Summary: MD Simulations of High Speed
Nanoindentation and Plowing on Al
Hualiang Yu
James B. Adams
Acknowledgements
National Science Foundation
National Computational
Science Alliance
Dr. Yang-Tse Cheng
Dr. Louis G. Hector, Jr.
Our goal
I Investigate the atomic scale mechanisms of
deformation during wear.
indentation tip plowing asperity-asperity
F F F
Methodology
I Molecular Dynamics (MD): allows simulation of
motion of individual atoms;
I Interatomic Potential:
N Substrate (Al): Embedded Atom

Source: Adams, James B - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Arizona State University

Collections: Materials Science