Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2006.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bellemare, Simon C. (Simon Claude)
Other Authors: Subra Suresh.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36207
_version_ 1811091763740278784
author Bellemare, Simon C. (Simon Claude)
author2 Subra Suresh.
author_facet Subra Suresh.
Bellemare, Simon C. (Simon Claude)
author_sort Bellemare, Simon C. (Simon Claude)
collection MIT
description Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2006.
first_indexed 2024-09-23T15:07:41Z
format Thesis
id mit-1721.1/36207
institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology
language eng
last_indexed 2024-09-23T15:07:41Z
publishDate 2007
publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology
record_format dspace
spelling mit-1721.1/362072019-04-10T14:18:56Z Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding Bellemare, Simon C. (Simon Claude) Subra Suresh. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2006. Includes bibliographical references. Over the past decade, many computational studies have explored the mechanics of instrumented normal indentation. In contrast, very few studies have investigated quantitative aspects of frictional sliding contact in the elasto-plastic regime. In this thesis, a new framework was developed to establish relationships between the frictional sliding response, material properties and contact parameters. Dimensional analysis enabled to define scaling variables and dimensionless functions. Finite element methods were used to simulate the process of steady-state frictional sliding and evaluate the dimensionless functions. In frictional sliding, the representative plastic strain was found to be more than four times as large as in normal indentation. Further comparison with indentation indicated a three fold increase in the maximum pile-up height and an increased influence of the strain hardening on hardness. Experimental studies were conducted with and without a liquid lubricant in selected material systems. Quantitative agreements with numerical predictions were observed in all cases. The strong influence of the strain hardening exponent on the pile-up height was illustrated from frictional sliding results obtained in copper and copper-zinc specimens of different grain sizes. (cont.) Also, the influence of hardening characteristics was illustrated by preparing two microstructures of an aluminum alloy to have the same indentation hardness. These materials with same indentation hardness showed significantly different hardness and pile-up in frictional sliding. Experiments were also carried out on nanocrystalline nickel and alloys of different grain sizes. The addition of tungsten did not change significantly the strain hardening behavior of nanocrystalline nickel but it did stabilize significantly the microstructure in repeated pass experiments. A reverse algorithm was developed to extract plastic flow properties from the frictional sliding response. This algorithm uses the scratch hardness and pile-up measurements to estimate yield strength and strain hardening exponent. Based on sensitivity analysis, the accuracy on these estimates is significantly improved as compared to reverse algorithms for instrumented indentation, especially for the strain hardening exponent. Frictional sliding is an alternative or complement to instrumented indentation. It can provide a different ranking of materials for their tribological resistance. It can also be used to estimate plastic flow properties. by Simon C. Bellemare. Ph.D. 2007-02-21T12:07:51Z 2007-02-21T12:07:51Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36207 76904424 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 109 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Materials Science and Engineering.
Bellemare, Simon C. (Simon Claude)
Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
title Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
title_full Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
title_fullStr Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
title_full_unstemmed Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
title_short Micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
title_sort micro and nano mechanics of materials response during instrumented frictional sliding
topic Materials Science and Engineering.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36207
work_keys_str_mv AT bellemaresimoncsimonclaude microandnanomechanicsofmaterialsresponseduringinstrumentedfrictionalsliding