Strain Rate Effects on Tensile and Compression Behavior of Nano-crystalline Nanoporous Gold: A Molecular Dynamic Study

• In this study, strain rate effects on the tensile and compressive properties of nano-crystalline nanoporous gold (nc-NPAu) are investigated by performing molecular dynamics simulations. For this purpose, atomistic models of nc-NPAu structures with three different grain sizes are generated through a novel modeling technique based on the Voronoi tessellation method. Additionally, an adaptive common neighbor analysis (aCNA) is carried out to examine the evolution of the crystal structure. In this way, the deformation mechanisms of nc-NPAu atomistic models are thoroughly investigated. The findings point out that mechanical properties of nc-NPAu specimens such as toughness, ultimate and yield strengths grow at increasing strain rates for both tensile and compressive loadings while their elastic moduli exhibit less significant variations at different strain rates. Furthermore, the study also shows that in addition to dislocation motion, several other deformation mechanisms including grain rotation, grain boundary sliding and grain travelling are observed to be effective for nc-NPAu.

• In this study the strain rate effects on the tensile and compressive properties of nano-crystalline nanoporous gold (nc-NPAu) are investigated by performing molecular dynamics simulations. In order to examine the role of strain rate,atomistic models of nc-NPAu structures with three different grain size are generated through a novel modeling technique based on the Voronoi tessellation method. Additionally an adaptive common neighbor analysis (aCNA) iscarried out to observe the evolution of the crystal structure. In this way the deformation mechanisms of nc-NPAu atomistic models are thoroughly investigated. The findings point out that such mechanical properties as toughness, ultimate and yield strengths grow at increasing strain rates for both tensile and compressive loadings. The elastic moduli of nc-NPAu atomic models have exhibited insignificant changes for different strain rates. Moreover this studyshows that the deformation mechanism is not only a combination of dislocation movements, grain rotations, and grainboundary sliding but also additional grain travelling.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Teknisk mekanik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Applied Mechanics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Annan materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Other Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Nano-crystalline

Nanoporous

Molecular Dynamics Simulations

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