening

165

From Crystal Plasticity to Polycrystal Plasticity

166

Grain Size Effects

168

Models for Hall-Petch Behavior

168

Other Effects of Grain Structure

180

Summary: The Yield Strength of Nanomaterials

184

Plastic Strain and Dislocation Motion

185

The Physical Basis of Strain Hardening

186

Strain Hardening in Nanomaterials

188

The Physical Basis of Rate-Dependent Plasticity

190

Dislocation Dynamics

190

Thermal Activation

192

Dislocation Substructure Evolution

196

The Rate-Dependence of Nanomaterials

197

Case Study: Behavior of Nanocrystalline Iron

202

Closing

205

Suggestions for Further Reading

205

Problems and Directions for Research

206

References

206

Mechanical Failure Processes in Nanomaterials

209

Defining the Failure of Materials

210

Failure in the Tension Test

213

Effect of Strain Hardening

214

Effect of Rate-Sensitivity

216

Multiaxial Stresses and Microscale Processes Within the Neck

218

Summary: Failure in the Simple Tension Test

219

The Ductility of Nanomaterials

220

Failure Processes

223

Nucleation of Failure Processes

224

The Growth of Failures

225

The Coalescence of Cracks and Voids

226

Implications of Failure Processes in Nanomaterials

226

The Fracture of Nanomaterials

227

Shear Bands in Nanomaterials

231

Types of Shear Bands

233

Shear Bands in Nanocrystalline bcc Metals

233

Microstructure Within Shear Bands

237

Effect of Strain Rate on the Shear Band Mechanism

240

Effect of Specimen Geometry on the ShearBand Mechanism

240

Shear Bands in Other Nanocrystalline Metals

241

Suggestions for Further Reading

241

Problems and Directions for Research

241

References

242

Scale-Dominant Mechanisms in Nanomaterials

244

Discrete Nanomaterials and Nanodevice Materials

244

Nanoparticles

244

Nanotubes

251

Nanofibers

254

Functionalized Nanotubes, Nanofibers, and Nanowires

255

Nanoporous Structures

255

Thin Films

256

Surfaces and Interfaces

256

Bulk Nanomaterials

257

Dislocation Mechanisms

257

Deformation Twinning

259

Grain Boundary Motion

264

Grain Rotation

265

Stability Maps Based on Grain Rotation

280

Multiaxial Stresses and Constraint Effects

285

Closing

285

Suggestions for Further Reading

285

Problems and Directions for Research

286

References

286

Modeling Nanomaterials

289

Modeling and Length Scales

289

Scaling and Physics Approximations

295

Scaling Up from Sub-Atomic Scales

296

The Enriched Continuum Approach

297

The Molecular Mechanics Approach

297

Molecular Dynamics

302

Discrete Dislocation Dynamics

305

Continuum Modeling

306

Crystal Plasticity Models

306

Polycrystalline Fracture Models

307

Theoretically Based Enriched Continuum Modeling

308

Strain Gradient Plasticity

315

Multiscale Modeling

317

Constitutive Functions for Bulk Nanomaterials

320

Elasticity

320

Yield Surfaces

321

Closing

322

Suggestions for Further Reading

323

Problems and Directions for Future Research

323

References

324

References

327

Index

338