Ab initio investigation of the mechanical properties of copper  

作　　者：刘悦林 桂漓江 金硕 

机构地区：[1]Department of Physics,Yantai University [2]Department of Physics,Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2012年第9期404-409,共6页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51101135)

摘　　要：Employing the ab initio total energy method based on the density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation, we have systematically investigated the theoretical mechanical properties of copper （Cu）. The theoretical tensile strengths are calculated to be 25.3 GPa, 5.9 GPa, and 37.6 GPa for the fcc Cu single crystal in the [001], [110], and [111] directions, respectively. Among the three directions, the [110] direction is the weakest one due to the occurrence of structure transition at the lower strain and the weakest interaction of atoms between the （110） planes, while the [111] direction is the strongest direction because of the strongest interaction of atoms between the （111） planes. In terms of the elastic constants of Cu single crystal, we also estimate some mechanical quantities of polycrystalline Cu, including bulk modulus B, shear modulus G, Young＇s modulus Ep, and Poisson＇s ratio ~.Employing the ab initio total energy method based on the density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation, we have systematically investigated the theoretical mechanical properties of copper （Cu）. The theoretical tensile strengths are calculated to be 25.3 GPa, 5.9 GPa, and 37.6 GPa for the fcc Cu single crystal in the [001], [110], and [111] directions, respectively. Among the three directions, the [110] direction is the weakest one due to the occurrence of structure transition at the lower strain and the weakest interaction of atoms between the （110） planes, while the [111] direction is the strongest direction because of the strongest interaction of atoms between the （111） planes. In terms of the elastic constants of Cu single crystal, we also estimate some mechanical quantities of polycrystalline Cu, including bulk modulus B, shear modulus G, Young＇s modulus Ep, and Poisson＇s ratio ~.

关 键 词：COPPER theoretical tensile strength ab initio method 

分 类 号：TG146.11[一般工业技术—材料科学与工程]