3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
Embracing the chaos: Alloying adds stochasticity to twin embryo growth
Yang Hu, Vladyslav Turlo, Irene J. Beyerlein +4
High-throughput atomistic simulations reveal the unique effect of solute atoms on twin variant selection in Mg-Al alloys. Twin embryos first undergo a stochastic incubation stage w…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019
Disconnection-mediated twin embryo growth in Mg
Yang Hu, Vladyslav Turlo, Irene J. Beyerlein +4
While deformation twinning in hexagonal close-packed metals has been widely studied due to its substantial impact on mechanical properties, an understanding of the detailed atomic…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018
Atomistic modeling of interfacial segregation and structural transitions in ternary alloys
Yang Hu, Timothy J. Rupert
Grain boundary engineering via dopant segregation can dramatically change the properties of a material. For metallic systems, most current studies concerning interfacial segregatio…