Effect of Concentration of Mo on the Mechanical behavior of γ UMo: an Atomistic Study

Abstract

We performed molecular dynamics simulation on nanoindentation ofγ phase Uranium Molybdenum alloys using spherical indenter. A ternary potential developed for UMoXe was utilized. We calculated the updated values for hardness and reduced elastic modulus at different concentrations of Mo. The whole process of deformation and dislocation analysis was visualized using OVITO. We found an increase in deformation withincreasein stress while dislocations are not found anyhow induced defects have been distributed throughout the simulation cell randomly. The increase in concentration affected the hardness and reduced elastic modulus significantly. This study provides insights into the structure and mechanical characteristics of γ UMo under deformation.