Shock-induced plasticity of semi-coherent 111 Cu-Ni multilayers

TL;DR

This study uses atomistic simulations, dislocation dynamics, and continuum theory to investigate shock-induced plasticity in semi-coherent Cu-Ni multilayers, revealing stress wave features, dislocation interactions, and slip transmission mechanisms.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive multiscale approach to understand shock-induced plasticity and dislocation behaviors in Cu-Ni multilayers, highlighting the role of hybrid dislocation locks and interface effects.

Findings

Stress wave attenuation and interfacial discontinuities observed.

Formation and dissociation of hybrid Lomer-Cottrell locks.

Direction-dependent slip transmission across interfaces.

Abstract

Using atomistic simulations, dislocation dynamics modeling, and continuum elastic-plastic stress-wave theory, we present a systematic investigation on shock-induced plasticity in semi-coherent CuNi multilayers. The features of stress wave evolutions in the multilayers, including wave-front stress attenuation and strong interfacial discontinuities, are revealed by atomistic simulations. Continuum models are proposed to explain the shockwave propagation features. The simulations provide insight into microplasticity behaviors including interactions between lattice and misfit dislocations. The formation of hybrid Lomer-Cottrell locks through the attraction and combination of lattice and misfit dislocations is a major mechanism for trapping gliding lattice dislocations at interfaces. The relationship between dislocation activity and dynamic stress wave evolution history is explored. The hybrid Lomer-Cottrell locks can dissociate under shock compression or reverse yielding. This dissociation facilitates slip transmission. The influence of coherent stress causes direction dependency in the slip transmission: a lattice dislocation is transmitted more smoothly across an interface from Ni to Cu than from Cu to Ni. The interaction forces between lattice and misfit dislocations are calculated using dislocation dynamics code. Lattice dislocation nucleation from semi-coherent interfaces under shock compression is also reported.