Review of Size Effects during Micropillar Compression Test: Experiments and Atomistic Simulations
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Abstract
The micropillar compression test is a novel experiment to study the mechanical properties of materials at small length scales of micro and nano. The results of the micropillar compression experiments show that the strength of the material depends on the pillar diameter, which is commonly termed as size effects. In the current work, first, the experimental observations and theoretical models of size effects during micropillar compression tests are reviewed in the case of crystalline metals. In the next step, the recent computer simulations using molecular dynamics are reviewed as a powerful tool to investigate the micropillar compression experiment and its governing mechanisms of size effects.
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OpenAlex topics: Microstructure and mechanical properties · High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior · Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
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Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, P.O. Box 14115-143, Tehran, Iran
Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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