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The effect of micromechanical stresses on vacancy formation and stress-driven mass-transport in polycrystalline Fe–Au alloy

Hussein, Abdelrahman (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Kim, Byungki (author)

In recent years, a new class of super saturated binary and ternary alloys have demonstrated the ability for the self-healing of creep-induced voids formed at the grain boundaries. However, a clear understanding of the parameters affecting the self-healing mechanism is still not yet complete. One of the main challenges is understanding the...

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Fabrication of graphene oxide-modified self-healing microcapsules for Cardanol-based epoxy anti-corrosion coatings

Wu, Wentao (author), Chu, Liangyong (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Li, Ming (author), Shen, Liming (author), Bao, Ningzhong (author)

In this paper, graphene oxide (GO) modified microcapsules have been developed for use in self-healing Cardanol-based epoxy anti-corrosion coatings on steel substrates. The microcapsules had a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) shell, covered with aminated GO flakes and contained either of the two complementary healing agents mixed with nanosized...

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Self healing of creep-induced damage in Fe-3Au-4W by multiple healing agents studied by synchrotron X-ray nano-tomography

Fu, Y. (author), Fang, H. (author), Monaco, F. (author), Cloetens, P. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), van Meel, J.G. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author)

Constant stress creep experiments at 550 °C were performed on a high-purity Fe-3Au-4W (wt.%) ternary alloy with about 1 at.% supersaturation for Au and W in order to study self healing of grain-boundary cavities by both Au-rich and W-rich precipitates. Using synchrotron X-ray nano-tomography, the development of the creep cavities and the...

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Uncertainty quantification of the lifetime of self-healing thermal barrier coatings based on surrogate modelling of thermal cyclic fracture and healing

Kumthekar, A. (author), Ponnusami, Sathiskumar A. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author)

Computationally-efficient surrogate models based on a Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE) are developed to quantify the uncertainties in the fracture behavior and lifetime of a self-healing thermal barrier coating system (SH-TBC) and a benchmark conventional TBC system. The surrogate models are built using deterministic information from...

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Analysis of SN-BI solders: X-ray micro computed tomography imaging and microstructure characterization in relation to properties and liquid phase healing potential

Siroky, Georg (author), Kraker, Elke (author), Rosc, Jördis (author), Kieslinger, Dietmar (author), Brunner, Roland (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Kozeschnik, Ernst (author), Ecker, Werner (author)

This work provides an analysis of X-ray micro computed tomography data of Sn-xBi solders with x = 20, 30, 35, 47, 58 wt.% Bi. The eutectic thickness, fraction of eutectic and primary phase are analyzed. Furthermore, the 3D data is evaluated by means of morphology parameters, such as, shape complexity, flatness, elongation and mean intercept...

journal article 2021

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From Scratch Closure to Electrolyte Barrier Restoration in Self-Healing Polyurethane Coatings

Montano, V. (author), Vogel, Wouter (author), Smits, Angela (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author)

The effects of the soft block fraction and H-bond state in thermoplastic polyurethanes on autonomous entropy-driven scratch closure and barrier restoration are studied. To this aim, comparable polyurethanes with different segmentation states are applied as organic coatings on plain carbon steel plates, scratched under very well-controlled...

journal article 2021

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Thermal cyclic behavior and lifetime prediction of self-healing thermal barrier coatings

Krishnasamy, J. (author), Ponnusami, Sathiskumar A. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

The thermal cyclic behavior of self-healing thermal barrier coatings (SH-TBC) is analyzed numerically to develop a lifetime prediction model. Representative microstructures are studied adopting a unit cell based multiscale modeling approach along with a simplified evolution model for the thermally-grown oxide layer (TGO) to study the...

journal article 2021

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A Review of Self-healing Metals: Fundamentals, Design Principles and Performance

Zhang, Shasha (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

Self-healing metals possess the capability to autonomously repair structural damage during service. While self-healing concepts remain challenging to be realized in metals and metallic systems due to the small atomic volume of the mobile atoms, the slow diffusion unless at high temperatures and the strong isotropic metallic bonds, the...

review 2020

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Self healing of radiation-induced damage in Fe–Au and Fe–Cu alloys: Combining positron annihilation spectroscopy with TEM and ab initio calculations

Zhang, Shasha (author), Cizek, Jakub (author), Yao, Zhengjun (author), Oleksandr, Moliar (author), Kong, Xiangshan (author), Liu, Changsong (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

Self healing of early stage radiation damage by site selective solute segregation is a promising approach to extend the lifetime of nuclear reactor components. In the present study, the creation and autonomous healing of irradiation-induced damage is investigated in pure Fe and high purity Fe–Au and Fe–Cu model alloys. To create radiation...

journal article 2020

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A first step towards computational design of W-containing self-healing ferritic creep resistant steels

Yu, H. (author), Xu, W. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

In this work, we combine a generic alloy-by-design model with a novel concept, the nucleation barrier for the formation of Laves phase to fill the creep cavities, in order to develop multi-component creep resistant steels with kinetically tuned self-healing behaviour. In the model the high-temperature long-term strength is estimated by...

