Phase field modeling of void nucleation and growth in irradiated metals

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rokkam, Srujan ^a   El Azab, Anter ^b   Millett, Paul ^c   Wolf, Dieter ^c  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEN-CAHN; COLLISION CASCADE; IRRADIATED MATERIALS; LARGE POPULATION; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; PHASE FIELD MODELS; PHASE-FIELD MODELING; RANDOM GENERATION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPONTANEOUS NUCLEATION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS; VACANCY CONCENTRATION; VACANCY GENERATION; VOID FORMATION; VOID GROWTH; VOID MICROSTRUCTURE; VOID NUCLEATION;

MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; VACANCIES;

GROWTH (MATERIALS);

EID: 70350680097     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/17/6/064002     Document Type: Article

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