The Materials Mechanics Modelling M3 group is exploring the imperfections of materials with computer simulations to improve materials performance and discover new materials with new functionalities.
At the Department of Mechanical Engineering, our research contributes to the Integrated Computational Materials research group using and exploring truly predictive materials simulations to develop and tune materials for diverse applications which rely on and are limited by unavoidable defects in materials.
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In-situ and in-silico investigations of hydrogen-induced deformation localisation Details click here Advancements in technology are enabled by materials that allow safe and efficient performance, ranging from turbines in airplanes and powerplants, to oil and gas pipelines and more lightweight transport materials that allow the reduction of carbon emissions. Engineering alloys are an enabler in our […]
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Scholarships are available Mechanics of nanostructured materials PhD project: The strength and reliability of engineering materials are related to the internal microstructure, which includes materials imperfections (eg, interfaces, impurities, dislocations) with their respective size and distances to each other. Nanostructured materials have extraordinary and unexpected properties compared to traditional engineering alloys due to a nanoscale […]
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117055 Abstract: In nanocrystalline diamond thin films, the high grain boundary density and the associated grain boundary properties may dominate the overall material behavior. In the present work, we systematically investigate (111) twist grain boundaries in diamond carbon by using atomistic simulations with Tersoff-type potential. Our work reveals the relation between atomic scale grain boundary […]