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Yanfei Gao is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Gao's research contributions span across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry among other specialized subfields.

The scientist's work covers multiple areas, including:

  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Yanfei Gao has published regularly in prominent venues, including:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters

Frequent co-authors in Gao's research include:

  • Peter K. Liaw (19 collaborations)
  • Hongbin Bei (13 collaborations)
  • Di Xie (12 collaborations)
  • Huck Beng Chew (9 collaborations)
  • Zhili Feng (8 collaborations)

Notable published papers by Yanfei Gao are:

  • "Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys," 2021, Progress in Materials Science
  • "Internal short circuit and failure mechanisms of lithium-ion pouch cells under mechanical indentation abuse conditionsAn experimental study," 2020, Journal of Power Sources
  • "Biodegradable and high-performance multiscale structured nanofiber membrane as mask filter media via poly(lactic acid) electrospinning," 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Achieving superb strength in single-phase FCC alloys via maximizing volume misfit," 2023, Materials Today
  • "Strengthening in Al-, Mo- or Ti-doped CoCrFeNi high entropy alloys: A parallel comparison," 2021, Journal of Material Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys.

    Qingqing Ding;Yin Zhang;Xiao Chen;Xiaoqian Fu

  • Prediction of intrinsic two-dimensional ferroelectrics in In 2 Se 3 and other III 2 -VI 3 van der Waals materials.

    Wenjun Ding;Jianbao Zhu;Zhe Wang;Yanfei Gao

  • Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys

    Weidong Li;Di Xie;Dongyue Li;Yong Zhang

  • Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae

    Peijian Shi;Weili Ren;Tianxiang Zheng;Zhongming Ren

  • The Indentation Size Effect: A Critical Examination of Experimental Observations and Mechanistic Interpretations

    George M. Pharr;Erik G. Herbert;Yanfei Gao

  • Shaped graded materials with an apparent negative thermal conductivity

    C. Z. Fan;Y. Gao;J. P. Huang

  • A simple technique for avoiding convergence problems in finite element simulations of crack nucleation and growth on cohesive interfaces

    Y F Gao;A F Bower

  • Thermal activation mechanisms and Labusch-type strengthening analysis for a family of high-entropy and equiatomic solid-solution alloys

    Zhenggang Wu;Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao;Hongbin Bei

  • Fracture resistance of high entropy alloys: A review

    Weidong Li;Weidong Li;Peter K. Liaw;Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao

  • Strength Differences Arising from Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous Dislocation Nucleation

    Hongbin Bei;Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao;Sang Hoon Shim;Sang Hoon Shim;Easo P George;Easo P George

  • Cohesive interface simulations of indentation cracking as a fracture toughness measurement method for brittle materials

    J.H. Lee;Y.F. Gao;Y.F. Gao;K.E. Johanns;G.M. Pharr;G.M. Pharr

  • An implicit finite element method for simulating inhomogeneous deformation and shear bands of amorphous alloys based on the free-volume model

    Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao

  • Internal short circuit and failure mechanisms of lithium-ion pouch cells under mechanical indentation abuse conditions:An experimental study

    Xiaoqing Zhu;Xiaoqing Zhu;Xiaoqing Zhu;Hsin Wang;Xue Wang;Yanfei Gao

  • Strain-Driven Oxygen Deficiency in Self-Assembled, Nanostructured, Composite Oxide Films

    Claudia Cantoni;Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao;Sung Hun Wee;Eliot D. Specht

  • Indentation Schmid factor and orientation dependence of nanoindentation pop-in behavior of NiAl single crystals

    Tianlei Li;Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao;Hongbin Bei;Easo P George;Easo P George

  • The behavior of an elastic–perfectly plastic sinusoidal surface under contact loading

    Y.F. Gao;A.F. Bower;K.-S. Kim;L. Lev

  • Effect of residual stresses on the hardness of bulk metallic glasses

    L. Wang;L. Wang;Hongbin Bei;Y. F. Gao;Y. F. Gao;Zhao Ping Lu

  • Ferritic Alloys with Extreme Creep Resistance via Coherent Hierarchical Precipitates

    Gian Song;Zhiqian Sun;Lin Li;Xiandong Xu

  • Elastic–plastic contact of a rough surface with Weierstrass profile

    Yan-Fei Gao;A.F Bower

  • Fatigue and fracture behavior of bulk metallic glasses and their composites

    Haoling Jia;Gongyao Wang;Shuying Chen;Yanfei Gao;Yanfei Gao

  • Structural heterogeneity induced plasticity in bulk metallic glasses: From well-relaxed fragile glass to metal-like behavior

    Weidong Li;Hongbin Bei;Yang Tong;Wojtek Dmowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongbin Bei
Hongbin Bei Zhejiang University
Peter K. Liaw
Peter K. Liaw University of Tennessee at Knoxville
George M. Pharr
George M. Pharr Texas A&M University
Easo P George
Easo P George Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhengxiao Guo
Zhengxiao Guo University of Hong Kong
Allan F. Bower
Allan F. Bower Brown University
T.G. Nieh
T.G. Nieh University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gene E. Ice
Gene E. Ice Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hahn Choo
Hahn Choo University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Zhigang Suo
Zhigang Suo Harvard University

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