Nanoindentation and nanoscratching of a ferrite/austenite iron bi-crystal: An atomistic study
Nanoindentation and nanoscratching of a ferrite/austenite iron bi-crystal: An atomistic study
Al Motasem, A. T.; Posselt, M.; Bergström, J.
Abstract
Molecular dynamics simulations are applied to investigate the wear/friction behavior of a ferrite/austenite iron bi-crystal, as a model system for duplex stainless steels. The plasticity of the ferrite phase is dominated by dislocations while both dislocations and stacking faults are the primary cause of plastic deformation of the austenite phase. Interestingly, the responses of tribological parameters vary depending on the scratch direction. For instance, the scratch hardness is increased by about 46% whereas the friction coefficient is reduced by about 22% when scratch starts from austenite to ferrite. At the interface, a local softening/hardening occurs because of dislocation-interface interaction. The present results demonstrate that martensitic phase transformation is responsible for experimentally observed high amount of ferrite of the pile-up.
Keywords: Atomistic simulation Ferrite Austenite Wear
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Tribology International 127(2018), 231-239
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2018.06.017
ISSN: 0301-679X
Cited 21 times in Scopus
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