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We consider excitation spectrum near a twin boundary in an orthorhombic $d+s$ superconductor. The low-energy spectrum is highly sensitive to the presence of the small amount of s-wave component. Robustness of the bound states at the Fermi…
The effect of a random transverse field (RTF) on the wetting and layering transitions of a spin-1/2 Ising model, in the presence of bulk and surface fields, is studied within an effective field theory by using the differential operator…
Three-dimensional particle tracking experiments were conducted in a turbulent boundary layer with friction Reynolds number $Re_\tau$ of 700 and 1300. Two finite size spheres with specific gravities of 1.003 (P1) and 1.050 (P2) and diameters…
We analyze reversibility of both displacements and rotations of spherical grains in three-dimensional compression experiments. Using transparent acrylic beads with cylindrical holes and index matching techniques, we are not only capable of…
We develop a model for sheared gouge layers that accounts for the local increase in temperature at the grain contacts during sliding. We use the shear transformation zone (STZ) theory, a statistical thermodynamic theory, to describe…
The linear stability of nanofluid boundary-layer flow over a flat plate is investigated using a two-phase model that incorporates Brownian motion and thermophoresis, building upon the earlier work of Buongiorno (2006). Solutions to the…
Amorphous complexions in nanocrystalline metals have the potential to improve mechanical properties and radiation tolerance, as well as resistance to grain growth. In this study, the stability of amorphous complexions in binary and ternary…
A 10 wt.% nickel-steel has been developed for high pressures and low-temperature applications, due to its high strength, excellent toughness, and low ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT). Under dynamic loading conditions this…
Previous studies demonstrate that grain-boundary sliding could accelerate creep rate and give rise to large internal stresses that can lead to damage development, e.g. formation of wedge cracks. The present study provides more insight into…
We discuss the modelling of grain boundary dynamics within an amplitude equations description, which is derived from classical density functional theory or the phase field crystal model. The relation between the conditions for periodicity…
The thermodynamic properties of a one-dimensional model describing spin dynamics in the presence of a twofold orbital degeneracy are studied numerically using the transfer-matrix renormalization group (TMRG). The model contains an…
We study the predictability of zero-temperature Glauber dynamics in various models of disordered ferromagnets. This is analyzed using two independent dynamical realizations with the same random initialization (called twins). We derive,…
We present a case study of the complex temperature dependence of grain boundary mobility. The same general incoherent twin boundary in different FCC metals is found to display antithermal, thermal, and mixed mobility during molecular…
Microstructural evolution in structural materials is known to occur in response to mechanical loading and can often accommodate substantial plastic deformation through the coupled motion of grain boundaries (GBs). This can produce desirable…
Transport measurements carried out on twinned ybco films are compared to the predictions of a previously proposed model suggesting that the vortices move along the films twin boundaries that behave as rows of Josephson weak links…
The temperature dependence of the static magnetic susceptibility of exchange-disordered antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin-1/2 finite chains with an odd number of spins is investigated as a function of size and type of disorder in the…
Grain boundary (GB) migration exhibits intriguing anti-thermal behavior (or non-Arrhenius behavior), with the temperature and driving force playing crucial roles. Through atomistic simulations on nickel bicrystals, we investigate the change…
Determining the full five-parameter grain boundary characteristics from experiments is essential for understanding grain boundaries impact on material properties, improving related models, and designing advanced alloys. However, achieving…
The influence of cyclic loading and glass stability on structural relaxation and yielding transition in amorphous alloys was investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. We considered a binary mixture cooled deep into the glass phase…
The grain boundary (GB) mobility relates GB velocity to the thermodynamic driving forces and is central to our understanding of microstructure evolution in polycrystals. Recent molecular dynamics (MD) and experimental studies have shown…