Abstract
High-temperature tensile tests were repeatedly carried out for a tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (TZP) specimen, and the position vectors of 500 grains were measured by FE-SEM image analysis. The displacement vector map showed that several grains moved to the same direction and a kind of domain was formed; these domains (several micrometer in size) moved in the sea of randomly moving grains; however, these domains were soon constrained by the surrounding sea and disappeared; subsequently, new domains were formed in other places by re-combination of grains in order to continue superplastic deformation. Based on these phenomena, the authors proposed a new deformation mechanism called "Recombinant Domain Movement" in this paper.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-119 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering A |
Volume | 418 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 25 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Deformation mechanism
- Domain
- Superplasticity
- TZP
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering