Capabilities
The LightMAT resource network contains capabilities from the Department of Energy national laboratory system. This search function enables you to view and filter these capabilities within LightMAT.
Many of the capabilities listed on this page are user facilities managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Science. Each user facility has established processes for submitting a proposal and gaining access.
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| Capability | National Lab(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced High Strength Steel Development | Los Alamos | Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed an in-house capability to examine the effects of alloying and thermomechanical processing—including primary processing, heat-treatment, rolling, and forming—on advanced high strength... |
| Bulk Fabrication of Damage-tolerant Layered Nanocomposites | Los Alamos | Los Alamos National Laboratory offers synthesis and performance evaluation of bulk nanocomposites fabricated using scalable thermomechanical technologies. LANL can synthesize kilograms of nanomaterial sheet stock, up to... |
| Dynamic Performance | Los Alamos | Los Alamos National Laboratory provides the capability to evaluate high-strain rates and high-stress performance of materials in small-scale, integrated loading environments, which can include: sheet penetration, bulge/dent,... |
| Microstructure-based Forming Simulation Tools for Face-centered Cubic and Hexagonal Close-packed Metals and Alloys | Los Alamos | This capability is based on Los Alamos National Laboratory’s unique, multiscale, crystal plasticity expertise used for developing and using physically based and experimentally validated, constitutive, polycrystal (PX)... |
| In Situ Characterization of Processing | Los Alamos | Proton, neutron, and x-ray probes are used for real-time process monitoring of phase transformations and microstructural evolution. As part of this capability, Los Alamos National Laboratory can... |
| Multiscale Process Modeling of Bulk Nanolaminates | Los Alamos | Computational models at Los Alamos National Laboratory can help guide the design of processing pathways for making stable bulk nanolaminate microstructures with tailored properties. The current model... |
| Nanoscale In Situ Mechanical Testing Stage | Los Alamos | Mechanical properties unattainable via bulk testing can be explored and quantified with small-scale testing. For example, mechanical behavior of individual interfaces, small-scale particles, and low volume fraction... |
| Multiscale Experiments and Modeling of Metal Alloy Solidification Dynamics | Los Alamos | Los Alamos National Laboratory can provide experimentally validated solidification dynamics models, from the microscopic to macroscopic scales (timescales depend upon manufacturing processes). LANL also offers subject matter experts... |
| Constitutive Strength Modeling | Los Alamos | Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Dynamic and Quasi-static Experimental Team has long-standing expertise in the development of fully parameterized Johnson-Cook, Zerilli-Armstrong, and mechanical threshold strength (MTS) model fits... |
| Crystal Mechanics and Experiments | Lawrence Livermore | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides classical crystal plasticity models for cubic and hexagonal symmetry materials, which includes treatment of both dislocation-glide- and twinning-based deformation mechanisms. |