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Creep-fatigue interaction in single-crystal nickel superalloys is difficult to predict because the response depends on the combined effects of loading parameters, hold time, temperature, and the underlying deformation mechanisms. This is…
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A correlation is established between the macro-scale friction regimes of metals and a transition between two dominant atomistic mechanisms of deformation. Metals tend to exhibit bi-stable friction behavior -- low and converging or high and…
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