Published August 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of dislocation dynamics

  • 1. Division of Materials Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

Description

A kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of dislocation motion is introduced. The dislocations are assumed to be composed of pure edge and screw segments confined to a fixed lattice. The stress and temperature dependence of the dislocation velocity is studied, and finite-size effects are discussed. It is argued that surfaces and boundaries may play a significant role in the velocity of dislocations. The simulated dislocations are shown to display kinetic roughening according to the exponents predicted by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
60
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 3799-3805
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30046347
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
DYNAMICS; EDGE DISLOCATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCREW DISLOCATIONS; STRESSES
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS; LINE DEFECTS; MECHANICS