Multiscale modeling of crystal defects in structural materials

J Wang, H Xu, H Gao, DL McDowell - MRS Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
Defects in crystals influence and control many relevant material properties. It is essential to
employ multiscale modeling to understand structure and evolution of crystal defects. Most …

Atomistic modelling of the diffusion of C in FeCr alloys

R Herschberg, CC Fu, M Nastar, F Soisson - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The diffusion of C in Fesingle bond Cr solid solutions is modelled and compared to
experimental data. A set of binding energies and migration barriers for C diffusion in different …

Multiscale modeling of Radiation Induced Segregation in iron based alloys

L Thuinet, M Nastar, E Martinez, GFB Moladje… - Computational Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In metallic alloys of fission or fusion reactors, microstructural evolution results from a
dynamic equilibrium between thermodynamic forces and the production of defects by …

A physics-based machine learning study of the behavior of interstitial helium in single crystal W–Mo binary alloys

AJ Samin - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, the behavior of dilute interstitial helium in W–Mo binary alloys was explored
through the application of a first principles-informed neural network (NN) in order to study …

MD simulation of vacancy and interstitial diffusion in FeCr alloy

M Tikhonchev - Physica Scripta, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The diffusion mobility of iron and chromium atoms in Fe-9% Cr and Fe-20% Cr alloys for
temperature up to 1000 K has been studied by molecular dynamics simulation. Both …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation of Cr-rich clusters in Fe-Cr alloys: Effects of irradiation from first principles modeling and experimental observations

M Fedorov, JS Wróbel, AJ London… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Using exchange Monte Carlo (MC) simulations based on an ab initio-
parameterized Cluster Expansion (CE) model, we explore the phase stability of low-Cr Fe-Cr …

Microstructure modeling of nuclear structural materials: Recent progress and future directions

JH Ke - Computational Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Modeling and simulation of microstructures are essential to understand the complex
responses and behaviors of nuclear materials in extreme environments. The needs to …

Effects of Aluminum and Molybdenum on the Phase Stability of Iron-Chromium Alloys: A First-Principles Study

JH Ke, AM Jokisaari - JOM, 2023 - Springer
The interaction between solute atoms is critical to the thermodynamic behavior of Fe-Cr
alloys, but the effects of non-dilute Al and Mo on the Fe-Cr phase stability and vacancy …

Effect of concurrent grain growth on radiation-induced segregation in nanocrystalline Fe–Cr–Ni alloys

AA Rezwan, D Schwen, Y Zhang - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Irradiation of crystalline materials modifies their microchemistry and microstructure. This
includes solute segregation toward defect sinks such as grain boundaries (GBs), a …

Phase field methods

P Bellon, L Thuinet - Comprehensive nuclear materials, 2020 - hal.science
This article reviews the principles and applications of the phase field technique for modeling
phase transformations and microstructural evolutions, with an emphasis on solid-solid …