Investigation of ideal shear strength of dilute binary and ternary Ni-based alloys using first-principles calculations, CALPHAD modeling and correlation analysis

Abstract: In the present work, the ideal shear strength ({\tau}_is) of dilute Ni34XZ ternary alloys (X or Z = Al, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, Nb, Si, Ti) are predicted by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) in terms of pure alias shear deformations. The {\tau}_is results show that within the concentration up to 8.3% of alloying elements, {\tau}_is increases with composition in binary systems with Mn, Fe, and Co in ascending order, and decreases with composition with Nb, Si, Mo, Ti, Al, and Cr in descending order. The composition dependence of {\tau}_is in binary and ternary systems is modeled using the CALculation of PHAse Diagrams (CALPHAD) approach considering lattice instability, indicating that atomic bonding strength significantly influences {\tau}_is. Correlational analyses further show that lattice constant and elastic constant C11 affect {\tau}_is, the most out of the elemental features.