High/medium entropy alloys(H/MEAs)are generally possible to exhibit chemical short-range order(SRO).However,the complex role of SRO on mechanical properties from nano-scale to meso-scale is still challenging so far.He...High/medium entropy alloys(H/MEAs)are generally possible to exhibit chemical short-range order(SRO).However,the complex role of SRO on mechanical properties from nano-scale to meso-scale is still challenging so far.Here,we study the strengthening mechanism and deformation behavior in a model body-centered-cubic HfNbTa MEA by using atomic-scale molecular dynamics,micro-scale dislocation dynamics,and meso-scale crystal plasticity finite element.The SRO inhibits dislocation nucleation at the atomic scale,improving the flow stress.The SRO-induced ultrastrong local stress fluctuation greatly improves the micro-scale dislocation-based strength by the significant dislocation forest strengthening.Moreover,the Ta-rich locally ordered structure leads to an obvious heterogeneous strain and stress partitioning,which forms a strong strain gradient in the adjacent grain interiors and contributes to the strong back-stress-induced strain hardening.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12372069,12302083,and 12172123)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant Nos.2023M731061 and BX20230109)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant No.2022JJ20001)Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate(Grant No.CX20220378)Peter K.Liaw very much appreciates the support from the National Science Foundation(Grant Nos.DMR-1611180,1809640,and 2226508).
文摘High/medium entropy alloys(H/MEAs)are generally possible to exhibit chemical short-range order(SRO).However,the complex role of SRO on mechanical properties from nano-scale to meso-scale is still challenging so far.Here,we study the strengthening mechanism and deformation behavior in a model body-centered-cubic HfNbTa MEA by using atomic-scale molecular dynamics,micro-scale dislocation dynamics,and meso-scale crystal plasticity finite element.The SRO inhibits dislocation nucleation at the atomic scale,improving the flow stress.The SRO-induced ultrastrong local stress fluctuation greatly improves the micro-scale dislocation-based strength by the significant dislocation forest strengthening.Moreover,the Ta-rich locally ordered structure leads to an obvious heterogeneous strain and stress partitioning,which forms a strong strain gradient in the adjacent grain interiors and contributes to the strong back-stress-induced strain hardening.
