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Continuous description of a grain boundary in forsterite from atomic scale simulations: the role of disclinations Continuous description of a grain boundary in forsterite from atomic scale simulations: the role of disclinations

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We present continuous modelling at inter-atomic scale of a high-angle symmetric tilt boundary in forsterite. The model is grounded in periodic arrays of dislocation and disclination dipoles built on information gathered from discrete atomistic configurations generated by molecular dynamics simulations. The displacement, distortion (strain and rotation), curvature, dislocation and disclination density fields are determined in the boundary area using finite difference and interpolation techniques between atomic sites. The distortion fields of the O, Si and Mg sub-lattices are detailed to compare their roles in the accommodation of lattice incompatibility along the boundary. It is shown that the strain and curvature fields associated with the dislocation and disclination fields in the 'skeleton' O and Si sub-lattices accommodate the tilt incompatibility, whereas the elastic strain and rotation fields of the Mg sub-lattice are essentially compatible and induce stresses balancing the incompatibility stresses in the overall equilibrium.
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hal-02936789 , version 1 (11-09-2020)

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Xiao-Yu Sun, Patrick Cordier, Vincent Taupin, Claude Fressengeas, Sandro Jahn. Continuous description of a grain boundary in forsterite from atomic scale simulations: the role of disclinations Continuous description of a grain boundary in forsterite from atomic scale simulations: the role of disclinations. Philosophical Magazine, 2016, 96 (17), pp.1757-1772. ⟨10.1080/14786435.2016.1177232⟩. ⟨hal-02936789⟩
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