Simulating the interaction between a straight boundary and a particle

The paper describes large scale, three-dimensional, Potts model simulations of the interaction between a coarse particle and a straight boundary driven by a bulk stored energy difference across the boundary. It is shown that the variation of the interaction energy as a function of the interface position is significantly affected by the choice of the lattice temperature. The maximum force offered by the particle on the grain boundary decreases with increasing lattice temperature and approaches the theoretical limit at high lattice temperatures. The boundary velocity responds appropriately to changes in the magnitude and direction of the interaction force only at high lattice temperatures.