Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoindentation in cr, al layers and al/cr bilayers, using a hard spherical nanoindenter

Three-dimensional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a nanoindentation technique using the hard sphere method for Cr (bcc) and Al (fcc) thin films and (Cr/Al)n (n=1,2) systems were carried out. For the model implementation, Morse interatomic potential was used for describing the single crystal i...

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Autores:
Amaya-Roncancio, Sebastián
Restrepo-Parra, Elisabeth
Devia-Narvaez, Diana Marcela
Arias Mateus, Diego Fernando
Gómez-Hermida, Mónica María
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/48934
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/48934
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/42391/
Palabra clave:
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
Hardness
Interface
Morse potential
Nanoindentation
Young´s modulus.
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Three-dimensional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a nanoindentation technique using the hard sphere method for Cr (bcc) and Al (fcc) thin films and (Cr/Al)n (n=1,2) systems were carried out. For the model implementation, Morse interatomic potential was used for describing the single crystal interaction and the contact between Cr and Al structures. On the other hand, fixed boundary conditions were used and the repulsive radial potential was employed for modeling the spherical tip, and ideal mechanical properties at 0 K were obtained by simulating load-unload curves. Bilayers presented higher hardness and Young´s modulus than Cr and Al layers. Moreover, the region of atoms movement after the unload process shows a continuous parabolic boundary for Al and Cr layers and a discontinuous boundary for the bilayers caused by the interfaces.