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CPM Seminar

Lunchtime CPM seminar

Phase field model of dislocations in two-dimensional
strained heterogeneous media

Mikko Haataja

Centre for the Physics of Materials

In this talk we will present and discuss some recent advances in modeling the nucleation, interaction and dynamics of dislocations in strained heterogeneous media using the phase-field method. The model allows one to study the competition between elastic and plastic responses in various systems, such as the stress relief mechanisms in strained thin films.

Monday, March 13th 2000, 12:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Board Room (room 104)