| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K55998/01 |
| Title: |
SIMULATION OF DEFECTS IN ZIRCONIUM AND OTHER METALS USING BOND-ORDER POTENTIALS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Bacon, Professor DJ |
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| Department: |
Materials Science & Eng |
| Organisation: |
University of Liverpool |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
09 September 1995 |
Ends: |
08 November 1998 |
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276,911
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| Materials Characterisation |
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The research will investigate the formation and properties of defects associated with displacement cascades in metals using state-of-the-art computer modelling. The aim will be to examine and identify the atomic mechanisms that control defect production in metals damage dby either fast neutrons in power reactor cores or high-energy ions in ion-beam processing. It will require the development of interatomic potentials based on the bond-order scheme, which is more realistic than other formalisms used hitherto. The project will concentrate on the important material alpha-zirconium and its alloys, and will investigate intrinsic point defects, their interaction with solute atoms, the threshold displacement energy and the possibility of using bond-order potentials for large-scale damage modelling. The project will provide input into several parallel investigations at Liverpool on zirconium, titanium and iron. Many are supported by industry and all are of direct interest to academic and industrial research groups. Some of these studies are concerned with radiation damage and others are concerned with defect behaviour in interfaces. We are to the fore in this field of materials research, and the investigation proposed is seen as essential for the next phase of development in this area.
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