J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1998, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 72-74.

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Hot Spot in Materials with Structural Defects under High Shear Loading Rates

S. G.Psakhie; K.P.Zolnikov and D. Yu.Saraev (Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch,Akademicheskii pr.2/1, 634021 Tomsk, Russia)   

  • Received:1998-01-28 Revised:1998-01-28 Online:1998-01-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The response of three-dimensional sample of Al, containing vacancy complex, under shear loading was simulated. The molecular dynamics method was used and interaction between atoms was described on the base of pseudopotential theory Solitary waves were generated in the sample under mechanical loading. Their interaction with the vacancy complexes was shown to be able to initiate hot spot in that local region of the complexes. Some parameters of the hot spot as well as solitary waves were calculated. The initiation of the hot spot is accompanied with sufficient local structural relaxation.