Finite element analysis of mechanical stability of coarsened nanoporous gold

Hoon Hwe Cho; Yu Chen Karen Chen-Wiegart; David C. Dunand

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.01.011

Finite element analysis of mechanical stability of coarsened nanoporous gold

Hoon Hwe Cho, Yu Chen Karen Chen-Wiegart, David C. Dunand^*

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

The mechanical stability of nanoporous gold (np-Au) at various stages of thermal coarsening is studied via finite element analysis under volumetric compression using np-Au architectures imaged via X-ray nano-tomography. As the np-Au is coarsened thermally over ligament sizes ranging from 185 to 465 nm, the pore volume fraction is determinant for the mechanical stability of the coarsened np-Au, unlike the curvature and surface orientation of the ligaments. The computed Young's modulus and yield strength of the structures are compared with the Gibson-Ashby model. The geometry of the structures determines the locations where stress concentrations occur at the onset of yielding.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	96-99
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scripta Materialia
Volume	115
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.01.011
State	Published - Apr 1 2016

Keywords

Coarsened nanoporous gold
Finite element (FE) analysis
Mechanical stability
Surface characteristics
Volume fraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys

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