Abstract
Twinning is a critical deformation mode in Mg alloys. Understanding deformation twinning (DT) is essential to improving mechanical properties of Mg alloys. To address the experimentally observed conspicuous hardening effects in Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Ca alloys, interactions between the {10–12} twin boundaries (TBs) and solute clusters in Mg-Zn-Ca alloys were examined via molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We find that the Zn/Ca-containing clusters show different hindering effects on TBs and an increment in the applied shear stress of 100 MPa is required to accomplish the interaction between the boundary and the cluster with Ca content > 50 at%. The cluster hardening effects on twinning are positively correlated to the Ca content and the size of the clusters in Mg-Zn-Ca alloys.
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