Analytical and Scale-Free Phase-Field Studies of $\alpha$ to $\omega$ Phase Transformation in Single Crystal Zirconium under Nonhydrostatic Loadings

Raghunandan Pratoori, Hamed Babaei, Valery I. Levitas

Zirconium (Zr) is an important engineering material with numerous practical applications. It undergoes martensitic $\alpha$ to $\omega$ phase transformation (PT) at pressures that vary from…