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Title: Length-scale dependent mechanical properties of Al-Cu eutectic alloy: Molecular dynamics based model and its experimental verification

Abstract

This paper attempts to gain an understanding of the effect of lamellar length scale on the mechanical properties of two-phase metal-intermetallic eutectic structure. We first develop a molecular dynamics model for the in-situ grown eutectic interface followed by a model of deformation of Al-Al{sub 2}Cu lamellar eutectic. Leveraging the insights obtained from the simulation on the behaviour of dislocations at different length scales of the eutectic, we present and explain the experimental results on Al-Al{sub 2}Cu eutectic with various different lamellar spacing. The physics behind the mechanism is further quantified with help of atomic level energy model for different length scale as well as different strain. An atomic level energy partitioning of the lamellae and the interface regions reveals that the energy of the lamellae core are accumulated more due to dislocations irrespective of the length-scale. Whereas the energy of the interface is accumulated more due to dislocations when the length-scale is smaller, but the trend is reversed when the length-scale is large beyond a critical size of about 80 nm.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 (India)
  2. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 (India)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22304368
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 20; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATIONS; ENERGY MODELS; EUTECTICS; GAIN; INTERFACES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD; SIMULATION; STRAINS; VERIFICATION

Citation Formats

Tiwary, C. S., E-mail: cst.iisc@gmail.com, Chattopadhyay, K., Chakraborty, S., and Mahapatra, D. R. Length-scale dependent mechanical properties of Al-Cu eutectic alloy: Molecular dynamics based model and its experimental verification. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4879249.
Tiwary, C. S., E-mail: cst.iisc@gmail.com, Chattopadhyay, K., Chakraborty, S., & Mahapatra, D. R. Length-scale dependent mechanical properties of Al-Cu eutectic alloy: Molecular dynamics based model and its experimental verification. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4879249
Tiwary, C. S., E-mail: cst.iisc@gmail.com, Chattopadhyay, K., Chakraborty, S., and Mahapatra, D. R. 2014. "Length-scale dependent mechanical properties of Al-Cu eutectic alloy: Molecular dynamics based model and its experimental verification". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4879249.
@article{osti_22304368,
title = {Length-scale dependent mechanical properties of Al-Cu eutectic alloy: Molecular dynamics based model and its experimental verification},
author = {Tiwary, C. S., E-mail: cst.iisc@gmail.com and Chattopadhyay, K. and Chakraborty, S. and Mahapatra, D. R.},
abstractNote = {This paper attempts to gain an understanding of the effect of lamellar length scale on the mechanical properties of two-phase metal-intermetallic eutectic structure. We first develop a molecular dynamics model for the in-situ grown eutectic interface followed by a model of deformation of Al-Al{sub 2}Cu lamellar eutectic. Leveraging the insights obtained from the simulation on the behaviour of dislocations at different length scales of the eutectic, we present and explain the experimental results on Al-Al{sub 2}Cu eutectic with various different lamellar spacing. The physics behind the mechanism is further quantified with help of atomic level energy model for different length scale as well as different strain. An atomic level energy partitioning of the lamellae and the interface regions reveals that the energy of the lamellae core are accumulated more due to dislocations irrespective of the length-scale. Whereas the energy of the interface is accumulated more due to dislocations when the length-scale is smaller, but the trend is reversed when the length-scale is large beyond a critical size of about 80 nm.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4879249},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22304368}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 20,
volume = 115,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}