Abstract
Stability of thermally-induced martensitic transformations in bi-atomic crystals was discussed. Equilibrium solutions and their stability were examined as a function of temperature for crystals under no external stress. The problem was solved numerically, and an asymptotic theory was employed to guide the numerical solution near multiple bifurcation points. Results showed a hysteretic transformation in which the CsCl structure was stable at high temperatures and the NaCl structure was stable at low temperatures.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2463-2493 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2002 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The financial support from a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the Department of Energy (for R. Elliott), a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation (for J. Shaw), and a 1998 fellowship from the École Polytechnique (for N. Triantafyllidis) are acknowledged with thanks.
Keywords
- A. Phase transformation
- A. Thermomechanical processes
- B. Finite strain
- C. Asymptotic analysis
- C. Stability and bifurcation