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Title: Polycrystal Plasticity: Comparison Between Grain - Scale Observations of Deformation and Simulations

Abstract

Here, the response of polycrystals to plastic deformation is studied at the level of variations within individual grains, and comparisons are made to theoretical calculations using crystal plasticity (CP). We provide a brief overview of CP and a review of the literature, which is dominated by surface observations. The motivating question asks how well does CP represent the mesoscale behavior of large populations of dislocations (as carriers of plastic strain). The literature shows consistently that only moderate agreement is found between experiment and calculation. We supplement this with a current example of microstructure evolution in the interior of a copper sample subjected to tensile deformation. Nondestructive measurements of orientation fields were performed using the near-field high-energy X-ray diffraction microscopy (nf-HEDM) technique at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). Starting at highly ordered grains, a single two-dimensional slice of microstructure containing ~150 grains was followed through multiple strain states, where it tracked lattice rotations and defect accumulation of up to 14% elongation. In accord with the literature, at the scale of individual grains, comparison of observations with CP models indicates reasonable qualitative agreement but significant variations between simulation and experiment are apparent. The conclusion is that in order to be able tomore » quantify the effects of microstructure on the distributions of slip, orientation change, and damage accumulation, the empirically derived constitutive relations used in continuum-scale simulations need to be improved. Equally important will be the development of large-scale simulations of polycrystals that directly model dislocations.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [2];  [2]
  1. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Indian Inst. of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras), Chennai (India)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1763197
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-646271
Journal ID: ISSN 1947-5454; 766457; TRN: US2205947
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; SC0002001; AC02-06CH11357; DMR080072; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1947-5454
Publisher:
Annual Reviews
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; nf-HEDM; plastic deformation; microstructure; texture; micromechanical modeling

Citation Formats

Pokharel, Reeju, Lind, Jonathan, Kanjarla, Anand K., Lebensohn, Ricardo A., Li, Shiu Fai, Kenesei, Peter, Suter, Robert M., and Rollett, Anthony D. Polycrystal Plasticity: Comparison Between Grain - Scale Observations of Deformation and Simulations. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133846.
Pokharel, Reeju, Lind, Jonathan, Kanjarla, Anand K., Lebensohn, Ricardo A., Li, Shiu Fai, Kenesei, Peter, Suter, Robert M., & Rollett, Anthony D. Polycrystal Plasticity: Comparison Between Grain - Scale Observations of Deformation and Simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133846
Pokharel, Reeju, Lind, Jonathan, Kanjarla, Anand K., Lebensohn, Ricardo A., Li, Shiu Fai, Kenesei, Peter, Suter, Robert M., and Rollett, Anthony D. Sat . "Polycrystal Plasticity: Comparison Between Grain - Scale Observations of Deformation and Simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133846. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1763197.
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title = {Polycrystal Plasticity: Comparison Between Grain - Scale Observations of Deformation and Simulations},
author = {Pokharel, Reeju and Lind, Jonathan and Kanjarla, Anand K. and Lebensohn, Ricardo A. and Li, Shiu Fai and Kenesei, Peter and Suter, Robert M. and Rollett, Anthony D.},
abstractNote = {Here, the response of polycrystals to plastic deformation is studied at the level of variations within individual grains, and comparisons are made to theoretical calculations using crystal plasticity (CP). We provide a brief overview of CP and a review of the literature, which is dominated by surface observations. The motivating question asks how well does CP represent the mesoscale behavior of large populations of dislocations (as carriers of plastic strain). The literature shows consistently that only moderate agreement is found between experiment and calculation. We supplement this with a current example of microstructure evolution in the interior of a copper sample subjected to tensile deformation. Nondestructive measurements of orientation fields were performed using the near-field high-energy X-ray diffraction microscopy (nf-HEDM) technique at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). Starting at highly ordered grains, a single two-dimensional slice of microstructure containing ~150 grains was followed through multiple strain states, where it tracked lattice rotations and defect accumulation of up to 14% elongation. In accord with the literature, at the scale of individual grains, comparison of observations with CP models indicates reasonable qualitative agreement but significant variations between simulation and experiment are apparent. The conclusion is that in order to be able to quantify the effects of microstructure on the distributions of slip, orientation change, and damage accumulation, the empirically derived constitutive relations used in continuum-scale simulations need to be improved. Equally important will be the development of large-scale simulations of polycrystals that directly model dislocations.},
doi = {10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133846},
journal = {Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}
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