Sentences with word «ductility»

For example, reactor vessel embrittlement [or loss of ductility] is a major issue.

«It's critical to have high strength and high ductility for such an axle component,» Gao said.

«This microstructure we developed breaks the traditional strength - ductility tradeoff barrier,» Wang said.

«This allowed us to double the strength without sacrificing ductility.»

It's not a good choice because of it's ductility for many applications, but for this sort of experiment copper wire works fine, just don't use more than a 1KG weight and you should have no problems.

Low ductility means a material is susceptible to catastrophic failure, such as suddenly snapping in half.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers, along with collaborators at Ames National Laboratory, Georgia Tech University and Oregon State University, have achieved a breakthrough in 3D printing one of the most common forms of marine grade stainless steel — a low - carbon type called 316L — that promises an unparalleled combination of high - strength and high - ductility properties for the ubiquitous alloy.

Copper nanoparticles smaller than 50 nm are considered super hard materials that do not exhibit the same malleability and ductility as bulk copper.

Our research showed significant improvements in both tensile strength and ductility after using the niobium master alloy.

A steel cylinder that has been deformed by twisting preserves ductility at the core (a).

A material that lacks ductility can shatter, causing a sudden and catastrophic failure.

«So it's critical in this kind of system to push this strength - ductility limit as far as possible.»

The result is a steel cylinder with the best of both worlds — the surface of the cylinder becomes stronger and more resistant to cracking, while the inside retains its original ductility.

Brittle intermetallic compound makes ultrastrong low - density steel with large ductility.

Even before exposure to radiation, the addition of this small amount of nanotubes improves the strength of the material by 50 percent and also improves its tensile ductility — its ability to deform without breaking — the team says.

«Interestingly, we found that this cellular structure acts such as a filter, allowing some defects to move freely and thus provide the necessary ductility while blocking some others to provide the strength.

«For steel, you want to make it stronger, but you lose ductility essentially; you can't have both.

The «weak beam» component is made of steel beams bolted to the Mass Timber panels to provide ductility in the system.

Due to wood's inherent ductility and unique strength to weight ratio, wood offers many advantages over the other common structural materials such as masonry, concrete, and steel.

The work took several years and required the contributions of the Ames Lab, which did X-ray diffraction to understand material performance; Georgia Tech, which performed modeling to understand how the material could have high strength and high ductility, and Oregon State, which performed characterization and composition analysis.

LLNL scientist Morris Wang (left) and postdoc researcher Thomas Voisin played key roles in a collaboration that successfully 3D printed one of the most common forms of marine grade stainless steel that promises to break through the strength - ductility tradeoff barrier.

Engineers at Brown University, three Chinese universities, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shown that when cylinders of steel are twisted, their strength is improved without sacrificing ductility.

Greater strength without loss of ductility.

If conventional IF steel is made strong enough to withstand 450 megapascals (MPa) of stress, it has very low ductility — the steel can only be stretched to less than 5 percent of its length without breaking.

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in 3D printing one of the most common forms of marine grade stainless steel — a low - carbon type called 316L — that promises an unparalleled combination of high - strength and high - ductility properties for the...

There's long been a problem with 3 - D - printed steel: you have to trade off strength for ductility.

As emergentists, too, would say; such properties as inflammability, ductility, and temperature of macro-objects are not among the properties of individual molecules or atoms.

«For both alloys we found the niobium grain refiner could mean an end to the over-engineering of cast components with potential weight savings of up to 30 per cent with no loss of strength or ductility.

Twin structures are known to make TWIP steel much stronger, but just like other ways of hardening steel, there's a ductility tradeoff.

Ductility is a measure of how much a material can stretch without breaking.

Graphene can sustain current densities six orders of magnitude higher than that of copper, shows record thermal conductivity and stiffness, is impermeable to gases, and reconciles such conflicting qualities as brittleness and ductility.

The problem is that methods of making steel stronger tend to sacrifice ductility and vice versa.

«New twist makes for better steel: Greater strength without loss of ductility.»

Strength and ductility are both crucial material properties, especially in materials used in structural applications.

Researchers from Brown University and universities in China have found a simple technique that can strengthen steel without sacrificing ductility.

In steel making, two desirable qualities — strength and ductility — tend to be at odds: Stronger steel is less ductile, and more ductile steel is not as strong.

«We call it the strength - ductility tradeoff,» said Huajian Gao, professor of engineering at Brown and senior author on this new research.

A good structural material will have the right balance of ductility — the ability to bend in response to stress — and strength.

«For example, NiFeCrCo - based high entropy alloys have a good combination of hardness, tensile strength, ductility, and fracture resistance at extremely low temperatures,» Irving says.

This leads to a reduction in the metal's ductility, or its ability to sustain a mechanical load before fracturing.

«Marine grade» stainless steel is valued for its performance under corrosive environments and for its high ductility — the ability to bend without breaking under stress — making it a preferred choice for oil pipelines, welding, kitchen utensils, chemical equipment, medical implants, engine parts...

However, conventional techniques for strengthening this class of stainless steels typically comes at the expense of ductility.

«Marine grade» stainless steel is valued for its performance under corrosive environments and for its high ductility — the ability to bend without breaking under stress — making it a preferred choice for oil pipelines, welding, kitchen utensils, chemical equipment, medical implants, engine parts and nuclear waste storage.

High - entropy alloys (HEAs) can have either high strength or high ductility, and a simultaneous achievement of both still constitutes a tough challenge.

Miralon products provide strength, ductility, electrical conductivity and thermal transport across several material formats including sheet, tape, yarn and dispersed products.

Oct. 30, 2017 - «Marine grade» stainless steel is valued for its performance under corrosive environments and for its high ductility — the ability to bend without breaking under stress — making it a preferred choice for oil pipelines, welding, kitchen utensils, chemical equipment, medical implants, engine parts...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- Researchers from Brown University and universities in China have found a simple technique that can strengthen steel without sacrificing ductility.

It has the stiffness of a normal casting and the ductility of a forging, which means the parts can be used as attachments points for the suspension while also acting in the front and rear crash structures.