Computer simulation of the structure and atomic vibration of the Σ=5 tilt boundary in aluminium

Abstract
The structure of the Sigma =5 tilt grain boundary in aluminium was simulated by molecular dynamics using the Morse potential. Two types of structure were obtained. The local density of states (LDS) of phonons was calculated by the recursion method developed by Haydock and colleagues. The Debye parameters ( theta D(n)) were found to be very small near the boundary plane and there were large mean atomic displacements in the direction perpendicular to the boundary plane.