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Athermal Resistance To Interface Motion In The Phase-Field Theory Of Microstructure Evolution, Valery I. Levitas, Dong Wook Lee
Athermal Resistance To Interface Motion In The Phase-Field Theory Of Microstructure Evolution, Valery I. Levitas, Dong Wook Lee
Valery I. Levitas
A method of introducing an athermal resistance to interface propagation for the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) approach to the first-order phase transformations (PTs) is developed. It consists of introducing oscillating fields of stresses (due to various defects or a Peierls barrier) or a jump in chemical energy. It removes some essential drawbacks in GL modeling: it arrests experimentally observed microstructures that otherwise converge to a single phase, and it reproduces rate-independent stress hysteresis. A similar approach can be applied for twinning, dislocations, and other PTs (e.g., electric and magnetic).
Interface Reorientation During Coherent Phase Transformations, Valery I. Levitas, I. B. Ozsoy, D. L. Preston
Interface Reorientation During Coherent Phase Transformations, Valery I. Levitas, I. B. Ozsoy, D. L. Preston
Valery I. Levitas
The universal thermodynamic driving force for coherent plane interface reorientation (IR) during first-order phase transformations (PT) in solids is derived. The relation between the rates of IR and interface propagation (IP) and the corresponding driving forces are derived for combined athermal and drag interface friction. The coupled evolution of IR and IP during cubic-tetragonal and tetragonal-orthorhombic PTs under three-dimensional loading is studied. An instability in the interface orientation is shown to have the features of a first-order PT.
Mechanochemical Mechanism For Fast Reaction Of Metastable Intermolecular Composites Based On Dispersion Of Liquid Metal, Valery I. Levitas, Blaine W. Asay, Steven F. Son, Michelle Pantoya
Mechanochemical Mechanism For Fast Reaction Of Metastable Intermolecular Composites Based On Dispersion Of Liquid Metal, Valery I. Levitas, Blaine W. Asay, Steven F. Son, Michelle Pantoya
Valery I. Levitas
An unexpected mechanism for fast reaction of Alnanoparticles covered by a thin oxide shell during fast heating is proposed and justified theoretically and experimentally. For nanoparticles, the melting of Al occurs before the oxide fracture. The volume change due to melting induces pressures of 1–2 GPa and causes dynamic spallation of the shell. The unbalanced pressure between the Al core and the exposed surface creates an unloading wave with high tensile pressures resulting in dispersion of atomic scale liquid Al clusters. These clusters fly at high velocity and their reaction is not limited by diffusion (this is the opposite of …
Coupled Phase Transformation, Chemical Decomposition, And Deformation In Plastic-Bonded Explosive: Models, Valery I. Levitas, Bryan F. Henson, Laura B. Smilowitz, David K. Zerkle, Blaine W. Asay
Coupled Phase Transformation, Chemical Decomposition, And Deformation In Plastic-Bonded Explosive: Models, Valery I. Levitas, Bryan F. Henson, Laura B. Smilowitz, David K. Zerkle, Blaine W. Asay
Valery I. Levitas
A continuum thermomechanochemical model of the behavior of a plastic-bonded explosive (PBX) 9501 formulation consisting of the energetic crystal octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) embedded in a polymeric binder is developed. Our main focus is on the study of the β↔δphase transformations (PTs) in crystalline HMX under a complex pressure-temperature path. To reproduce the pressure-temperature path, in particular during heating of PBX inside of a rigid cylinder, the β↔δ PTs in HMX are coupled to chemical decomposition of the HMX and binder leading to gas formation, gas leaking from the cylinder, elastic, thermal, and transformational straining as well as straining due to mass …
Coupled Phase Transformation, Chemical Decomposition, And Deformation In Plastic-Bonded Explosive: Simulations, Valery I. Levitas, Bryan F. Henson, Laura B. Smilowitz, David K. Zerkle, Blaine W. Asay
Coupled Phase Transformation, Chemical Decomposition, And Deformation In Plastic-Bonded Explosive: Simulations, Valery I. Levitas, Bryan F. Henson, Laura B. Smilowitz, David K. Zerkle, Blaine W. Asay
Valery I. Levitas
Numerical simulations of the heating with constant rate of a PBX (plastic-bonded explosive) 9501 formulation consisting of the energetic crystal HMX embedded in a polymeric binder inside of a rigid cylinder is performed. The continuum thermo-mechanochemical model of the behavior of a PBX 9501 developed in the preceding paper [V. I. Levitas, B. F. Henson, L. B. Smilowitz, D. K. Zerkle, and B. W. Asay, J. Appl. Phys.102, 113502 (2007)] is applied. The model describes the β↔δphase transformations in crystalline HMX, chemical decomposition of the HMX and binder leading to gas formation, gas leaking from the cylinder, elastic, thermal, and …