| Present review is devoted to the application of the molecular dynamics (MD) method to the investigation of the mechanisms of martensitic transformations in shape-memory alloys. It is demonstrated that application of simple pair potentials in frames of two-dimensional modeling can shed light on various processes occurring in nanocrystals undergoing martensitic phase transitions. After a brief overview of the MD method and introduction of the two-dimensional models based on the pairwise Lennard-Jones and Morse potentials, recent developments in the study of the peculiarities of martensitic transformations (thermodynamics, kinetics, structure, morphology, etc.) are discussed. |
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