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dc.contributor.advisorChristopher Schuh and Ken Kamrin.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBall, Sabrina Lillianen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T18:09:45Z
dc.date.available2016-09-13T18:09:45Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104145
dc.descriptionThesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016.en_US
dc.descriptionThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 145-150).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I studied how the full tensorial stress state applied to a kinetic transition impacts the activation enthalpy. To this end, the activation energy, scalar activation volume, and tensorial activation volume were studied for several kinetic transition types. This computational study used the nudged elastic band method to find the activation state for initial and final configurations known a priori, primarily from the kinetic activation relaxation technique. The preliminary work was verified by a commonly studied and well understood vacancy generation and migration to an adjacent lattice cite in FCC copper and HCP titanium. The method was then applied to transitions of increasing complexity: point defect generation in a perfect copper crystal, and grain boundary transitions in the [Sigma] 5 [210] grain boundary in copper.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Sabrina Lillian Ball.en_US
dc.format.extent150 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleStress effects on atomistic kinetic transitionsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc958163336en_US


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