Modeling microstructural evolution in irradiated materials with cluster dynamics methods: a review

AA Kohnert, BD Wirth, L Capolungo - Computational Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
As both the design of material systems for nuclear energy applications and the number of
reactor designs being proposed increase the need for material models predicting the …

Combining in situ transmission electron microscopy irradiation experiments with cluster dynamics modeling to study nanoscale defect agglomeration in structural …

D Xu, BD Wirth, M Li, MA Kirk - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
We present a combinatorial approach that integrates state-of-the-art transmission electron
microscopy (TEM) in situ irradiation experiments and high-performance computing …

Spatially resolved stochastic cluster dynamics for radiation damage evolution in nanostructured metals

AY Dunn, L Capolungo, E Martinez… - Journal of nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
A spatially resolved stochastic cluster dynamics (SRSCD) model is introduced to describe
radiation-induced defect evolution in metals. The stochastic nature of the method allows …

Coupling crystal plasticity and stochastic cluster dynamics models of irradiation damage in tungsten

Q Yu, S Chatterjee, KJ Roche, G Po… - … and Simulation in …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Irradiation damage is known to alter a material's microstructure due to the accumulation of
high densities of defect clusters. Such irradiated microstructures change the mechanical …

Stochastic cluster dynamics method for simulations of multispecies irradiation damage accumulation

J Marian, VV Bulatov - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Accurate modeling of irradiation damage processes is important to predict materials
performance in nuclear environments. The mean-field rate theory (RT) approach has been …

Simulating radiation damage accumulation in α-Fe: a spatially resolved stochastic cluster dynamics approach

A Dunn, L Capolungo - Computational Materials Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Neutron irradiation of high purity α-Fe to 10-1 DPA is simulated using spatially resolved
stochastic cluster dynamics (SRSCD). In doing so, a novel scheme is developed that …

Efficient simulation of kinetics of radiation induced defects: A cluster dynamics approach

T Jourdan, G Bencteux, G Adjanor - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Cluster dynamics has proved to be a useful technique to simulate the microstructure
evolution under irradiation over long time scales, especially when rate equations are solved …

Synchronous parallel spatially resolved stochastic cluster dynamics

A Dunn, R Dingreville, E Martínez… - Computational Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a spatially resolved stochastic cluster dynamics (SRSCD) model for radiation
damage accumulation in metals is implemented using a synchronous parallel kinetic Monte …

Rate theory cluster dynamics simulations including spatial correlations within displacement cascades

T Jourdan, JP Crocombette - Physical Review B, 2012 - APS
Mean-field cluster dynamics (CD) using rate theory is a convenient method to simulate the
nucleation, growth, and coarsening of clusters under continuous irradiation or ion …

Modeling defect cluster evolution in irradiated structural materials: Focus on comparing to high-resolution experimental characterization studies

BD Wirth, X Hu, A Kohnert, D Xu - Journal of Materials Research, 2015 - cambridge.org
It is well established that exposure of metallic structural materials to irradiation environments
results in significant microstructural evolution, property changes, and performance …