Cavitation in amorphous solids

P Guan, S Lu, MJB Spector, PK Valavala, ML Falk - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
Molecular dynamics simulations of cavitation in a Zr 50 Cu 50 metallic glass exhibit a waiting
time dependent cavitation rate. On short time scales nucleation rates and critical cavity sizes …

Shock-induced plasticity and damage in single-crystalline Cu at elevated temperatures by molecular dynamics simulations

X Tian, J Cui, K Ma, M **ang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Initial temperature effects on shock responses, including shock-induced plasticity and
spalling damage behaviors of single-crystalline Cu are investigated by molecular dynamics …

Atomistic simulation and continuum modeling of the dynamic tensile fracture and damage evolution of solid single crystalline Al with He bubble

T Zhou, F Zhao, H Zhou, F Zhang, P Wang - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic tensile fracture mechanism and damage evolution characteristics of solid
single crystalline Al with He bubble are investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) …

Evolution of pore ensemble in solid and molten aluminum under dynamic tensile fracture: Molecular dynamics simulations and mechanical models

AE Mayer, PN Mayer - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Construction of the mechanical model for dynamic tensile (spall) fracture is one of the
cornerstone problems in the mechanical description of the material behavior under dynamic …

Spall fracture of solid and molten copper: Molecular dynamics, mechanical model and strain rate dependence

PN Mayer, VV Pogorelko, DS Voronin, AE Mayer - Metals, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we formulate a mechanical model of spall fracture of copper, which describes
both solid and molten states. The model is verified, and its parameters are found based on …

Dynamic tensile fracture of liquid copper containing helium bubbles

DD Jiang, TT Zhou, P Wang, AM He - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic tensile fracture process of liquid copper containing helium bubbles system is
systematically investigated by molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical modeling. A …

Spontaneous cavitation in a Lennard-Jones liquid at negative pressures

VG Baidakov, KS Bobrov - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report a molecular dynamics (MD) study of homogeneous bubble nucleation in a
Lennard-Jones liquid under a negative pressure (cavitation). The rate of bubble nucleation …

Microscopic and macroscopic modeling of femtosecond laser ablation of metals

ME Povarnitsyn, VB Fokin, PR Levashov - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Simulation of femtosecond laser ablation of a bulk aluminum target is performed using two
complementary approaches. The first method is single-fluid two-temperature hydrodynamics …

Attenuation and inflection of initially planar shock wave generated by femtosecond laser pulse

VV Shepelev, YV Petrov, NA Inogamov… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evolution of wavefront geometry during propagation and attenuation of initially planar shock
waves generated by femtosecond laser pulses in aluminum is studied. We demonstrate that …

First-principles calculations of the viscosity in multicomponent metallic melts: Al-Cu-Ni as a test case

N Kondratyuk, R Ryltsev, V Ankudinov… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Calculating viscosity in multicompoinent metallic melts is a challenging task for both
classical and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations methods. The former may not to …