Mechanisms of radiation strengthening in Fe–Cr alloys as revealed by atomistic studies

D Terentyev, G Bonny, C Domain, G Monnet… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
A review of experimental results shows that the dependence on Cr content of radiation-
induced strengthening in Fe–Cr alloys and ferritic/martensitic steels is peculiar, exhibiting an …

Helium implantation effects on the compressive response of Cu nanopillars

Q Guo, P Landau, P Hosemann, Y Wang, JR Greer - Small, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In nuclear applications like fission, spallation and fusion, one of the main concerns is that the
structural materials must be able to withstand harsh irradiation conditions. In particular, in …

Equiaxed grained structure: A structure in titanium alloys with higher compressive mechanical properties

C Yang, LH Liu, QR Cheng, DD You, YY Li - Materials Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report an equiaxed grained (EGed) structure in Ti 66 Nb 13 Cu 8 Ni 6.8 Al 6.2 bulk alloys
with higher compressive mechanical properties, which was fabricated by the spark plasma …

The effect of stacking fault energy on interactions between an edge dislocation and a spherical void by molecular dynamics simulations

K Asari, OS Hetland, S Fujita, M Itakura… - Journal of nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted using a set of six interatomic potentials for
FCC metals that differed only in stacking fault energy (SFE), to clarify the effect of SFE on …

Nodal effects in -iron dislocation mobility in the presence of helium bubbles

NN Kumar, E Martinez, BK Dutta, GK Dey, A Caro - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
Dislocations and dislocation networks act as sinks for irradiation-induced point defects such
as vacancies and interstitials, or impurities such as helium. Recently, it has been found that …

First principle study of cobalt impurity in bcc Fe with Cu precipitates

NI Medvedeva, AS Murthy, VL Richards… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - Springer
The addition of cobalt was experimentally observed to increase the strength and impact
toughness of Cu precipitation hardened steel. In order to understand the mechanism of this …

Investigation of cascade-induced re-solution from nanometer sized coherent precipitates in dilute Fe–Cu alloys

A Certain, HJL Voigt, TR Allen, BD Wirth - Journal of nuclear materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used to investigate the re-solution of
copper atoms from coherent, nanometer-sized copper precipitates in a body-centered cubic …