Non affine deformations and shape recovery in solids undergoing martensitic transformations
Abstract
We study, using molecular dynamics simulations, the kinetics of shape recovery in a model solid undergoing transformations from square to a general rhombic lattice, the triangular lattice being included as a special case. We determine the necessary and sufficient conditions for such shape recovery in terms of the nature and dynamics of transient and localized non-affine zones which inevitably accompany the transformation.
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