To Fail or Not to Fail
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Magnesium Technology 2022. ed. / Petra Maier; Steven Barela; Victoria M. Miller; Neale R. Neelameggham. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2022. p. 165-168 (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).
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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
CY - Cham
T2 - TMS 2022 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Y2 - 27 February 2022 through 3 March 2022
ER -