Controlling Strain Bursts and Avalanches at the Nano- to Micrometer Scale

Cui, Yinan; Po, Giacomo; Ghoniem, Nasr

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.117.155502

Title: Controlling Strain Bursts and Avalanches at the Nano- to Micrometer Scale

Journal Article · Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.155502· OSTI ID:1536432

Cui, Yinan ^[1]; Po, Giacomo ^[1]; Ghoniem, Nasr ^[1]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept.

We demonstrate, through three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics simulations, that the complex dynamical response of nano- and microcrystals to external constraints can be tuned. Under load rate control, strain bursts are shown to exhibit scale-free avalanche statistics, similar to critical phenomena in many physical systems. For the other extreme of displacement rate control, strain burst response transitions to quasiperiodic oscillations, similar to stick-slip earthquakes. External load mode control is shown to enable a qualitative transition in the complex collective dynamics of dislocations from self-organized criticality to quasiperiodic oscillations.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-03ER54708

OSTI ID:: 1536432

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1328249

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 117, Issue 15; ISSN 0031-9007

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