Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Department of
First Advisor
Jeffrey E Shield
Second Advisor
Jian Wang
Date of this Version
3-2019
Abstract
Magnesium is the lightest engineering metal. Replacing steel with Mg based materials in automotive applications would lead to more than 40% weight reduction which significantly boost fuel efficiency. However, conventional Mg alloys typically suffer from low strength and poor deformability due to very few slip systems and easy twinning. Alloying Mg with other materials and microstructural engineering are promising approaches to increase ductility and strength of Mg According to Wang et al. interfaces with low energy and high coherency may effectively constrict the nucleation of twins in Mg In this work, the microstructure of Mg nano layers and nano rods were examined after deformation to determine the dominant deformation mechanisms
Comments
This research was presented as a poster in the Graduate Research Fair at the University of Nebraske-Lincoln in March 2019.