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A large-scale atom simulation of nanoindentation into a thin nickel film using the quasicontinuum method was performed. The initial stages of the plasticity deformation of nickel were studied. Several useful results were obtained as follows: (1) The response of the load versus indentation depth — on the load versus indentation depth curve, besides the straight parts corresponding to the elastic property of nickel, the sudden drop of the load occurred several times; (2) The phenomena of dislocation nucleation — the dislocation nucleation took place when the load descended, which makes it clear that dislocation nucleation causes the drop of the load; (3) The mechanism of the dislocation emission — the Peierls-Nabarro dislocation model and a powerful criterion were used to analyze the dislocation emission. And the computational value was in good agreement with the predict value; (4) The density of geometrically necessary dislocations. A simple model was used to obtain the density of geometrically necessary dislocations beneath the indenter. Furthermore, the influence of the boundary conditions on the simulation results was discussed.
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Zeng, F., Sun, Y. Quasicontinuum simulation of nanoindentation of nickel film. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 19, 283–288 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10338-006-0634-4
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