Research
Additively manufactured alloys - crystal plasticity modeling
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W. Chen, T. Voisin, Y. Zhang, J. Florien, C. M. Spadaccini, D. L. McDowell, T. Zhu and Y. M. Wang. Microscale residual stresses in additively manufactured stainless steel. Nature Communications, 10, 4338 (2019)
J. Ren, Y. Zhang, D. Zhao, Y. Chen, S. Guan, Y. Liu, L. Liu, S. Peng, F. Kong, J. D. Poplawsky, G. Gao, T. Voisin, K. An, Y. M. Wang, K. Y. Xie, T. Zhu and W. Chen. Strong yet ductile nanolamellar high-entropy alloys by additive manufacturing. Nature, 608, 62–68 (2022)
High-entropy alloys - mesoscale and atomistic modeling
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Q. Ding, Y. Zhang, X. Chen, X. Fu, D. Chen, S. Chen, L. Gu, F. Wei, H. Bei, Y. Gao, M. Wen, J. Li, Z. Zhang, T. Zhu, R. O. Ritchie and Q. Yu. Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys. Nature, 574, 223-227 (2019)
Gradient nanostructured metals - strain gradient plasticity modeling
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Y. Zhang, Z. Cheng, L. Lu and T. Zhu. Strain gradient plasticity in gradient structured metals. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 140, 103946 (2020)
In situ nanomechanics - atomistic modeling and novel image processing methods
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L. Wang, Y. Zhang, Z. Zeng, H. Zhou, J. He, P. Liu, M. Chen, J. Han, D. J. Srolovitz, J. Teng, Y. Guo, G. Yang, D. Kong, E. Ma, Y. Hu, B. Yin, X. Huang, Z. Zhang, T. Zhu and X. Han. Tracking the sliding of grain boundaries at the atomic scale. Science, 375, 1261–1265 (2022)
In situ synchrotron diffraction mechanics - micromechanics modeling
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Y. Zhang, W. Chen, D. L. McDowell, Y. M. Wang and T. Zhu. Lattice strains and diffraction elastic constants of cubic polycrystals. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 138, 103899 (2020)