论文期刊

论文标题    Activation Volume and Incipient Plastic Deformation of Uniaxially-Loaded Gold Nanowires at Very High Strain Rates
作者    Fei Ma, Shengli Ma, Kewei Xu and Paul K Chu
发表/完成日期    2007-06-09
期刊名称    Nanotechnology
期卷    18
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论文简介    Uniaxial tensile loading is investigated by the molecular dynamic (MD) method on Au nanowires at ultra-high strain rates. The activation volume is used to comprehensively characterize the incipient plastic deformation during this process. For lower strain rates such as s-1, the moving velocity, , of the atom planes due to uniaxial loading is two orders of magnitude smaller than the phonon wave propagation speed, , and the coherence between atoms is always maintained with a larger activation volume. In this case, plastic deformation is initiated mainly by collective atomic slipping, and thus only lower flow stress is needed. On the other hand, for higher strain rates like s-1, is elevated to the same magnitude as , the atom coherence is broken, their individual behavior is dominant by extraordinarily small activation volume, and atom diffusion becomes the main mechanism for plastic deformation. As a result, the yield strength is improved substantially. A higher temperature may weaken this strain-rate-dependent mechanical behavior because of the enhanced atom activity.