Investigation of Viscoelastic-Creep and Mechanical-Hysteresis Behaviors of Hydrostatically Stressed Crystal Using the Phase Field Crystal Method

The phase field crystal (PFC) method is a density-functional-type model with atomistic resolution and operating on diffusive time scales which has been proven to be an efficient tool for predicting numerous material phenomena. In this work, we first propose a method to predict viscoelastic-creep and...

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Published in:Advances in mathematical physics 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-20
Main Authors: Em-Udom, J., Pisutha-Arnond, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Creep (materials)
Crystals
Deformation
External pressure
Hysteresis
Investigations
Pressure oscillations
Relaxation time
Viscoelasticity
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Summary:The phase field crystal (PFC) method is a density-functional-type model with atomistic resolution and operating on diffusive time scales which has been proven to be an efficient tool for predicting numerous material phenomena. In this work, we first propose a method to predict viscoelastic-creep and mechanical-hysteresis behaviors in a body-centered-cubic (BCC) solid using a PFC method that is incorporated with a pressure-controlled dynamic equation which enables convenient control of deformation by specifying external pressure. To achieve our objective, we use constant pressure for the viscoelastic-creep study and sinusoidal pressure oscillation for the mechanical-hysteresis study. The parametric studies show that the relaxation time in the viscoelastic-creep phenomena is proportional to temperature. Also, mechanical-hysteresis behavior and the complex moduli predicted by the model are consistent with those of the standard linear solid model in a low-frequency pressure oscillation. Moreover, the impact of temperature on complex moduli is also investigated within the solid-stabilizing range. These results qualitatively agree with experimental and theoretical observations reported in the previous literature. We believe that our work should contribute to extending the capability of the PFC method to investigate the deformation problem when the externally applied pressure is required.
ISSN:1687-9120
1687-9139
DOI:10.1155/2020/2821402