Vaclav Vitek

Research.com Recognitions

• 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For work in the development of the atomistic modeling of crystalline solids and their application to materials engineering.
• 1996 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal

Overview

Best Publications

• Intrinsic stacking faults in body-centred cubic crystals

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  1125
  Citations

• A theory of the anomalous yield behavior in L12 ordered alloys

  V Paidar;D.P Pope;V Vitek

  817
  Citations

• Simple N-body potentials for the noble metals and nickel

  G. J. Ackland;G. Tichy;V. Vitek;M. W. Finnis

  775
  Citations

• On the Structure of Tilt Grain Boundaries in Cubic Metals I. Symmetrical Tilt Boundaries

  Adrian Peter Sutton;V. Vitek

  720
  Citations

• Structural defects in amorphous solids A computer simulation study

  T. Egami;K. Maeda;V. Vitek

  514
  Citations

• Plastic anisotropy in b.c.c. transition metals

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  501
  Citations

• The core structure of ½(111) screw dislocations in b.c.c. crystals

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  492
  Citations

• Many-body potentials and atomic-scale relaxations in noble-metal alloys.

  Graeme J Ackland;Vaclav Vitek

  417
  Citations

• Multiscale modeling of plastic deformation of molybdenum and tungsten: I. Atomistic studies of the core structure and glide of 1/2〈1 1 1〉 screw dislocations at 0 K

  R. Gröger;R. Gröger;A.G. Bailey;A.G. Bailey;V. Vitek

  354
  Citations

• Structural defects in amorphous solids Statistical analysis of a computer model

  D. Srolovitz;K. Maeda;V. Vitek;T. Egami

  351
  Citations

• An atomistic study of deformation of amorphous metals

  D. Srolovitz;V. Vitek;T. Egami

  318
  Citations

• A microscopic theory of brittle fracture in deformable solids: A relation between ideal work to fracture and plastic work

  M.L Jokl;V Vitek;C.J McMahon

  310
  Citations

• Structure of dislocation cores in metallic materials and its impact on their plastic behaviour

  V. Vitek

  307
  Citations

• Dissociation and core structure of 〈110〉 screw dislocations in L12 ordered alloys I. Core structure in an unstressed crystal

  M. Yamaguchi;V. Paidar;D. P. Pope;V. Vitek

  281
  Citations

• The asymmetry of the flow stress in Ni3(Al,Ta) single crystals

  Y. Umakoshi;D.P. Pope;V. Vitek

  269
  Citations

• A computer simulation study of (001) and (111) tilt boundaries: The multiplicity of structures

  Gui Jin Wang;A.P. Sutton;V. Vitek

  266
  Citations

• Dislocations and stacking faults

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  257
  Citations

• Radial Distribution Function and Structural Relaxation in Amorphous Solids

  David J Srolovitz;Takeshi Egami;Vaclav Vitek

  255
  Citations

• Atomistic study of non-Schmid effects in the plastic yielding of bcc metals

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  241
  Citations

• Multiscale modeling of plastic deformation of molybdenum and tungsten: II. Yield criterion for single crystals based on atomistic studies of glide of 1/2〈111〉 screw dislocations

  R. Gröger;R. Gröger;V. Racherla;V. Racherla;J.L. Bassani;V. Vitek

  234
  Citations

• The effects of segregated impurities on intergranular fracture energy

  C.J. McMahon;V. Vitek

  226
  Citations

• Computer simulation of symmetrical high angle boundaries in aluminium

  D.A. Smith;V. Vitek;R.C. Pond

  225
  Citations

• Core structure of screw dislocations in body-centred cubic metals: relation to symmetry and interatomic bonding

  V. Vitek

  215
  Citations

• Dissociation of near-screw dislocations in germanium and silicon

  A. Gomez;D. J. H. Cockayne;P. B. Hirsch;V. Vitek

  186
  Citations

• Dissociation and core structure of 〈110〉 screw dislocations in L12 ordered alloys II. Effects of an applied shear stress

  V. Paidar;M. Yamaguchi;D. P. Pope;V. Vitek

  183
  Citations