Cao, Y. P.; Ma, D.; Raabe, D.: The use of flat punch indentation to determine the viscoelastic properties in the time and frequency domains of a soft layer bonded to a rigid substrate. Acta Biomaterialia 5 (1), pp. 240 - 248 (2009)
Cao, Y. P.; Xue, Z. Y.; Chen, X.; Raabe, D.: Correlation between the flow stress and the nominal indentation hardness of soft metals. Scripta Materialia 59, pp. 518 - 521 (2008)
Cao, Y. P.: Determination of the creep exponent of a power-law creep solid using indentation tests. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 11, pp. 159 - 173 (2007)
Balasundaram, K.; Cao, Y. P.; Raabe, D.: Investigating the Applicability of the Oliver & Pharr Method to the Nano-Mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter. Gerberich Symposium, 1st International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Halkidiki, Greece (2008)
Balasundaram, K.; Cao, Y. P.; Raabe, D.: Nanomechanics characterization of softmatter using nanoindentation. 11th GLADD Meeting, TU Gent, Belgium (2008)
Balasundaram, K.; Cao, Y. P.; Raabe, D.: Nano-mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter. Materials science Day, Mechanical Engineering Department at Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2008)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
This study investigates the mechanical properties of liquid-encapsulated metallic microstructures created using a localized electrodeposition method. By encapsulating liquid within the complex metal microstructures, we explore how the liquid influences compressive and vibrational characteristics, particularly under varying temperatures and strain…
In this project, we investigate a high angle grain boundary in elemental copper on the atomic scale which shows an alternating pattern of two different grain boundary phases. This work provides unprecedented views into the intrinsic mechanisms of GB phase transitions in simple elemental metals and opens entirely novel possibilities to kinetically engineer interfacial properties.
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
With the support of DFG, in this project the interaction of H with mechanical, chemical and electrochemical properties in ferritic Fe-based alloys is investigated by the means of in-situ nanoindentation, which can characterize the mechanical behavior of independent features within a material upon the simultaneous charge of H.
The full potential of energy materials can only be exploited if the interplay between mechanics and chemistry at the interfaces is well known. This leads to more sustainable and efficient energy solutions.