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Main Authors: Ruestes, Carlos J., Segurado, Javier
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10430
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author Ruestes, Carlos J.
Segurado, Javier
author_facet Ruestes, Carlos J.
Segurado, Javier
contents A stochastic discrete slip approach is proposed to model plastic deformation in submicron domains. The model is applied to the study of submicron pillar ($D~\leq~1μm$) compression experiments on tungsten (W), a prototypical metal for applications under extreme conditions. Slip events are geometrically resolved in the specimen and considered as eigenstrain fields producing a displacement jump across a slip plane. This novel method includes several aspects of utmost importance to small-scale plasticity, i.e. source truncation effects, surface nucleation effects, starvation effects, slip localization and an inherently stochastic response. Implementation on an FFT-spectral solver results in an efficient computational 3-D framework. Simulations of submicron W pillars ($D~\leq~1μm$) under compression show that the method is capable of capturing salient features of sub-micron scale plasticity. These include the natural competition between pre-existing dislocations and surface nucleation of new dislocations. Our results predict distinctive flow stress power-law dependence exponents as well as a size-dependence of the strain-rate sensitivity exponent. The results are thoroughly compared with experimental literature.
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spellingShingle A stochastic discrete slip approach to microplasticity: Application to submicron W pillars
Ruestes, Carlos J.
Segurado, Javier
Materials Science
A stochastic discrete slip approach is proposed to model plastic deformation in submicron domains. The model is applied to the study of submicron pillar ($D~\leq~1μm$) compression experiments on tungsten (W), a prototypical metal for applications under extreme conditions. Slip events are geometrically resolved in the specimen and considered as eigenstrain fields producing a displacement jump across a slip plane. This novel method includes several aspects of utmost importance to small-scale plasticity, i.e. source truncation effects, surface nucleation effects, starvation effects, slip localization and an inherently stochastic response. Implementation on an FFT-spectral solver results in an efficient computational 3-D framework. Simulations of submicron W pillars ($D~\leq~1μm$) under compression show that the method is capable of capturing salient features of sub-micron scale plasticity. These include the natural competition between pre-existing dislocations and surface nucleation of new dislocations. Our results predict distinctive flow stress power-law dependence exponents as well as a size-dependence of the strain-rate sensitivity exponent. The results are thoroughly compared with experimental literature.
title A stochastic discrete slip approach to microplasticity: Application to submicron W pillars
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10430