Void nucleation and growth in irradiated polycrystalline metals: A phase-field model

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Millett, Paul C ^a   Rokkam, Srujan ^b   El Azab, Anter ^b   Tonks, Michael ^a   Wolf, Dieter ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEN-CAHN EQUATION; COUPLED SET; DENUDED ZONES; GRAIN INTERIORS; PHASE-FIELD MODELS; POLYCRYSTALLINE METALS; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; VACANCY CONCENTRATION; VACANCY DIFFUSION; VACANCY DIFFUSIVITY; VACANCY PRODUCTION; VOID FORMATION; VOID NUCLEATION;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; NUCLEATION;

VACANCIES;

EID: 70350675949     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/17/6/064003     Document Type: Article

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