Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 56, Issue 5, Pages 1106-1113Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.11.002
Keywords
grain boundary migration; Molecular dynamics
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Recent theoretical and simulation studies indicate that grain boundary motion is coupled to the translation and rotation of the adjacent grains. However, the geometry of the system can strongly modify this coupling. We simulate the evolution of grains in two geometries that are similar to experimental systems that have been studied. The first, a small circular grain embedded in a matrix consisting of two other grains, shows that rotation can be suppressed by geometric frustration, but the coupling slows the grain boundary motion. The second, a bicrystal cut into a wedge shape, shows that free boundaries can act as sinks for grain boundary dislocations thereby stopping or even reversing the rotation caused by grain boundary motion. These results show that an experimentally relevant theory of grain boundary motion needs to consider the effects of microstructure and sample geometry. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
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