TY - CHAP

T1 - To Fail or Not to Fail

AU - Maier, Petra

AU - Hort, Nobert

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

PY - 2022/1/1

Y1 - 2022/1/1

N2 - When new research topics appear, theoretical approaches are developed, predictions are made, and expectations are raised. However, experiments, modelling and simulations often show results that do not fit the expectations and the theories that were used to design the models and experiments appear to be incomplete or even wrong, or better to say unexpected. These results are often regarded as “bad” results and the conclusion of a failure is drawn! This leads often to the fact that these theories and results are not published. We think that this is the wrong approach as any result is a “good” result. It is a useful result, which can be used for further decisions, adaption of models and experiments. Therefore, we would like to raise attention on this issue and encourage everybody to publish even “bad” results, providing their discussion. These results could be helpful in the design of research strategies or in the identification of new research areas.

AB - When new research topics appear, theoretical approaches are developed, predictions are made, and expectations are raised. However, experiments, modelling and simulations often show results that do not fit the expectations and the theories that were used to design the models and experiments appear to be incomplete or even wrong, or better to say unexpected. These results are often regarded as “bad” results and the conclusion of a failure is drawn! This leads often to the fact that these theories and results are not published. We think that this is the wrong approach as any result is a “good” result. It is a useful result, which can be used for further decisions, adaption of models and experiments. Therefore, we would like to raise attention on this issue and encourage everybody to publish even “bad” results, providing their discussion. These results could be helpful in the design of research strategies or in the identification of new research areas.

KW - In situ deformation

KW - Mg–Y–Zn–Mn alloys

KW - Synchrotron radiation diffraction

KW - Thermomechanical response

KW - WZM211

KW - Engineering

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125252312&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b772c597-301c-3312-83a1-d965c881232f/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-92533-8_28

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-92533-8_28

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 9783030925321

SN - 978-3-030-92535-2

T3 - Minerals, Metals and Materials Series

SP - 165

EP - 168

BT - Magnesium Technology 2022

A2 - Maier, Petra

A2 - Barela, Steven

A2 - Miller, Victoria M.

A2 - Neelameggham, Neale R.

PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

CY - Cham

T2 - TMS 2022 Annual Meeting & Exhibition

Y2 - 27 February 2022 through 3 March 2022

ER -