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Part A: Materials Science

Crystallographic-orientation-dependent unconventional twinning pathway at the crack tip of body-centered cubic tantalum

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Pages 1442-1452 | Received 26 Dec 2022, Accepted 12 May 2023, Published online: 01 Jun 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Anti-twin has been experimentally observed in body-centered cubic nanopillars, which naturally raises the reconsideration of twinning pathways at the crack tips. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we find that shuffling anti-twinning and twinning pathways appear simultaneously at the (011¯)[011] crack tip; while only twinning pathway appears at the (010)[101] crack tip. By analysing the shear stress distribution of the two crack models, we reveal that the specific twinning pathway is determined by the direction relationship between the anti-twinning/twinning slip system and the butterfly-like shear stress fields. This study deepens our understanding of anti-twin and extends the knowledge about the twin formation mechanisms at the crack tips of body-centered cubic metals.

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Funding

This work is financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 11875015) and the National MCF Energy R&D Program of China (grant number 2018YFE0308101).

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