Abstract
In this paper, we use molecular dynamics simulation with the embedded atomic method to perform triaxial deformation experiments on single-crystal and nanocrystalline iron at a strain rate of 5×10−9 s−1 and investigate the temperature effect on the void nucleation and growth process. We also evaluate the applicability of the Nucleation And Growth (NAG) model for single-crystal iron. The results indicate that the maximum tensile stress of both single-crystal and nanocrystalline iron decreases as temperature increases, with a reduction of 35.9% for single-crystal iron and 36.2% for nanocrystalline iron from 100 K to 1100 K. It is demonstrated that void nucleation and growth is more favored at high temperature. The void nucleation and growth process in single-crystal iron under high strain rate follows the NAG model. We analyze the sensitivity of the NAG parameters at different temperatures and find that the void nucleation and growth threshold of single-crystal iron is much higher than that of low carbon steel. The results can provide insights for developing fracture models of iron at extremely high strain rate and describing the dynamic damage at continuum length scales.
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