Objective
A programme of theoretical and experimental research is planned for the analysis of physical and mechanical aspects of plastic deformation in novel materials: amorphous metal alloys, nanocrystals, nanophase composites and thin films. When the structure of a solid body changes from crystalline to amorphous, or the size of crystallites, thickness of a film, is very small (of the order of nanometers), most physical properties of the material suffer a noticeable change. The mechanical properties, in particular, are determined by the collective behaviour of different types of defects: dislocations, disclinations, grain and phase boundaries, pores and cracks.
Understanding the role of these defects in the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic scales is the central task of this project.
The stability of different defects in various classes of novel materials will be studied by adopting recent methods of non-linear science. The underlying objective is to determine possible reasons for defect patterning on microscopic and mesoscopic scales and to explore the relationship of these phenomena to the occurrence and description of plastic instabilities at the macroscopic level. Relevant experimental studies will be carried out with the help of metallography, electron microscopy, mechanical (ultrasonic) spectroscopy, and x-ray analysis. On the basis of the theoretical and experimental findings, new models describing the emergence and evolution of instabilities of plastic deformation and fracture in novel materials will be developed. It is expected that these results will provide new insight into the structure - properties relationships and the mechanical behaviour of novel materials including nanostructures and thin films. The participants in this project have effectively collaborated in the past on these subjects.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Coordinator
54006 Thessaloniki
Greece
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