Screw dislocation mobility in BCC metals: The role of the compact core on double-kink nucleation

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Gordon, P A ^a   Neeraj, T ^a   Li, Y ^b   Li, J ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b ZODIAC AEROSPACE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BCC METALS; COMPACT CORES; DISLOCATION MOBILITY; EAM POTENTIAL; KINK NUCLEATION; METASTABILITIES; MINIMUM ENERGY PATHS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; PEIERLS POTENTIAL; SPLIT-CORE; THRESHOLD STRESS; TRANSITION PATHWAY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SCREWS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SCREW DISLOCATIONS;

EID: 78650008144     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/18/8/085008     Document Type: Article

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