Abstract
Degradation of mechanical properties due to nanometric irradiation induced defects is one of the challenging issues in designing materials for future fusion reactors. Various types of defects such as voids and He bubbles may be produced due to high dose of neutron irradiation due to fusion reaction. We study the influence of He bubble on the mobility of an edge dislocation in pure bcc-Fe using molecular dynamics simulation as a function of bubble size, He density and temperature. It appears that low contents He bubbles are penetrable defects, which size and temperature rise make them harder and softer, respectively. At high He contents a size dependent loop punching is observed, which at larger bubble sizes leads to a multistep dislocation-defect interaction. It also appears that the bubble surface curvature and temperature are the main parameters in the screw segments annihilation needed for the release of the dislocation from the bubble.
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