Equation of motion for dislocations with inertial effects

Laurianne Pillon (1) , Christophe Denoual (1) , Yves-Patrick Pellegrini (1)

1 DAM/DIF - DAM Île-de-France

An approximate equation of motion is proposed for screw and edge dislocations, which accounts for retardation and for relativistic effects in the subsonic range. Good quantitative agreement is found, in accelerated or in decelerated regimes, with numerical results of a more fundamental nature.

Keywords: Dislocation; Dynamics; Equation of motion; Phase Field

Domains: Physics [physics]; Condensed Matter [cond-mat]; Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Laurianne Pillon, Christophe Denoual, Yves-Patrick Pellegrini. Equation of motion for dislocations with inertial effects. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2007, 76, pp.224105. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.76.224105⟩. ⟨cea-00412542⟩