Scaling and complexity of stress fluctuations associated with smooth and jerky flow in a FeCoNiTiAl high-entropy alloy
arXiv:2310.12589 · doi:10.3390/met13101770
Abstract
Recent observations of jerky flow in high-entropy alloys (HEA) revealed a high role of self-organization of dislocations in their plasticity. The present work reports first results of investigation of stress fluctuations during plastic deformation of a FeCoNiTiAl alloy, examined in a wide temperature range covering both smooth and jerky flow. These fluctuations, which accompany the overall deformation behavior representing an essentially slower stress evolution controlled by the work hardening, were processed using complementary approaches comprising the Fourier spectral analysis, the refined composite multiscale entropy, and multifractal formalisms. The joint analysis at distinct scales testified that even a macroscopically smooth plastic flow is accompanied with nonrandom fluctuations, disclosing self-organized dynamics of dislocations. Qualitative changes in such a fine-scale "noise" were found with varying temperature. The observed diversity is significant for understanding the relationships between different scales of plasticity of HEAs and crystal materials in general.
arXiv comment13 pages main body, 6 figures, 2 appendices, 65 citations (22 pages overall)
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