An Elasto-Chemical Theory of Grain Boundaries.

Abstract

An infinite periodic heterophase dislocation array is used as a model of a tilt boundary near the melting point of a crystalline solid. The elastic interaction among dislocations is included via a traction-free-core boundary condition. The elastic energy is coupled to the chemical energy from the core by an energy minimization scheme of the core radius. The theory yields the total grain boundary energy as function of tilt misorientation, which is found to compare favorably with experiments on bismuth.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 14, 1975
Accession Number
ADA006653

Entities

People

  • M. E. Glicksman
  • R. A. Masumura

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Dislocations
  • Grain Boundaries
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Melting
  • Melting Point
  • Phase Transformations
  • Thermodynamic Processes
  • Traction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.