Abstract
Nuclear materials are subject to irradiation, and their behavior is therefore not that of thermodynamic equilibrium. To describe the behavior which leads to radiation damage at a fundamental level one must follow the trajectories of the atoms. Since millions of atoms may be involved in a single event, this must be done by numerical simulation, either molecular dynamics or kinetic Monte Carlo. For either of these, a description of the energy is needed: this is the interatomic potential, which is described in this article.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Comprehensive Nuclear Materials |
Editors | Rudy J.M. Konings, Roger E. Stoller |
Publisher | Elsevier B.V. |
Chapter | 1.17 |
Pages | 544-572 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 2 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-08-102866-7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |