Thin Film Physics

Lecture 16:
Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

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Cutting

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

Slip plane

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

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Slip plane

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1 plane missing

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

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Slip plane
Compression

Tension

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1 plane missing
@ Fixed volume

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line
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Slip plane
Compression

Tension

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1 plane missing @ Fixed volume

Elastic strain energy associated with a dislocation line due to

the strain field around the dislocation line.

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

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Elastic Energy of a Dislocation Line

The strain field depends upon,

1. The Burgers vector 𝒃𝒃 = 𝒃𝒃

2. Shear modulus 𝑮𝑮

A simple approximation of the line energy (elastic energy)

of a dislocation line (per unit length of the line).

𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐 [𝑭𝑭] 𝟐𝟐 [𝑭𝑭]
𝑬𝑬 ≈ 𝑮𝑮𝒃𝒃 [𝑨𝑨]
[𝑳𝑳] =
[𝑳𝑳]𝟐𝟐
[𝑳𝑳] 𝟐𝟐

𝟐𝟐
Please take a look at some books
[𝑭𝑭][𝑳𝑳][𝑳𝑳] [𝑬𝑬]
about “defects” for derivation!
= 𝟐𝟐 =
[𝑳𝑳] [𝑳𝑳]

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Burgers Vector: Shortest Lattice Translation

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Continuous

𝒃𝒃 = 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕

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Burgers Vector: Shortest Lattice Translation

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Discontinuous

Slip No-slip

𝒃𝒃 = 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕

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Burgers Vector: Shortest Lattice Translation

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Continuous discontinuous

Slip No-slip

Stacking fault

Perfect dislocation Partial dislocation

Fractional lattice translation as 𝒃𝒃 produces a stacking fault

along with a dislocation !!

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Burgers Vector: Shortest Lattice Translation

Perfect dislocation

𝒃𝒃 : a lattice translation

𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐
𝑬𝑬 = 𝑮𝑮𝒃𝒃
𝟐𝟐

𝒃𝒃 should be the shortest lattice translation !!!

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Burgers Vector: Shortest Lattice Translation
𝒛𝒛
Crystal structure 𝒃𝒃
1. Simple Cubic
𝒚𝒚
[𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎]
< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 >
�
[𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎]
𝒙𝒙
[𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏]
< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 > Family

2. BCC 𝒛𝒛

𝟏𝟏
< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 >
𝟐𝟐
𝒚𝒚
Factor to represent magnitude
𝒙𝒙 𝟏𝟏
< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 > Family
𝟐𝟐
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Burgers Vector: Shortest Lattice Translation

3. FCC
𝟏𝟏
< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 >
𝟐𝟐

𝒛𝒛

4. CsCl

< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 > 𝒚𝒚

Not BCC, it’s SC

𝒙𝒙
[𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏]

5. NaCl

𝟏𝟏
< 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 >
𝟐𝟐

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