Deformation mechanisms, length scales and optimizing the mechanical properties of nanotwinned metals

Acta Materialia

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6890-6900

  Wu, Z X ^a,b   Zhang, Y W ^b   Srolovitz, D J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dislocations; Molecular dynamics simulations; Plastic deformation; Twins; Ultrahigh strength

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION VOLUME; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CRITICAL SIZE; CROSS-SLIP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION MECHANISMS; DISLOCATION MOTION; DISLOCATION NUCLEATION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GRAIN BOUNDARY TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; INTERFACE CHARACTERS; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; LENGTH SCALE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MAXIMUM STRENGTH; MICRO-STRUCTURAL LENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOTWINNED COPPER; PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE COPPER; PURE SCREW; REACTION PATHWAYS; TWIN BOUNDARIES; TWIN SPACING; TWINS; ULTRAHIGH STRENGTH;

COPPER; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DUCTILITY; DYNAMICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REACTION KINETICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 80052920616     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.07.038     Document Type: Article

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