Published February 25, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Ab initio calculations of ideal tensile strength and mechanical stability in copper

  • 1. Institute of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2, CZ-616 69 Brno (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Zizkova 22, CZ-616 62 Brno, Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Description

A simulation of a tensile test of copper crystal along the [001] direction is performed using the Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP). Stability conditions for a uniaxially loaded system are presented and analysed and the ideal (theoretical) tensile strength for the loading along the [001] direction is determined to be 9.4 GPa in tension and 3.5 GPa in compression. A comparison with experimental values is performed

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/16/1045/cm4_7_004.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1045-1052
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL