Plasticity size effects in tension and compression of single crystals Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The effect of size and loading conditions on the tension and compression stress-strain response of micron-sized planar crystals is investigated using discrete dislocation plasticity. The crystals are taken to have a single active slip system and both small-strain and finite-strain analyses are carried out. When rotation of the tensile axis is constrained, the build-up of geometrically necessary dislocations results in a weak size dependence but a strong Bauschinger effect. On the other hand, when rotation of the tensile axis is unconstrained, there is a strong size dependence, with the flow strength increasing with decreasing specimen size, and a negligible Bauschinger effect. Below a certain specimen size, the flow strength of the crystals is set by the nucleation strength of the initially present Frank-Read sources. The main features of the size dependence are the same for the small-strain and finite-strain analyses. However, the predicted hardening rates differ and the finite-strain analyses give rise to some tension-compression asymmetry. 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

author list (cited authors)

  • Deshpande, V. S., Needleman, A., & Van der Giessen, E.

citation count

  • 135

complete list of authors

  • Deshpande, VS||Needleman, A||Van der Giessen, E

publication date

  • January 2005