Strongly nonlocal dislocation dynamics in crystals

From MaRDI portal



Abstract: We consider the equation v_t=L_s v-W'(v)+sigma_epsilon(t,x) quad {mbox{ in }} (0,+infty) imesR, where Ls is an integro-differential operator of order 2s, with sin(0,1), W is a periodic potential, and sigmaepsilon is a small external stress. The solution v represents the atomic dislocation in the Peierls--Nabarro model for crystals, and we specifically consider the case sin(0,1/2), which takes into account a strongly nonlocal elastic term. We study the evolution of such dislocation function for macroscopic space and time scales, namely we introduce the function v_{epsilon}(t,x):=vleft(frac{t}{epsilon^{1+2s}},frac{x}{epsilon} ight). We show that, for small epsilon, the function vepsilon approaches the sum of step functions. From the physical point of view, this shows that the dislocations have the tendency to concentrate at single points of the crystal, where the size of the slip coincides with the natural periodicity of the medium. We also show that the motion of these dislocation points is governed by an interior repulsive potential that is superposed to an elastic reaction to the external stress.





Cited in
(56)








This page was built for publication: Strongly nonlocal dislocation dynamics in crystals

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2931987)