Enhancing fatigue life by ductile-transformable multicomponent B2 precipitates in a high-entropy alloy

Rui Feng; You Rao; Chuhao Liu; Xie Xie; Dunji Yu; Yan Chen; Maryam Ghazisaeidi; Tamas Ungar; Huamiao Wang; Ke An; Peter. K. Liaw

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23689-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Enhancing fatigue life by ductile-transformable multicomponent B2 precipitates in a high-entropy alloy

Rui Feng,
You Rao,
Chuhao Liu,
Xie Xie,
Dunji Yu,
Yan Chen,
Maryam Ghazisaeidi,
Tamas Ungar,
Huamiao Wang,
Ke An,
Peter. K. Liaw

Affiliations

Rui Feng: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee
You Rao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Chuhao Liu: State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xie Xie: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee
Dunji Yu: Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yan Chen: Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Maryam Ghazisaeidi: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Tamas Ungar: Department of Materials Physics, Eötvös University Budapest
Huamiao Wang: State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ke An: Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peter. K. Liaw: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23689-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A fundamental understanding of fatigue-failure mechanisms is key to develop robust structural materials. Here the authors report a high entropy alloy with enhanced fatigue life by ductile transformable multicomponent B2 precipitates, as revealed by combined experimental and simulation methods.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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