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Kingstedt Joins University of Utah Faculty

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

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Undergrad Wins SURF Speaking Competition

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016

Pasadena Calif. – Caltech Material science undergraduate student Moriah Bischann, mentored by aerospace postdoctoral scholar, Dr. Owen Kingstedt, is the winner of the Doris S. Perpall Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Speaking Competition. She was recognized as the best speakers-out of the 200 students who presented their SURF research. Read the full story ....

Kingstedt Presents at SEM International Congress Conference

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016

Dr. Kingstedt presents his work on the thermal signatures of deformation mechanisms and the localization evolution prior to failure in Mg Alloy AZ31B at the Society of Experimental Mechanics International Congress in Orlando, FL, June 2016. The Society for Experimental Mechanics is composed of international members from academia, government, and industry who are committed...

Kingstedt Shares Research at MACH Conference

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016

Deformation Twinning

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016

Because of the low symmetry hexagonal close packed atomic structure of Mg there are a limited number of deformation mechanisms to accommodate deformation along the crystallographic c-axis. Only one dislocation slip based mechanism can accommodate deformation along the c-axis. Therefore, deformation twinning plays a dominant role in the accommodation of deformation along the c-axis. ...

Strain Localization Evolution and Failure

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016

High speed imaging is combined with high strain rate loading to probe the evolution of strain localization leading up to failure in Mg alloys. From this study pathways for deformation are identified which lead to undesired shear band formation and crack formation. Show below is a comparison of the strain localization that occurs at...