Self-ion irradiation effects on nanoindentation-induced plasticity of crystalline iron: A joint experimental and computational study

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Main Authors: Mulewska, K., Rovaris, F., Dominguez-Gutierrez, F. J., Huo, W. Y., Kalita, D., Jozwik, I., Papanikolaou, S., Alava, M. J., Kurpaska, L., Jagielski, J.
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author Mulewska, K.
Rovaris, F.
Dominguez-Gutierrez, F. J.
Huo, W. Y.
Kalita, D.
Jozwik, I.
Papanikolaou, S.
Alava, M. J.
Kurpaska, L.
Jagielski, J.
author_facet Mulewska, K.
Rovaris, F.
Dominguez-Gutierrez, F. J.
Huo, W. Y.
Kalita, D.
Jozwik, I.
Papanikolaou, S.
Alava, M. J.
Kurpaska, L.
Jagielski, J.
contents In this paper, experimental work is supported by multi-scale numerical modeling to investigate nanomechanical response of pristine and ion irradiated with Fe2+ ions with energy 5 MeV high purity iron specimens by nanoindentation and Electron Backscatter Diffraction. The appearance of a sudden displacement burst that is observed during the loading process in the load-displacement curves is connected with increased shear stress in a small subsurface volume due to dislocation slip activation and mobilization of pre-existing dislocations by irradiation. The molecular dynamics (MD) and 3D-discrete dislocation dynamics (3D-DDD) simulations are applied to model geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) nucleation mechanisms at early stages of nanoindentation test; providing an insight to the mechanical response of the material and its plastic instability and are in a qualitative agreement with GNDs density mapping images. Finally, we noted that dislocations and defects nucleated are responsible the material hardness increase, as observed in recorded load-displacement curves and pop-ins analysis.
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spellingShingle Self-ion irradiation effects on nanoindentation-induced plasticity of crystalline iron: A joint experimental and computational study
Mulewska, K.
Rovaris, F.
Dominguez-Gutierrez, F. J.
Huo, W. Y.
Kalita, D.
Jozwik, I.
Papanikolaou, S.
Alava, M. J.
Kurpaska, L.
Jagielski, J.
Materials Science
In this paper, experimental work is supported by multi-scale numerical modeling to investigate nanomechanical response of pristine and ion irradiated with Fe2+ ions with energy 5 MeV high purity iron specimens by nanoindentation and Electron Backscatter Diffraction. The appearance of a sudden displacement burst that is observed during the loading process in the load-displacement curves is connected with increased shear stress in a small subsurface volume due to dislocation slip activation and mobilization of pre-existing dislocations by irradiation. The molecular dynamics (MD) and 3D-discrete dislocation dynamics (3D-DDD) simulations are applied to model geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) nucleation mechanisms at early stages of nanoindentation test; providing an insight to the mechanical response of the material and its plastic instability and are in a qualitative agreement with GNDs density mapping images. Finally, we noted that dislocations and defects nucleated are responsible the material hardness increase, as observed in recorded load-displacement curves and pop-ins analysis.
title Self-ion irradiation effects on nanoindentation-induced plasticity of crystalline iron: A joint experimental and computational study
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.13505