Martensitic transformation in Fe-C systems with molecular dynamics

• Grant number: 15/13952-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Physical Metallurgy
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Gomes de Aguiar Veiga
• Grantee: Jacy Ellen Guimarães Silva
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/10294-4 - Multiscale computational modeling of the microstructural evolution and plasticity in metallic alloys, AP.JP

Abstract

This project aims at investigating, using classical molecular dynamics with an EAM-type potential for Fe-C, aspects of the martensitic transformation at the atomistic level. During the project, the student is expected to learn about the computational method and also on the underlying physics of this important kind of phase transformation.