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Discrete slip plane analysis of ferrite microtensile tests: On the influence of dislocation source distribution and non-Schmid effects on slip system activity

J. Wijnen·J. P. M. Hoefnagels·M. G. D. Geers·R. H. J. Peerlings
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The slip system activity in microtensile tests of ferrite single crystals is compared with predictions made by the discrete slip plane model proposed by Wijnen et al. (International Journal of Solids and Structures 228, 111094, 2021). This is an extension of conventional crystal plasticity in which the stochastics and physics of dislocation sources are taken into account in a discrete slip band. This results in discrete slip traces and non-deterministic mechanical behavior, similar to what is observed in experiments. A detailed analysis of which slip systems are presumed to be active in experiments is performed. In small-scale mechanical tests on BCC metals and alloys, non-Schmid effects are often needed to explain the observed response. Therefore, these effects are incorporated into the model by extending a non-Schmid framework commonly used to model {110} slip to {112} planes. The slip activity in the simulations is compared to the slip activity in single crystal ferrite microtensile tests. This is done for the discrete slip plane model with and without non-Schmid effects, as well as for a conventional crystal plasticity model. The conventional crystal plasticity model fails to predict the diversity in active slip systems that is observed experimentally. The slip activity obtained with the discrete slip plane model is in convincingly better agreement with the experiments. Including non-Schmid effects only entails minor differences. This suggests that stochastic effects dominate the behavior of ferrite crystals with dimensions in the order of a few micrometers and that non-Schmid effects may not play a large role.

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J. Wijnen, J. P. M. Hoefnagels, M. G. D. Geers, R. H. J. Peerlings. 2024-02-21. Discrete slip plane analysis of ferrite microtensile tests: On the influence of dislocation source distribution and non-Schmid effects on slip system activity. https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14168

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