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Title: Characterization of dislocation wall spacing distributions

Conference ·
OSTI ID:584934
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (United States). Center for Materials and Applied Mechanics

While conventionally the length scale of dislocation microstructures has been characterized by only a mean value it is also of interest to know the shape of the wall spacing distribution. In order to investigate the ability to characterize such spacing distributions for near-planar boundaries a model has been developed allowing the construction of a series of dislocation walls that can be sectioned in any plane allowing spacing distributions of the traces to be calculated. Results suggest that distribution shape is not adversely affected by either test section or by realistically low numbers of measurements. Consequently experimental measurements have been made on both low strain ({epsilon} = 0.2 and {epsilon} = 0.3) and high strain ({epsilon} = 2.7) samples. The distributions for all three strains exhibit similar shapes and can be scaled to a single curve for the probability density function.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
584934
Report Number(s):
SAND-97-8513C; CONF-970980-; ON: DE98050606; TRN: AHC29808%%74
Resource Relation:
Conference: Materials Week `97, Indianapolis, IN (United States), 14-18 Sep 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English