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The primary radiation damage of a binary FeCr alloy deformed by applied mechanical loading is studied by an atomistic molecular dynamics simulation. Loading is simulated by specifying an applied pressure of 0.25, 1.0, and 2.5 GPa of both signs. Hydrostatic and uniaxial loading is considered along the [001], [111], [112], and [210] directions. The influence of loading on the energy of point defect formation and the threshold atomic displacement energy in single-component bcc iron is investigated. The 10-keV atomic displacement cascades in a “random” binary Fe–9 at % Cr alloy are simulated at an initial temperature of 300 K. The number of the point defects generated in a cascade is estimated, and the clustering of point defects and the spatial orientation of interstitial configurations are analyzed. Our results agree with the results of other researchers and supplement them.
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Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Tikhonchev, V.V. Svetukhin, 2017, published in Metally, 2017, No. 3, pp. 43–53.
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Tikhonchev, M.Y., Svetukhin, V.V. Primary radiation damage of an FeCr alloy under pressure: Atomistic simulation. Russ. Metall. 2017, 397–405 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003602951705010X
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