Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t8hqh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-01T00:56:28.054Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nano-Sized Crystallization During Plastic Deformation in an Amorphous Metal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

R. Tarumi
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
A. Ogura
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
M. Shimojo
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
K. Takashima
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
Y. Higo
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
Get access

Abstract

An NTP ensemble molecular dynamics simulation was carried out to investigate the mechanism of nano-sized crystallization during plastic deformation in an amorphous metal. The atomic system used in this study was Ni single component. The total number of Ni atoms was 1372. The Morse type inter-atomic potential was employed. An amorphous model was prepared by a quenching process from the liquid state. Pure shear stresses were applied to the amorphous model at a temperature of 50 K. At applied stresses of less than 2.4GPa, a linear relation between shear stress and shear strain was observed. However, at an applied shear stress of 2.8 GPa, the amorphous model started to deform significantly until shear strain reached to 0.78. During this deformation process, phase transformation from amorphous into crystalline structure (fcc) was observed. Furthermore, an orientation relationship between shear directions and crystalline phase was obtained, that is, two shear directions are parallel to a (111) of the fcc structure. This crystallographic orientation relationship agreed well with our experimental result of Ni-P amorphous alloy. Mechanisms of phase transformation from amorphous into crystalline structure were discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Chen, H. S., He, Y., Shiflet, G. J. and Poon, S.J.: Nature 367 (1994) 541.Google Scholar
2. Gilman, J. J.: J. Appl. Phys. 46 (1975) 1625.Google Scholar
3. Pampillo, C. A.: J. Mater. Sci. 10 (1975) 1194.Google Scholar
4. Likhachev, V.A., Mikhailin, A.I. and Zhigilei, L.V.: Phil. Mag. A, 69 (1994) 421 Google Scholar
5. Bording, J. K. and Tafto, J.: Phys. Rev. B 62 (2000) 8098 Google Scholar
6. Milstein, F.: J. Appl. Phys. 44 (1973) 3825.Google Scholar
7. Rosato, V., Guillope, M. and Legrand, B.: Phil. Mag. A, 59 (1989) 321.Google Scholar
8. Taber, H. R. and Sutton, A. P.: Phil. Mag. Let., 63 (1991) 217.Google Scholar
9. Parrinello, M. and Rahman, A.: J. Appl. Phys. 52 (1981) 7182.Google Scholar
10. Nose, S.: J. Chem. Phys. 81 (1984) 511.Google Scholar
11. Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M.: Theory of Elasticity, (Pergamon press, (1985)) Vol. 7 of Course of Theoretical Physics.Google Scholar
12. Ogura, A., Sato, M., Tarumi, R., Shimojo, M., Takashima, K. and Higo, Y.: MRS 2000 fall meeting, B1.10, Abstract, 40Google Scholar
13. Tarumi, R., Ogura, A., Shimojo, M., Takashima, K. and Higo, Y.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 39 (2000) L611 Google Scholar