Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries

We review the mechanical theory of dislocation and disclination density fields and its application to grain boundary modeling. The theory accounts for the incompatibility of the elastic strain and curvature tensors due to the presence of dislocations and disclinations. The free energy density is ass...

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Main Authors: Claude Fressengeas, Vincent Taupin
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
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description We review the mechanical theory of dislocation and disclination density fields and its application to grain boundary modeling. The theory accounts for the incompatibility of the elastic strain and curvature tensors due to the presence of dislocations and disclinations. The free energy density is assumed to be quadratic in elastic strain and curvature and has nonlocal character. The balance of loads in the body is described by higher-order equations using the work-conjugates of the strain and curvature tensors, i.e., the stress and couple-stress tensors. Conservation statements for the translational and rotational discontinuities provide a dynamic framework for dislocation and disclination motion in terms of transport relationships. Plasticity of the body is therefore viewed as being mediated by both dislocation and disclination motion. The driving forces for these motions are identified from the mechanical dissipation, which provides guidelines for the admissible constitutive relations. On this basis, the theory is expressed as a set of partial differential equations where the unknowns are the material displacement and the dislocation and disclination density fields. The theory is applied in cases where rotational defects matter in the structure and deformation of the body, such as grain boundaries in polycrystals and grain boundary-mediated plasticity. Characteristic examples are provided for the grain boundary structure in terms of periodic arrays of disclination dipoles and for grain boundary migration under applied shear.
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spelling doaj.art-ef039aede7884397bbf96628f39503992023-11-20T21:08:19ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012020-11-011011151710.3390/met10111517Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain BoundariesClaude Fressengeas0Vincent Taupin1Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEM3, 7 rue Félix Savart, 57070 Metz, FranceUniversité de Lorraine, CNRS, LEM3, 7 rue Félix Savart, 57070 Metz, FranceWe review the mechanical theory of dislocation and disclination density fields and its application to grain boundary modeling. The theory accounts for the incompatibility of the elastic strain and curvature tensors due to the presence of dislocations and disclinations. The free energy density is assumed to be quadratic in elastic strain and curvature and has nonlocal character. The balance of loads in the body is described by higher-order equations using the work-conjugates of the strain and curvature tensors, i.e., the stress and couple-stress tensors. Conservation statements for the translational and rotational discontinuities provide a dynamic framework for dislocation and disclination motion in terms of transport relationships. Plasticity of the body is therefore viewed as being mediated by both dislocation and disclination motion. The driving forces for these motions are identified from the mechanical dissipation, which provides guidelines for the admissible constitutive relations. On this basis, the theory is expressed as a set of partial differential equations where the unknowns are the material displacement and the dislocation and disclination density fields. The theory is applied in cases where rotational defects matter in the structure and deformation of the body, such as grain boundaries in polycrystals and grain boundary-mediated plasticity. Characteristic examples are provided for the grain boundary structure in terms of periodic arrays of disclination dipoles and for grain boundary migration under applied shear.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/10/11/1517plasticitydisclinationdislocationgrain boundary
spellingShingle Claude Fressengeas
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Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries
Metals
plasticity
disclination
dislocation
grain boundary
title Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries
title_full Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries
title_fullStr Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries
title_short Revisiting the Application of Field Dislocation and Disclination Mechanics to Grain Boundaries
title_sort revisiting the application of field dislocation and disclination mechanics to grain boundaries
topic plasticity
disclination
dislocation
grain boundary
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/10/11/1517
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