A molecular dynamics study of twin width, grain size and temperature effects on the toughness of 2D-columnar nanotwinned copper

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shabib, I ^a   Miller, R E ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; DENSITY STRUCTURES; DISLOCATION ACTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE REFINEMENT; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATERIAL TOUGHNESS; NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAINS; NANOTWINNED COPPER; NANOTWINS; PLASTIC RESPONSE; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TWIN BOUNDARIES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

EID: 70350632400     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/17/5/055009     Document Type: Article

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