Dislocation climb strengthening in systems with immobile obstacles: Three-dimensional level-set simulation study

作     者：Zi Chen Kevin T. Chu David J. Srolovitz Jeffrey M. Rickman Mikko P. Haataja 

作者机构：Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08540 USA Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08540 USA Vitamin D Inc. Menlo Park California 94025 USA Institute of High Performance Computing Singapore Singapore Department of Materials Science and Engineering Lehigh University Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18015 USA Department of Physics Lehigh University Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18015 USA Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics (PACM) Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08540 USA 

出 版 物：《Physical Review B》 (物理学评论B辑：凝聚态物质与材料物理学)

年 卷 期：2010年第81卷第5期

页      面：054104-054104页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-05-1-0082] NSF-DMR Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien Division Of Materials Research Funding Source: National Science Foundation 

摘      要：We employ a parallel, three-dimensional level-set code to simulate the dynamics of isolated dislocation lines and loops in an obstacle-rich environment. This system serves as a convenient prototype of those in which extended, one-dimensional objects interact with obstacles and the out-of-plane motion of these objects is key to understanding their pinning-depinning behavior. In contrast to earlier models of dislocation motion, we incorporate long-ranged interactions among dislocation segments and obstacles to study the effect of climb on dislocation dynamics in the presence of misfitting penetrable obstacles/solutes, as embodied in an effective climb mobility. Our main observations are as follows. First, increasing climb mobility leads to more effective pinning by the obstacles, implying increased strengthening. Second, decreasing the range of interactions significantly reduces the effect of climb. The dependence of the critical stress on obstacle concentration and misfit strength is also explored and compared with existing models. In particular, our results are shown to be in reasonable agreement with the Friedel-Suzuki theory. Finally, the limitations inherent in the simplified model employed here, including the neglect of some lattice effects and the use of a coarse-grained climb mobility, are discussed.