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A micromechanical fracture analysis to investigate the effect of healing particles on the overall mechanical response of a self-healing particulate composite

Ponnusami, S.A. (author), Krishnasamy, J. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

A computational fracture analysis is conducted on a self-healing particulate composite employing a finite element model of an actual microstructure. The key objective is to quantify the effects of the actual morphology and the fracture properties of the healing particles on the overall mechanical behaviour of the (MoSi2) particle-dispersed...

journal article 2019

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Kinetics of zircon formation in yttria partially stabilized zirconia as a result of oxidation of embedded molybdenum disilicide

Nozahic, F. (author), Carabat, A.L. (author), Mao, W. (author), Monceau, D. (author), Estournes, C. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)

Recently MoSi₂ sacrificial particles embedded in yttria partially stabilized zirconia (YPSZ)have been proposed as attractive healing agents to realize significant extension of the lifetime of the thermally loaded structures. Upon local fracture of the YPSZ, the embedded healing particles in the path and in the vicinity of the crack...

journal article 2019

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Self healing of creep damage in iron-based alloys by supersaturated tungsten

Fang, H. (author), Szymanski, N. (author), Versteylen, C.D. (author), Cloetens, P. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Balachandran, S. (author), Herbig, M. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author)

When metals are mechanically loaded at elevated temperatures for extended periods of time, creep damage will occur in the form of cavities at grain boundaries. In the present experiments it is demonstrated that in binary iron-tungsten alloys creep damage can be self healed by selective precipitation of a W-rich phase inside these cavities. Using...

journal article 2019

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Damage evolution in a self-healing air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coating containing self-shielding MoSi ₂ particles

Chen, Ying (author), Zhang, Xun (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author), Xiao, Ping (author)

A self‐healing thermal barrier coating (TBC) system is manufactured by air plasma spraying (APS) and tested by thermal cycling. The ceramic topcoat in the self‐healing APS TBC system consists of an yttria stabilised zirconia (YSZ) matrix and contains self‐shielding aluminium containing MoSi2 healing particles dispersed close to the topcoat/bond...

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Modelling the fracture behaviour of thermal barrier coatings containing healing particles

Krishnasamy, J. (author), Ponnusami, Sathiskumar A. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

The performance of a self-healing Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) containing dispersed healing particles depends crucially on the mismatch in thermomechanical properties between the healing particles and the TBC matrix. The present work systematically investigates this phenomenon based on numerical simulations using cohesive element-based finite...

journal article 2018

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Protecting the MoSi₂ healing particles for thermal barrier coatings using a sol-gel produced Al₂O₃ coating

Carabat, A.L. (author), Meijerink, M.J. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Kelder, E.M. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)

A successful sol-gel process to encapsulate molybdenum di-silicide MoSi₂ particles with a closed and thermally stable Al₂O₃ layer using aluminium tri-sec-butoxide as a precursor is presented. The processing conditions such as precursor selection and temperature were optimized through analysing the interaction...

journal article 2018

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Determination of fracture strength and fracture energy of (metallo-) ceramics by a wedge loading methodology and corresponding cohesive zone-based finite element analysis

Farle, A.M. (author), Krishnasamy, J. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)

A wedge loaded testing methodology to determine the fracture energy and strength of (semi-) brittle (metallo-)ceramics is presented. The methodology combines a tailored specimen geometry and a comprehensive finite element analysis based on cohesive zone modelling. The use of a simulation-based approach to extract both fracture strength and...

journal article 2018

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Self-healing of Al₂O₃ containing Ti microparticles

Boatemaa, L. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)

This work explores the possibility of using embedded micron-sized Ti particles to heal surface cracks in alumina and to unravel the evolution of the crack filling process in case of pure solid-state oxidation reactions. The oxidation kinetics of the Ti particles is studied and the results are applied in a simple model for crack-gap filling....

journal article 2018

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A cohesive-zone crack healing model for self-healing materials

Ponnusami, Sathiskumar A. (author), Krishnasamy, J. (author), Turteltaub, S.R. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

A cohesive zone-based constitutive model, originally developed to model fracture, is extended to include a healing variable to simulate crack healing processes and thus recovery of mechanical properties. The proposed cohesive relation is a composite-type material model that accounts for the properties of both the original and the healing...

journal article 2018

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Self-Healing Phenomena in Metals

van Dijk, N.H. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)

In comparison to other materials, in metals and metallic systems self-healing of cracks and crack-initiating defects is difficult to achieve due to the fact the solute atoms that act as healing agents are relatively small and generally have a relatively low mobility at the prevailing operating temperatures. In this review, the scientifically...

journal article 2018