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Twisting of Pre-Twinned Alpha-Fe Nanowires: From Mild to Wild Avalanche Dynamics

25 Pages Posted: 2 Mar 2020 Publication Status: Accepted

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Yang Yang

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Suzhi Li

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Xiangdong Ding

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Jun Sun

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Jerome Weiss

University Grenoble Alpes - IsTerre, CNRS

Ekhard K.H. Salje

University of Cambridge - Department of Earth Sciences

Abstract

Alpha-Fe nanowires are seeded with twin walls (TBs) with orientations perpendicular to the wire direction. Twisting the wire generates topological defects in the twin walls, namely new twin boundaries (kinks) inside the twin walls for small twist angles, and junctions between kinks for large twist angles. During twisting the kink motion is jerky and uncorrelated at small twisting angles. The probability density function (PDF) of jerk energies follows approximately a Gaussian distribution, indicating a mild deformation mode. The kink dynamics transforms from mild to wild at larger twist angles when complex twin patterns with a high density of junctions are generated. The collective motion of kinks now shows avalanche behavior with the energy being power-law distributed. The wildness, which measures the proportion of strain energy relaxed through such avalanches, is correlated with the junction density, and controlled by the external length scale (wire diameter) as well as an internal length scale (twin boundary spacing). Good strain-stress recoverability is achieved when unloading the wire before the formation of complex twin patterns. We correlate the evolution of twin patterns with a statistical analysis of jerk dynamics, which identifies the unique mechanical properties governed by twin boundary motion in nanowires.

Keywords: twinning, alpha-Fe nanowire, torsion, avalanches, mild wild fluctuations, torsion spectroscopy

Suggested Citation

Yang, Yang and Li, Suzhi and Ding, Xiangdong and Sun, Jun and Weiss, Jerome and Salje, Ekhard K.H., Twisting of Pre-Twinned Alpha-Fe Nanowires: From Mild to Wild Avalanche Dynamics. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3542918 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3542918

Yang Yang (Contact Author)

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

26 Xianning W Rd.
Xi'an Jiao Tong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049
China

Suzhi Li

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials ( email )

26 Xianning W Rd.
Xi'an Jiao Tong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049
China

Xiangdong Ding

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials ( email )

26 Xianning W Rd.
Xi'an Jiao Tong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049
China

Jun Sun

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials ( email )

26 Xianning W Rd.
Xi'an Jiao Tong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049
China

Jerome Weiss

University Grenoble Alpes - IsTerre, CNRS ( email )

Grenoble, 38401
France

Ekhard K.H. Salje

University of Cambridge - Department of Earth Sciences ( email )

17 Mill Lane
Cambridge, CB2 1RX
United Kingdom

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