{l_angle}110{r_angle} symmetric tilt grain-boundary structures in fcc metals with low stacking-fault energies
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2225 North Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)
Twenty-one {l_angle}110{r_angle} symmetric tilt grain boundaries (GB{close_quote}s) are investigated with atomistic simulations, using an embedded-atom method (EAM) potential for a low stacking-fault energy fcc metal. Lattice statics simulations with a large number of initial configurations are used to identify both the equilibrium and metastable structures at 0 K. The level of difficulty in finding the equilibrium structures is quantitatively assessed. The stability of the structures at an elevated temperature is investigated by Monte Carlo annealing. A form of GB dissociation is identified in a number of the boundaries. These structures are used to develop a dislocation model of GB dissociation by stacking-fault emission. Also, an attempt is made to apply the structural unit model (SUM) to the simulated boundaries and problems that are encountered for GB structures in low stacking-fault energy metals are enumerated and discussed. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 383165
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 54; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMDO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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