Auflistung nach Autor:in "Dual, Jürg"

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Experimental investigations of size effects in thin copper foils
(Springer Dordrecht, 2004) Simons, Gerd; Dual, Jürg; Weippert, Christina; Villain, Jürgen; Ahzi, S.; Cherkaoui, M.; Khaleel, M. A.; Zbib, H. M.; Zikry, M. A.; Lamatina, B.
This work deals with the characterization of the deformation behavior of thin copper foils with the goal of investigating size effects. Tensile tests are performed with specimens, which possess a comparable microstructure, a constant thickness/width and width/length ratio whereas the thickness varies from 10 to 250 m. Results show a transition from ductile to a macroscopically “brittle” behavior in the range of about 20 m.
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Mechanical properties of MEMS structures
(2005) Dual, Jürg; Simons, Gerd; Villain, Jürgen; Weippert, Chr.
Mechanical characterization of MEMS (micro electromechanical systems) materials is increasingly important in view of improving reliability and assessing the life time of new miniaturized devices. In this paper first a number of testing methods are described. These methods include tensile, torsion and fatigue testing of specially designed microstructures. Difficulties arise from manufacturing and handling of small structures and the determination of its geometrical dimensions which directly affect the accuracy of material parameters extracted from the experiments. In addition, the measurement of mechanical parameters like small forces and torques or strains poses a challenge. This paper focuses on size effects in rolled copper foils of thickness between 10 and 250 microns as determined from tensile testing. Tensile testing was chosen as a testing method in order to minimize strain gradients. Depending on the size the copper foils are tested in a classical setup or in a special tensile apparatus which is adapted to the small size of the specimens. The special setup consists of a balance to measure the applied force. The specimens are strained with a lead screw driven translation stage. In order to take care of slip and elasticity in the fixations the strain is measured optically directly on the sample using a least square template matching algorithm. It was found that depending on the thickness of the foils the average fracture strain decreases from about 15% down to .5 % for the 250 and 10 micron specimens, respectively. In order to find a reason for this dramatic change many efforts have been undertaken in order to characterize the specimens more precisely. The microstructure of the samples was determined using various methods including conventional micrographs, hardness measurements and X-ray diffraction.
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Size effects in tensile testing of thin cold rolled and annealed Cu foils
(Elsevier, 01/2006) Simons, Gerd; Weippert, Ch.; Dual, Jürg; Villain, Jürgen
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Three-dimensional microstructure of thin copper foils revealed by ion beam cutting and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)
(Trans Tech Publications, Ltd., 07/2005) Simons, Gerd; Kunze, Karsten; Hauffe, W.; Dual, Jürg; Esling, C.; Humbert, M.; Schwarzer, R.A.; Wagner, F.
Tensile testing of thin rolled copper foils with thickness ranging from 10 to 250 µm shows a dependence of the fracture strain with respect to the thickness of the foils [G. Simons et al., in Solid Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 114 (2004), pp. 89-96]. To understand the influence of the microstructure in the foils on this phenomenon the microtexture is investigated by orientation mapping through electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). As the samples are rather small standard preparation techniques do not apply. Two methods are described which allow the investigation of different section cuts of the samples: Cross sections of the samples were produced by ion beam cutting with a wide beam of 7 keV Kr ions. Internal planes parallel to the specimen surface were made accessible by wet etching. The as-received material possesses a very strong texture consisting mostly of the cube component and some remnants of a previous rolling texture. Specimens tested in a tensile test do not show major microstructural changes compared to virgin samples. After a heat treatment at 300°C the cube texture has significantly weakened in favour of revived rolling components, and the fracture strain increased about ten times relative to the as-is material.
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