Estimation on effective modulus of polycrystalline aggregates in various geometric configurations

• Main Author: Xie, Xiao Mei
• Other Authors: Fan Hui
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Mechanical strength of materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Simulation and modeling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/50690
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polycrystalline aggregates are made in a wide array of geometric configurations (thin wire, thin film, and bulk configurations, to name a few) for engineering applications. Various elastic moduli have been reported for these configurations. The inconsistence of Young’s modulus has been attributed...