Interaction Energy Calculations of Edge Dislocation with Point Defects in FCC Cu

In order to improve the dislocation bias (DB) model of swelling under irradiation, a large scale of atomistic simulation of the interaction in face centered cubic (FCC) Cu model lattice between an edge dislocation (ED) and point defects such as a vacancy, a self-interstital atom (SIA) have been performed for various configurations. It is found dislocation core splits into partial cores after energy relaxation. Interactions with any SIA conficurations is one order of magnitute larger than with a vacancy. The reason that SIA creats a larger dilatation volumn than the vacancy is directly observed from calculation. Furthurmore, within the interaction range, an octahedron position rather than dumbbell in <100> direction is observed in the stable state after relaxation in interactions between a edge dislocation and a dumbbell SIA. Comparision of interaction energy in analytical and atomistic calculation shows that analytical one has a stronger interaction in vacancy-ED systems, suggesting that the bias factor (BF) from analytical calculation is larger than from atomistic calculation.QC 20130530Generation IV reactor research and development (GENIUS