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Dislocation impediment by the grain boundaries in polycrystals

Materials Science 2021-04-13 v4

Abstract

Thermodynamic dislocation theory incorporating dislocation impediment by the grain boundaries is developed to analyze the shear test of polycrystals. With a small set of physics based material parameters, we are able to simulate the stress-strain curves for the load and its reversal, which are consistent with the experimental curves of Thuillier and Manach [2009]. Representative distributions of plastic slip under load and its reversal are presented, and their evolution explains the extended length of the transition stage during load reversal.

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@article{arxiv.2008.09056,
  title  = {Dislocation impediment by the grain boundaries in polycrystals},
  author = {Yinguang Piao and Khanh Chau Le},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.09056},
  year   = {2021}
}

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29 pages, 15 figures

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