Surface Rebound of Relativistic Dislocations Directly and Efficiently Initiates Deformation Twinning

Under ultrahigh stresses (e.g., under high strain rates or in small-volume metals) deformation twinning (DT) initiates on a very short time scale, indicating strong spatial-temporal correlations in dislocation dynamics. Using atomistic simulations, here we demonstrate that surface rebound of relativ...

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Main Authors: Li, Qing-Jie, Li, Ju, Shan, Zhi-Wei, Ma, Evan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109861
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-8058