Atomistic simulations of elastic deformation and dislocation nucleation during nanoindentation

Nanoindentation experiments have shown that microstructural inhomogeneities across the surface of gold thin films lead to position-dependent nanoindentation behavior [Phys. Rev. B (2002), to be submitted]. The rationale for such behavior was based on the availability of dislocation sources at the grain boundary for initiating plasticity. In order to verify or refute this theory, a computational approach has been pursued. Here, a simulation study of the initial stages of indentation using the embedded atom method (EAM) is presented. First, the principles of the EAM are given, and a comparison is made between atomistic simulations and continuum models for elastic deformation. Then, the mechanism of dislocation nucleation in single crystalline gold is analyzed, and the effects of elastic anisotropy are considered. Finally, a systematic study of the indentation response in the proximity of a high angle, high sigma (low symmetry) grain boundary is presented; indentation behavior is simulated for varying indenter positions relative to the boundary. The results indicate that high angle grain boundaries are a ready source of dislocations in indentation-induced deformation.     

THE LIE SYMMETRIES AND CONSERVED QUANTITIES OF VARIABLE-MASS NONHOLONOMIC SYSTEM OF NON-CHETAEV''''S TYPE IN PHASE SPACE

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INTEGRATION METHOD FOR THE DYNAMICS EQUATION OF RELATIVE MOTION OF VARIABLE MASS NONLINEAR NONHOLONOMIC SYSTEM

1.IntroductionMoreandmoreattentionhasbeenpaidtothestudyofdynamicsofcomplicatedsystemwiththedevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology.Thestudyoftherelativemotionofvariablemasssystembyusingthetheoryandmethodofanalyticalmechanicsnotonlycanunifytheexpressionformbutalsocandisplayitssuperioritytothecomplicatedsystem.In1961,thedynamicsofrelativemotionofholonomicsystemwasderivedbyLur'ell].Inrecehtyears,LiulZIandLuol3'4]havegiventhedynamicsequationsofrelativemotionofvariablemassnonholonomicsystem.Howe…     

力学可以为农业现代化作贡献

农业现代化提出了许多与力学各个分支都有密切关系的问题．从农田耕作、农业物料性质、农产品烘干、水果和蔬菜生产、农业生物环境、节水灌溉、农业水土资源合理利用和作物生长等方面，介绍了有关的力学问题和目前的研究进展．     

Applicability of normal and shear stress cells embedded in cohesionless materials

A normal stress cell and a shear stress cell have been designed and tested under very varied conditions including permanent strain. Results pooled from nine different tests with the cells embedded in cohesionless materials (sand and wheat) showed that the coefficient of variation of the normal stress-cell sensitivity was 0.04, while it was 0.10 for the shear cell. The agreement between predicted and measured sensitivity was considered to be good for the normal stress cell and reasonably good for the shear stress cell. The shear cell showed a systematic dependence, within acceptable limits, of the total stress state in the surrounding material. A qualitative explanation of this phenomenon is given. Paper was presented at the SEM VI International Congress on Experimental Mechanics held in Portland, OR in June 6–10, 1988.     

实验力学在未来国际上的地位

本文论述了测量和实验技术当前和未来在分析结构、结构单元以及技术系统的位移、应变和应力中所起的作用.今天比以往任何时候都有更多的原因在广泛的领域中采用实验力学的方法。现代先进的新技术,新的测量设备,自动的量测和评价过程已应运而生。先进的测量技术和计算机技术的结合——杂交技术已得到了发展,这些技术使我们能对结构和产品进行优化设计:节省能源和原材料,提高产品质量以及结构和技术系统的可靠性和安全度,管理生产的过程,监控运行系统的安全。这些方法能用于减少技术系统的危险性和对环境的破坏,对发展中国家传授先进的实验力学方法的知识,显得更为重要。     

热毛细对流的液桥几何位形及浮力效应

本文讨论重力对不同高度、直径比液桥的热毛细对流的影响。当液桥高度、直径比增大时,液桥中的等流函数线呈双涡结构,这种流动图样并不必然与热毛细振荡流相联系。在地面热毛细对流实验中模拟空间微重力情况,液桥高度需小于1.5mm。在微重力环境中,液桥内的流场和温度分布介于地面相同参数液桥的上部加热和下部加热两种结果之间。因此,可以用地面实验结果估计空间液桥的对流和热输运情况。     

THE IMPACT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COAL CONTAINING GAS1)

为得出含瓦斯煤体的冲击力学特性,采用类单轴压缩试验方法,对吸附瓦斯压力在0 MPa, 2 MPa, 4 MPa, 6 MPa等情况下的煤样力学特性进行了研究。研究得出：随着吸附瓦斯压力的增大,煤样的抗压强度、弹性模量、冲击能指数均近似线性降低,峰值应变近似线性增大。随着吸附瓦斯压力的增大,煤体的破坏类型由脆性向延性破坏转变,破坏的分选性增强。吸附瓦斯的作用加速了煤体失稳破坏的进程,并使煤岩瓦斯动力灾害类型呈现由冲击地压主导型向煤与瓦斯突出主导型转变的趋势。     

双层碳纳米管中的周向导波

考虑双层碳纳米管的层间范德华力,采用连续介质力学的波动理论,建立了双层碳纳米管中周向导波传播模型,研究周向导波的频散现象.通过与单层碳纳米管结果的比较表明,双层碳纳米管中周向导波的传播表现出更为明显的频散特性,出现更多的模态干涉现象,并发现在某些特殊频率处出现成对模态的消失与新启现象.     

Parametric analysis of lugged wheel performance for a lunar microrover by means of DEM

The purpose of this study was to develop a numerical tool to simulate the performance of lugged wheels designed for a lunar microrover. The performance was analyzed using a Discrete Element Method (DEM) whose accuracy was validated for interactions between lugged wheels and soil. DEM analysis indicated that, on flat horizontal lunar surfaces, wheels with 18 10-mm-high lugs would provide less net traction than would wheels with 36 5-mm-high lugs.