Molecular-dynamics method for the simulation of grain-boundary migration.
Journal Article
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· Interface Sci.
OSTI ID:938019
A molecular-dynamics method for the simulation of the intrinsic migration behavior of individual, flat grain boundaries is introduced and validated. A constant driving force for grain-boundary migration is generated by imposing an anisotropic elastic strain on a bicrystal such that the elastic-energy densities in its two halves are different. For the model case of a large-planar-unit-cell, high-angle(001) twist boundary in Cu we show that an elastic strain of {approx} 1%-4% is sufficient to drive the continuous, viscous movement of the boundary at temperatures well below the melting point. The driving forces thus generated (at the high end of the experimentally accessible range) enable a quantitative evaluation of the migration process during the timeframe of 10-9 s typically accessible by molecular-dynamics simulation. For this model high-angle grain boundary we demonstrate that (a) the drift velocity is, indeed, proportional to the applied driving force thus enabling us to determine the boundary mobility, (b) the activation energy for grain-boundary migration is distinctly lower than that for grain-boundary self-diffusion or even self-diffusion in the melt and(c) in agreement with earlier simulations the migration mechanism involves the collective reshuffling during local disordering('melting') of small groups of atoms and subsequent resolidification onto the other crystal.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 938019
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/JA-25667
- Journal Information:
- Interface Sci., Journal Name: Interface Sci. Journal Issue: 1997 Vol. 5
- Publisher:
- Proc., edited by H. Weiland, et al. : pp. 109-118
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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