Boundary Effects, and Atomistic Aspects of Boundary Sliding and Diffusional Creep.

Abstract

The paper describes behavior of atoms in a grain or phase boundary when the boundary slides (when the crystals which meet at the boundary suffer a relative shear displacement parallel to the boundary plane) and during diffusional creep (when the crystals which meet at the boundary suffer both a normal and a shear translation). Boundary defects are involved. They are dislocations, with Burgers' vectors which need not be lattice vectors of either crystal. If they are sufficiently numerous and mobile, the rate of sliding and diffusional creep is given by the classical, continuum models. But if their density is low, or their motion is hindered, the rate of sliding and of creep is less than that predicted by the classical treatments. Equations for sliding and creep rates are developed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0730094

Entities

People

  • M. F. Ashby

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Dislocations
  • Displacement
  • Equations
  • Translations

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.