Atomic collision cascades on void evolution in vanadium

• Published in: Radiation effects and defects in solids Vol. 167; no. 1; pp. 12 - 25
• Main Authors: Xu, S. Z., Hao, Z. M., Su, Y. Q., Hu, W. J., Yu, Y., Wan, Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.01.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 61.72.Ji; 61.72.Qq; 61.80.Az; Atoms & subatomic particles; collision cascades; Collision dynamics; Crystal defects; Dislocation density; Fluid dynamics; Mechanical properties; molecular dynamics; Nuclear power generation; Recoil; Recovering; Simulation; single crystalline vanadium; Single crystals; softening to hardening transition; Vanadium; void evolution; Voids

Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to study void evolution subject to unidirectional self-bombardment and radiation-induced variation of mechanical properties in single crystalline vanadium. 3D simulation cells of perfect body-centered cubic (BCC) vanadium, as well as those with one, two,...