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A parallel hybrid Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics coupled framework has been developed to overcome the time scale limitation in simulations of segregation of interstitial atoms in solids. Simulations were performed using the proposed coupling approach to demonstrate its potential to model carbon segregation in ferritic steels with a single dislocation. Many simulations were carried out for different background carbon concentrations. This paper is a first step towards understanding the effect of segregation of interstitial atoms in solids and its influence on dislocation mobility in external fields. To this end, we carried out MD simulations, where shear forces were applied to mechanically drive screw dislocation on configurations with segregated carbon atoms. The results are compared with a reference system containing homogeneously distributed carbon atoms where the influence of segregated carbon on dislocation mobility could be observed. Simulation results gave qualitative evidence that the local concentration of interstitial solutes like carbon provides a significant pinning effect for the dislocation.
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Ganesan, H., Begau, C., Sutmann, G. (2018). MC/MD Coupling for Scale Bridging Simulations of Solute Segregation in Solids: An Application Study. In: Baum, M., Brenner, G., Grabowski, J., Hanschke, T., Hartmann, S., Schöbel, A. (eds) Simulation Science. SimScience 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 889. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96271-9_7
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