Peter Neumann

Bio: Peter Neumann is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Slip (materials science) & Crack closure. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 32 publications receiving 2435 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Neumann include University of Göttingen & Argonne National Laboratory.

Supra-Ductile and High-Strength Manganese-TRIP/TWIP Steels for High Energy Absorption Purposes

Abstract: The microstructural properties of advanced high strength and supra-ductile TRIP and TWIP steels with high-manganese concentrations (15 to 25 mass%) and additions of aluminum and silicon (2 to 4mass%) were investigated as a function of temperature (−196 to 400°C) and strain rate (10−4≤e≤103 s−1). Multiple martensitic γfcc (austenie)→ehcpMs (hcp-martensite)→αbccMs (bcc-martensite)-transformations occurred in the TRIP steel when deformed at higher strain rates and ambient temperatures. This mechanism leads to a pronounced strain hardening and high tensile strength (>1 000 MPa) with improved elongations to failure of >50%. The austenitic TWIP steel reveals extensive twin formation when deformed below 150°C at low and high strain rates. Under these conditions extremely high tensile ductility (>80%) and energy absorption is achieved and no brittle fracture transition temperature occurs. The governing microstructural parameter is the stacking fault energy Γfcc of the fcc austenite and the phase stability determined by the Gibbs free energy ΔGγ→e. These factors are strongly influenced by the manganese content and additions of aluminum and silicon.The stacking fault energy Γfcc and the Gibbs free energy G were calculated using the regular solution model. The results show that aluminum increases Γfcc and suppresses the γfcc→ehcpMs transformation, whereas silicon sustains the γfcc→ehcpMs transformation and decreases the stacking fault energy. At the critical value of Γfcc≈25 mJ/mol and for ΔGγ→e>0, the twinning mechanism is favored. At lower stacking fault energy of (Γfcc 0, martensitic phase transformation will be the governing deformation mechanism.The excellent ductility and the enhanced impact properties enable complex deep drawing or stretch forming operations of sheets and the fabrication of crash absorbing frame structures.

Crack initiation during high cycle fatigue of an austenitic steel

Abstract: We report about plastic strain controlled High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) experiments on an austenitic stainless steel (26% Ni, 15% Cr, 23% Ti, 13% Mn, 12% Mo, 03% Al) for both annealed and age hardened conditions Since twin boundary cracking phenomena were dominant for both conditions, most of the research focused on annealed steel The local orientation of more than 190 grains was measured by a modified electron channeling technique In a simplifying model [P Neumann and A Tonnessen, Proc Conf Fatigue, Charlottsville, USA, Vol 1, pp 3–22 (1987); P Neumann and A Tonnessen, Proc Int Conf Strength of Metals and Alloys, Tampere, Finland, Vol 1, p 743–748 (1987)] these orientation data were used to calculate the local stress concentrations near the twin boundaries By this method for 89% of the examined twin boundaries we could predict whether a crack would develop or not A laser interferometric method was used to measure the local plastic strain across different selected twin boundaries These experiments show that local plasticity is the most important parameter in HCF of fcc polycrystals

Representation of orientation and disorientation data for cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal and orthorhombic crystals

Abstract: A convenient method for the description of orientation data for cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal and orthorhombic crystals is given. The method can also be used for the representation of disorientation data, where disorientations between any two crystals of the specified symmetry lattices are considered. It is based on the quaternion formalism introduced into the discussion of orientations and disorientations by Grimmer [Acta Cryst. (1974), A30, 685–688], Frank [(1987). Proc. Int. Conf. on Texture of Materials 8 (INCOTOM 8), Santa Fe, USA, pp. 3–13] and others. Since orientations and disorientations can be interpreted as rotations which in turn can be represented by only three parameters a vector description is used. These vectors span a rotation space corresponding to the usual space of Eulerian angles. It is called Rodrigues vector space [Rodrigues (1840). J. Math. Pure Appl. 5, 380–440; Becker & Panchanadeeswaran (1989). Text. Microstruct. 10, 167]. The direction of a Rodrigues vector is parallel to the rotation axis and its length is tan (θ/2), where θ describes the rotation angle. A method for selecting a unique representative out of the numerous symmetrically equivalent Rodrigues vectors is given. Since these selection rules depend on the symmetry of the crystal lattices considered they yield compact domains in the Rodrigues vector space which are typical for each type of lattice or lattice pair. These domains are always bounded by planes. Frank (1987) called them fundamental zones and described them for the orientations of cubic, hexagonal and orthorhombic crystals.

A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications

Abstract: High-entropy alloys are equiatomic, multi-element systems that can crystallize as a single phase, despite containing multiple elements with different crystal structures. A rationale for this is that the configurational entropy contribution to the total free energy in alloys with five or more major elements may stabilize the solid-solution state relative to multiphase microstructures. We examined a five-element high-entropy alloy, CrMnFeCoNi, which forms a single-phase face-centered cubic solid solution, and found it to have exceptional damage tolerance with tensile strengths above 1 GPa and fracture toughness values exceeding 200 MPa·m(1/2). Furthermore, its mechanical properties actually improve at cryogenic temperatures; we attribute this to a transition from planar-slip dislocation activity at room temperature to deformation by mechanical nanotwinning with decreasing temperature, which results in continuous steady strain hardening.

The Multifunctional Fish Gill: Dominant Site of Gas Exchange, Osmoregulation, Acid-Base Regulation, and Excretion of Nitrogenous Waste

Abstract: The fish gill is a multipurpose organ that, in addition to providing for aquatic gas exchange, plays dominant roles in osmotic and ionic regulation, acid-base regulation, and excretion of nitrogenous wastes Thus, despite the fact that all fish groups have functional kidneys, the gill epithelium is the site of many processes that are mediated by renal epithelia in terrestrial vertebrates Indeed, many of the pathways that mediate these processes in mammalian renal epithelial are expressed in the gill, and many of the extrinsic and intrinsic modulators of these processes are also found in fish endocrine tissues and the gill itself The basic patterns of gill physiology were outlined over a half century ago, but modern immunological and molecular techniques are bringing new insights into this complicated system Nevertheless, substantial questions about the evolution of these mechanisms and control remain

Exceptional damage-tolerance of a medium-entropy alloy CrCoNi at cryogenic temperatures

Abstract: High-entropy alloys are an intriguing new class of metallic materials that derive their properties from being multi-element systems that can crystallize as a single phase, despite containing high concentrations of five or more elements with different crystal structures. Here we examine an equiatomic medium-entropy alloy containing only three elements, CrCoNi, as a single-phase face-centred cubic solid solution, which displays strength-toughness properties that exceed those of all high-entropy alloys and most multi-phase alloys. At room temperature, the alloy shows tensile strengths of almost 1 GPa, failure strains of ∼70% and KJIc fracture-toughness values above 200 MPa m(1/2); at cryogenic temperatures strength, ductility and toughness of the CrCoNi alloy improve to strength levels above 1.3 GPa, failure strains up to 90% and KJIc values of 275 MPa m(1/2). Such properties appear to result from continuous steady strain hardening, which acts to suppress plastic instability, resulting from pronounced dislocation activity and deformation-induced nano-twinning.