Research
Materials for energy and space applications
Dislocation pinning in Oxide Dispersion-Strengthened (ODS) steel: (Source)
Materials for nuclear applications
Neutron-irradiation induced needle-shaped W(Os,Re)3 precipitates and hexagonal cavities in pure-tungsten: (Source)
Materials for defense applications
Amorphous shear bands within the deformed region of indented boron-carbide: (Source)
Selected publications (Complete list: Google scholar):
Nichenametla Jai Sai, Punit Rathore, and Ankur Chauhan, Machine learning-based predictions of fatigue life for multi-principal element alloys, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 226, 115214, 2023.
Ankur Chauhan, Qian Yuan, Dimitri Litvinov, Ermile Gaganidze, Hans-Christian Schneider, Dmitry Terentyev, Jarir Aktaa, Effect of temperature on the neutron irradiation-induced cavities in tungsten, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 102, 17, 2022.
Qian Yuan, Ankur Chauhan, Ermile Gaganidze, Jarir Aktaa, “In-situ TEM investigations of dislocation loop annealing kinetics in neutron-irradiated 9%Cr RAFM steel”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 558, 153365, 2022.
Kaiju Lu, Ankur Chauhan, Aditya Srinivasan Tirunilai, Jens Freudenberger, Alexander Kauffmann, Martin Heilmaier, and Jarir Aktaa, Deformation mechanisms of CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy under low-cycle-fatigue loading, Acta Materialia, Vol. 215, 117089, 2021
Kaiju Lu, Ankur Chauhan, Mario Walter, Aditya Srinivasan Tirunilai, Mike Schneider, Guillaume Laplanche, Jens Freudenberger, Alexander Kauffmann, Martin Heilmaier, and Jarir Aktaa, Superior low-cycle fatigue properties of CoCrNi compared to CoCrFeMnNi, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 194, 113667, 2021.
Qian Yuan, Ankur Chauhan, Ermile Gaganidze, Jarir Aktaa, “Direct observation of dislocation loops shrinkage upon annealing neutron-irradiated Fe-9Cr alloy”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 542, 152401, 2020
Ankur Chauhan, Mark Schaefer, Richard Haber, Kevin Hemker, “Experimental observations of amorphization in stoichiometric and boron-rich boron carbide”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 181, 207–215, 2019
Ankur Chauhan, Luis Straßberger, Ulrich Führer, Dimitri Litvinov, Jarir Aktaa, “Creep-fatigue interaction in a bimodal 12Cr-ODS steel”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 102, 92–111, 2017
Ankur Chauhan, Jan Hoffman, Dimitri Litvinov, Jarir Aktaa, “High-temperature low-cycle fatigue behavior of a 9Cr-ODS steel: Part 1 - Pure fatigue, microstructure evolution and damage characteristics”, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 707, 207–220, 2017
A. Chauhan, F. Bergner, A. Etienne, J. Aktaa, Y. De Carlan, C. Heintze, D. Litvinov, M. Hernandez-Mayoral, E. Oñorbe, B. Radiguet, A. Ulbricht, “Microstructure characterization and strengthening mechanisms of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) Fe-9%Cr and Fe-14%Cr extruded bars”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 495, 6–19, 2017