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Main Authors: Santos-Güemes, Rodrigo, Ortiz, Christophe J., Segurado, Javier
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09158
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author Santos-Güemes, Rodrigo
Ortiz, Christophe J.
Segurado, Javier
author_facet Santos-Güemes, Rodrigo
Ortiz, Christophe J.
Segurado, Javier
contents Object kinetic Montecarlo (OkMC) is a fundamental tool for modeling defect evolution in volumes and times far beyond atomistic models. The elastic interaction between defects is classically considered using a dipolar approximation but this approach is limited to simple cases and can be inaccurate for large and close interacting defects. In this work a novel framework is proposed to include "exact" elastic interactions between defects in OkMC valid for any type of defect and anisotropic media. In this method, the elastic interaction energy of a defect is computed by volume integration of its elastic strain multiplied by the stress created by all the other defects, being both fields obtained numerically using a FFT solver. The resulting interaction energies reproduce analytical elastic solutions and show the limited accuracy of dipole approaches for close and large defects. The OkMC framework proposed is used to simulate the evolution in space and time of self-interstitial atoms and dislocation loops in iron. It is found that including the anisotropy has a quantitative effect in the evolution of all the type of defects studied. Regarding dislocation loops, it is observed that using the "exact" interaction energy result in higher interactions than using the dipole approximation for close loops.
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spellingShingle An FFT based approach to account for elastic interactions in OkMC: Application to dislocation loops in iron
Santos-Güemes, Rodrigo
Ortiz, Christophe J.
Segurado, Javier
Materials Science
Numerical Analysis
Computational Physics
Object kinetic Montecarlo (OkMC) is a fundamental tool for modeling defect evolution in volumes and times far beyond atomistic models. The elastic interaction between defects is classically considered using a dipolar approximation but this approach is limited to simple cases and can be inaccurate for large and close interacting defects. In this work a novel framework is proposed to include "exact" elastic interactions between defects in OkMC valid for any type of defect and anisotropic media. In this method, the elastic interaction energy of a defect is computed by volume integration of its elastic strain multiplied by the stress created by all the other defects, being both fields obtained numerically using a FFT solver. The resulting interaction energies reproduce analytical elastic solutions and show the limited accuracy of dipole approaches for close and large defects. The OkMC framework proposed is used to simulate the evolution in space and time of self-interstitial atoms and dislocation loops in iron. It is found that including the anisotropy has a quantitative effect in the evolution of all the type of defects studied. Regarding dislocation loops, it is observed that using the "exact" interaction energy result in higher interactions than using the dipole approximation for close loops.
title An FFT based approach to account for elastic interactions in OkMC: Application to dislocation loops in iron
topic Materials Science
Numerical Analysis
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09158