Finite-Temperature Atomistic and Continuum Stress Fields of Coherent Precipitates with a Small Lattice Misfit

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An accurate description of elastic effects of coherent microstructures is necessary for the predictive modeling of microstructural evolution in many structural materials. To date, there has not been a demonstration on how continuum elasticity models are able to reproduce finite-temperature stress-fields and elastic energy estimates of coherent precipitates from atomistic simulations. We present a comparison of stress-fields of coherent precipitates in the BCC Fe-Cr system obtained from atomistic simulation data and from continuum elasticity modeling. The magnitude and topology of the stress-fields show good agreement between the two approaches, and we show the importance of elastic effects on the Gibbs-Thompson effect for this small lattice misfit system. We conclude with a discussion of potential complications of continuum modeling for systems with larger misfit.

Modeling and computational material science

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