An empirical potential to simulate helium and hydrogen in highly irradiated tungsten
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| author | Tirumala, Samanyu Mason, Daniel R. Shattock, Oliver Nguyen-Manh, Duc Hofmann, Felix Boleininger, Max |
| author_facet | Tirumala, Samanyu Mason, Daniel R. Shattock, Oliver Nguyen-Manh, Duc Hofmann, Felix Boleininger, Max |
| contents | Materials used in commercial D-T fusion reactors will be exposed to irradiation and a mixture of helium and hydrogen plasma. Modeling the microstructural evolution of such materials requires the use of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. The focus of this study is to develop a fast EAM potential for the interactions among the three elements (W, H, and He), fitted to accurately reproduce both the ab initio formation energies and relaxation volumes of small defect clusters containing light gases within tungsten. The potential enables the study of tungsten under irradiation and in the presence of light gases. To demonstrate the utility of the potential, we construct a thermodynamically motivated model for predicting the energetics of light-gas-filled voids. The model is then validated through molecular dynamics simulations with our new potential. |
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| spellingShingle | An empirical potential to simulate helium and hydrogen in highly irradiated tungsten Tirumala, Samanyu Mason, Daniel R. Shattock, Oliver Nguyen-Manh, Duc Hofmann, Felix Boleininger, Max Materials Science Materials used in commercial D-T fusion reactors will be exposed to irradiation and a mixture of helium and hydrogen plasma. Modeling the microstructural evolution of such materials requires the use of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. The focus of this study is to develop a fast EAM potential for the interactions among the three elements (W, H, and He), fitted to accurately reproduce both the ab initio formation energies and relaxation volumes of small defect clusters containing light gases within tungsten. The potential enables the study of tungsten under irradiation and in the presence of light gases. To demonstrate the utility of the potential, we construct a thermodynamically motivated model for predicting the energetics of light-gas-filled voids. The model is then validated through molecular dynamics simulations with our new potential. |
| title | An empirical potential to simulate helium and hydrogen in highly irradiated tungsten |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22012 |