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Analytical model for predicting induced-stress distributions in polycrystalline materials

Materials Science 2024-05-24 v1

Abstract

A simple micromechanical model of polycrystalline materials is proposed, which enables us to swiftly produce grain-boundary-stress distributions induced by the uniform external loading (in the elastic strain regime). Such statistical knowledge of local stresses is a necessary prerequisite to assess the probability for intergranular cracking initiation. Model predictions are verified through finite element calculations for various loading configurations, material properties, and grain-boundary types specified by the properties of a bicrystal pair of grains enclosing the grain boundary.

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@article{arxiv.2405.14774,
  title  = {Analytical model for predicting induced-stress distributions in polycrystalline materials},
  author = {Timon Mede and Samir El Shawish},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14774},
  year   = {2024}
}
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