Dislocations Faster than the Speed of Sound
- 12 February 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 283 (5404), 965-968
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.283.5404.965
Abstract
It is thought that dislocations cannot surpass the sound barrier at the shear wave velocity because the energy spent in radiation has a singularity there. Atomistic simulations show that dislocations can move faster than the speed of sound if they are created as supersonic dislocations at a strong stress concentration and are subjected to high shear stresses. This behavior is important for the understanding of low-temperature deformation processes such as mechanical twinning and may be relevant for the dynamics of tectonic faults. The motion of the dislocations at a speed of 2 times the shear wave velocity can be understood from a linear elastic analysis, but many of the peculiarities of the supersonic dislocations are dominated by nonlinear effects that require a realistic atomistic description.Keywords
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