Dr. Velilla-Díaz is a researcher and assistant professor at the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia. His work emphasizes the influence of microstructural features, such as grain boundaries, dislocations, and defects, on the fracture mechanics and fatigue crack growth of metals.
Abstract
Grain boundaries (GBs) are relevant as structural barriers for deformations in nano-crystalline materials and their resistance against fatigue crack propagation. The overall behavior of the material’s microstructure is the result of a complex interaction of multiple grains with a variety of relative orientations and their mechanical response in the presence of small defects. The effect of the grain boundaries on the crack propagation constitutes an important factor to determine the mechanical behavior of nano-materials under static and dynamic loads. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of relative tilt and twist angles on the crack propagation of single edge cracked bi-crystlas of a FCC microstructure. In this research, molecular dynamics simulations at room temperature under increasing cyclic loads are performed to characterize the effect of different grain miss-orientations on the crack propagation. The results show that high twist angles have a greater effect on the resistance to crack propagation.Session
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Room 7 | Thursday 30th November | 14:30-15:00 | Wilmer Velilla-Díaz S08-5 Fatigue and manufacturing process 68 - Effect of the grain boundary on the fatigue crack growth for aluminium bi-crystals |