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Molecular Dynamics Study of Interfacial Micromechanical Behaviors of 6H-SiC/Al Composites under Uniaxial Tensile Deformation

This paper investigated the micromechanical behavior of different 6H-SiC/Al systems during the uniaxial tensile loading by using molecular dynamics simulations. The results showed that the interface models responded diversely to the tensile stress when the four low-index surfaces of the Al were used...

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Autores principales: Feng, Kai, Wang, Jiefang, Hao, Shiming, Xie, Jingpei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9919560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36770365
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13030404
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Sumario:This paper investigated the micromechanical behavior of different 6H-SiC/Al systems during the uniaxial tensile loading by using molecular dynamics simulations. The results showed that the interface models responded diversely to the tensile stress when the four low-index surfaces of the Al were used as the variables of the joint surfaces. In terms of their stress–strain properties, the SiC(0001)/Al(001) models exhibited the highest tensile strength and the smallest elongation, while the other models produced certain deformations to relieve the excessive strain, thus increasing the elongation. The SiC(0001)/Al(110) models exhibited the largest elongations among all the models. From the aspect of their deformation characteristics, the SiC(0001)/Al(001) model performed almost no plastic deformation and dislocations during the tensile process. The deformation of the SiC(0001)/Al(110) model was dominated by the slip of the 1/6 <112> Shockley partial dislocations, which contributed to the intersecting stacking faults in the model. The SiC(0001)/Al(111) model produced a large number of dislocations under the tensile loading. Dislocation entanglement was also found in the model. Meanwhile, a unique defect structure consisting of three 1/6 <110> stair-rod dislocations and three stacking faults were found in the model. The plastic deformation in the SiC(0001)/Al(112) interface model was restricted by the L-C lock and was carried out along the 1/6 <110> stair-rod dislocations’ direction. These results reveal the interfacial micromechanical behaviors of the 6H-SiC/Al composites and demonstrate the complexity of the deformation systems of the interfaces under stress.