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Title: Atomistic simulations of dislocation pileup: Grain boundaries interaction

Journal Article · · JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Here, using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we studied the dislocation pileup–grain boundary (GB) interactions. Two Σ11 asymmetrical tilt grain boundaries in Al are studied to explore the influence of orientation relationship and interface structure on dislocation activities at grain boundaries. To mimic the reality of a dislocation pileup in a coarse-grained polycrystalline, we optimized the dislocation population in MD simulations and developed a predict-correct method to create a dislocation pileup in MD simulations. MD simulations explored several kinetic processes of dislocations–GB reactions: grain boundary sliding, grain boundary migration, slip transmission, dislocation reflection, reconstruction of grain boundary, and the correlation of these kinetic processes with the available slip systems across the GB and atomic structures of the GB.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
LANLE8C4; ER20140450; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1246365
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-25413; PII: 1454
Journal Information:
JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Vol. 67, Issue 7; ISSN 1047-4838
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 43 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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