Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-09-29
Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 82 (2010) 021505
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021505
Crystal nucleation and growth processes induced by an externally applied shear strain in a model metallic glass are studied by means of nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, in a range of temperatures. We observe that the nucleation-growth process takes place after a transient, induction regime. The critical cluster size and the lag-time associated with this induction period are determined from a mean first-passage time analysis. The laws that describe the cluster growth process are studied as a function of temperature and strain rate. A theoretical model for crystallization kinetics that includes the time dependence for nucleation and cluster growth is developed within the framework of the Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami scenario and is compared with the molecular dynamics data. Scalings for the cluster growth laws and for the crystallization kinetics are also proposed and tested. The observed nucleation rates are found to display a nonmonotonic strain rate dependency.
Barrat Jean Louis
Mokshin Anatolii
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