Phonon spectrum and related thermodynamic properties of microcrack in bcc-Fe

The phonon spectrum and the related thermodynamic properties of microcracks in bcc-Fe are studied with the recursion method by using the Finnis--Sinclair (F--S) N-body potential. The initial configuration of the microcracks is established from an anisotropic linear elastic solution and relaxed to an equilibrium by molecular dynamics method. It is shown that the local vibrational density of states of the atoms near a crack tip is considerably different from the bulk phonon spectrum, which is closely associated with the local stress field around the crack tip; meanwhile, the local vibrational energies of atoms near the crack tip are higher than those of atoms in a perfect crystal. These results imply that the crack tip zone is in a complex stress state and closely related to the structure evolution of cracks. It is also found that the phonon excitation is a kind of local effect induced by microcracks. In addition, the microcrack system has a higher vibrational entropy, which reflects the character of phonon spectrum related to the stress field induced by cracks.     

α-Fe裂纹的分子动力学研究

通过分子动力学方法，模拟了α-Fe裂纹的单轴拉伸实验中的形变过程.研究了不同晶体取向裂纹的形变特点和断裂机理，观察到各种形变现象，如位错形核和发射，位错运动，堆垛层错或孪晶的形成，纳米空洞的形成与连接等.计算结果表明，裂纹扩展是塑性过程和弹性过程相结合的过程，其中塑性过程表现为由裂尖发射的位错导致的原子切变行为，而弹性过程的发生则是由无位错区中的原子断键所导致.同时还研究了α-Fe裂纹的形变特点和断裂机理与温度场和应力场的依赖关系.     

应力诱发NiAl单晶马氏体相变的分子动力学模拟

利用嵌入原子势（EAM）,对NiAl单晶在外应力作用下的动态拉伸过程进行了分子动力学模拟.应力-应变曲线分析以及原子构型分析表明外应力诱发NiAl合金发生了马氏体相变,原子结构由B2相转变为L1₀相.通过研究原子构型的演化过程,发现马氏体相变是通过多个{110}孪晶面的扩展和湮灭作用来完成的.同时探讨了马氏体相变的微观机理. 关键词： 马氏体相变 NiAl 分子动力学模拟